Appliance warranties and casino systems explored
A reader asks if extended appliance warranties are worth the cost. Bruce notes they are usually a poor bet but may suit rare cases and suggests evaluating repair-contract options. Another reader asks about guaranteed blackjack systems. Bruce explains such schemes rarely work and casinos would not fear them, noting card counters can be barred and books on beating casinos are common.
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Bruce
N.T
Des Moines, Iowa
W.T
Connecticut
Allartic City
Amentan
R.W . Hartford
Conn
R.W
Nevada
Atlantic City
United States
Online information service use doubles as privacy fears persist
A Times Mirror Center survey of 3,603 adults in May and June finds online subscriptions rising from 1 million to about 12 million in a year, while privacy concerns remain high. Only 32 percent of online users have ever visited the World Wide Web, and email is the dominant use alongside growing CD-ROM adoption.
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Washington
Times Mirror Center For the People and the Press
Times Mirror
Fourto
New firm starts for electric vehicle power in Ohio lab
Zinc Air Power Corp, a small startup renting space from BP America, works on rechargeable zinc air batteries for electric cars. About 50 investors have put 4.3 million behind eight employees in Warrensville Heights, aiming to supply a cleaner transport future amid rising emission rules in California New York and Massachusetts.
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Cleveland
BP America
Zinc Air Power Corp
Warrensville Heights
Sally Gries
Zinc Air Power
California
New York
Massachusetts
Dana Drescher
Drescher
Dreisbach Electromotive Inc
Santa Barbara
Calif
Demi Vehicle Systems Inc
Canton
Mich
Ohio
Ily
Pay phone sweepstakes under review by Ohio AG
Ameritech pay phone contest called Thats Entertainment is being examined by the Ohio attorney general s office for legality. The program awards home entertainment centers computers and other prizes via a quarter dialed to 621 COIN with calls or mail entries through December 31.
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Columbus
Ameritech
Ohio
Mark Weaver
Betty Montgomery
Consumer Protection and Charitable Foundations
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Detroit
Weaver
Columbus Dispatch
David Kandel
Kandel
Unclear financial snapshot with scattered tickers and percentages
A fragmented OCR page shows numerous finance related tokens, stock codes, and percent values scattered with brand names like Entergy Exxon Ford GlaxoWell Seagate Wal Mart and various percentages. The readable items include diverse company references and numeric figures but no coherent event or narrative.
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Bruce Williams
Ismart Mone
Tor
Gries Financial Corp
Ars
CasPhye Coosa
DuPont
Exxon
Ford
GME Ae Gavsa
Sciat
Seagate
Texaco
VentSt
WalMart
NYSE
BankAm
Baha
Barrick
Chryar ShYa
Sean A
Acme Cleves
Assed Corporation
Mie
Amercan
Cedar Fair
Peter Ncorp Inc
Colurtina Gas Ta Cpc Inter Inc
Eaton Gorp
Englehard
FirstMoett
General Motont Bie Steam Great Supply
Manson
Hike Dept
Aan
LNB Bancorp
Lanes Inc
Med-Arn Inc
Norther Savings
Ohio Bateon
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