The Financial Express -- Leisure

Saturday, August 9 1997

TODAY'S CROSSWORD TODAY'S ZODIAC

Entertainment segment to boom

The entertainment industry is the engine of growth for the multimedia business worldwide. The success of blockbusters such as Jurassic Park, Annaconda, The Lost World or the Terminator series, which relied on a stiff dose of multimedia special effects, are apt examples.

Americans are spending more on leisure than before

Even after so many years of sustained growth, Americans stop to think whether they're better off than they used to be. Economists say that American incomes, as measured in inflation-adjusted dollars, have risen more slowly in the past two decades than in earlier times.

Paring down those winning 8,000 fund flavours

Imagine for a moment that when you walk into an ice cream parlour, you find not 28 choices, but 100, 200, or even 300 times that many. More than 8,000 different kinds of ice cream! And instead of flavours you're familiar with, like chocolate, vanilla and strawberry, you find descriptions that don't give you a clue as to what the ice cream tastes like.

The Net can add a new shine to gem and jewellery exports

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