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In a Seoul Suburb, Gloom Middle-Class Bastion Blames IMF for Troubles
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International Herald Tribune
12-15-1997
In the midst of this new city of high-rise apartment buildings, glittering shopping plazas and carefully planned parks and playgrounds, Ahn Hyo Hee, a real estate agent, sits in her office and waits for calls that never come.
''My last sale was in November,'' said Mrs. Ahn, whose clients include mainly young couples looking for safe and comfortable homes within about 30 kilometers (20 miles) commuting distance south of ce...
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People's Bank gains approval for conversion
New Haven Register
; Shareholders and depositors of People's Bank Thursday approved the bank's plan to fully convert to a stock holding company. People's Bank and People's Mutual Holdings will convert and combine into People's United Financial Inc., a new holding company for People's Bank. People's Bank expects to
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People's stock offering slow
New Haven Register
; In its first day of trading as a fully public company, People's Bank did not see the stock pop that many banks see after converting from a mutual form of ownership, despite a surge in the general stock market Monday. The stock of the bank's new parent company, People's United Financial Inc., opened
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New guide flushes out the best restrooms in Seoul.(The Seattle Times)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; SEOUL, South Korea _ The sleek Samsung Plaza near the city's South Gate is subterranean Seoul at its finest. Restaurants and cafes line a modern, air-conditioned underground arcade, a retail oasis where people meet, shop and eat away from the downtown traffic and congestion. There's a cybercafe, an
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Help smokers safely dispose cigarette butts ; The people who were fined for dropping cigarette ends were being targeted.
Grimsby Telegraph
; The people who were fined for dropping cigarette ends were being targeted. I have seen these people, who enforce this regulation, alter their route to follow someone they've seen light a cigarette, and they appear to wait to pounce. If councillors think it fair to punish these people, surely it is
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People who need people. (testing of new magazine Style) (Brief Article)
WWD
; * PEOPLE WHO NEED PEOPLE: In August, People Magazine will test In Style, a four-color magazine that some see as a preemptive strike against a long-anticipated U.S. invasion by Hello, the international celebrity publishing powerhouse. The August In Style will be followed by two more issues in 1993,
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