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Show ula j= hex § A Vy V Y Saturday, November20, 1999 0) Electronic Gadgets That Would Make Great Gifts Are you looking for a great electronic toy or gadget to give as a present this December? The Good Housekeeping Institute evaluated dozens of contenders and came up with these sevenfavorites: Playmates’ Amazing Ally this family-friendly digital video disc piayer ($249). It has dual lasers to give you better performance than the averagesingle-laser DVD. And this DVD player comes with features normally found only on pricier models, like 3-D Sur- She'll be your little girl's new best friend: The round Sound. Sega Dreamcast Console For anyone whose holiday won't be complete without a new video game, Sega Dreamcast ($199) Amazing Ally doll (suggested retail price: $65) tells jokes, plays games and even remembers nicknames and birthdays. Touchherfeet, hands, head or acces- sories, and she'll start talking. Hand her a cup, and she'll ask to have tea wiih you. Ally comes with a scrapbook, a hairbrush, hairclips and a teaset. Mattel Intel Play QX3 Computer Microscope With this kid’s microscope ($99.99), children can magnify a leaf, a bug or other tiny objects and display the image (at 10X, 60X or 200X) on a computer may be the season’s to-die-for gadget. This system offers quicker action, more realistic 3-D graphics and more awesomeaudicthan last year’s hot games. screen.If they wanta closer look at somethinglarg- downloadherfavorite songsoff the Internetforfree. er, just slide the microscope off its base. This one ($249.95) is about the size of a pager, and it holds two hours of CD-quality music. A Jogger can clip the Rio to her belt, and the music won’t skip — The unit also plays CDs and has built-in 56K modem, so you can surf the Web on your television. Diamond Multimedia Rio PMP300SE On every teen’s wish list, an MP3 player can Kids can get creative with the images — adding colors andspecial effects — and then turn theminto a slide show or printed artwork. Slides, specimen holder, tweezers and an eyedropper are included. is up and down. lap You need Microsoft Windows 98 and a USB connector to run the software. Senate Delays Bill On Bankruptcy Thrift Stores @ Continued from D-8 Wi Continued from D-8 Instead, the Senate approved a three-year alternative accompanied by a package of business tax stores and built 300, many of them in moreupscale neighborhoods. “We have to respect the fact that if we're not in a neighbor. Score Sales With New Look block with boarded-up storefronts, had three shoppers and no waiting line at the cash register breaks. The Senatealso defeated a during a recentvisit. Democrat-proposed moratorium on mergers between big agricuiture companies, while accepting anoff-subject Republican amendment dealing with penalties for Elsewhere, the Salvation Army is developing a prototype “super store” thrift in Galesburg, Ill., and drug crimes. Senators had filed more than 300 potential amendments to the measure. The bill's managers have pared that list down te “a handful” that could still be considered, said Graham, the spokesmanfor Grassley. The measure was “ overtaken by politics . . . much bigger than bankruptcyitself,” said Beth Climo, group director of financialindustryaffairs for the American Bankers Association. Democrats have problems with manyaspects of the proposed bankruptcy procedures, however. The administration threatened a veto of the Housebill. Before adjourning, the Senate acted on some of the topical amendments. With several mem- bers pushing for requiring increased disclosure of the cost of credit cards, the Senate accepted a compromise requiring account statementsto illustrate how long it would take to payoffa balanceif they made only minimum monthly payments, Statements would have to list a toll-free phone number where customers could Goodwill Industriesis building up to 100 stores a year, many in more “They're trying to make them heips manage 260 Salvation Army stores in 11 Midweststates. The Galesburg store will be Jocated in an up-to-date commercial strip 2 miles from the lowincome neighborhood where the Salvation Army's existing store is based. It will havea drive-through drop-off point for donated items, an important way to acquire clothing stock from suburbanites who are more likely to drive a distance to shop than to go out of their wayto donate. “It costs us a lot of money to make pickups in suburban locations,” said Larry Lauter, execu- tive director of the local St. Vin- cent dePaul Society, which has four thrift stores in the Cleveland area. Lauter hasn't beenableto find the money to open stores in higher-priced locations but has discussed it and understands the motivation: It draws more subur- The Senate accepted a provision to give bankrupt debtors more time to undergo credit ban shoppers who have more to spend. “There's a certain segment of counseling. The Senate also accepted a change that would benefit manu- facturers by allowing them to reclaim goods ordered oncredit by retailers just before filing for bankruptcy. Companies pushing, for it included Maytag Corp. and people whoareattracted to thrift stores, but they won't make the trip into town,”he said. David Barringer, director of brand management with the 1,700-store Bethesda, Md.-based Goodwill chain, said the newer, bigger stores log sales 50 percent Deere & Co., the world’s biggest higher thanthe older ones.In five farm-equipment maker. years, Goodwill has renovated 600 This cutting-ed; 10 ($69.99) takes the gue: color, from light golden to deep brown. A tonesignals when the griddle’s hot enough to pour in the batter and when each waffle is done. ON ANOTHER MATTER The Good Housekeeping Institute’s Textiles Department tested10 different typesoftissues to see how well they delivered on their promises. Then they assembled a panel to blow, wipe, clean and choose their favorites. The best for scftness were Puffs Plus with Lotion and Kleenex Coldcare Ultra Comfort. For strength: Puffs Extra Strength Kleenex Facial Tissue and Puffs Plus with lotion were the most absorbent. Since tissues nea youwearspecs you might wantto choose oneof the nonlotion brandsthat the Institute's tests showedto be lowin lint: Scotties Soft & Strong and Kleenex Coldcare Ultra Comfort. products, call the manufacturer or 's toll-free hot line, (800) 638-2772 PRODUCT: All-purpose plastic pump spray bot tles for the home and garden made by Root-Lowell Manufacturing Co. (model 1201) and sold at Kmart, Meijer, Roses Stores, A.L. Dammon, EsscoDist.. Superstone Inc., Herman's Hardware, TLC Florist. American Feed, Topka Corp. and Mack Supply from January 1999 through July1999 for about $10. PROBLEM: The pump assemblycan eject under pressurization, injuring consumers or exposing hemto potentially dangerous chemicals. Consum- ers should stop using these sprayers immediately and return them to the store where purchased for a full refund. For more information, call Root-Lowell ManufacturingCo., (877) 748between8:30 a.m. and 5p.m. MST Monday through riday Hyundai Elantra and Tiburon enger vehicles equipped with issions havevalveseals that can ion fluid to leak. This leakage can result in the vehicle not accelerati expected when the driver presses the ‘ator pedal Dealers will replace the pressure control solenoid valve. Contact Hyundai at (800) 56 for more information. Dilbert A HACKER BROKE INTO OUR SYSTEM AND FOUND OUT OUR CORPORATE STRATEGY. First-year sales shot up 47 percent when a 13,000-square-foot DID HE POSTIT | ON THE INTER- | NET? TD LIKE | TO READ IT. in Uniontown,Pa. The older store was “dismal, really dismal, in a lower-income side of town,” said Sheila Holt, a spokeswoman with Goodwill in Pittsburgh. Goodwill’s main office and its services stayed in the old neighborhood. Rich Maddox, director ofretail operations for Salvation Army thrift stores in six Western states, said some upgrades were simply common sense, like improving signs and racks, installing fitting rooms and putting smocks on employees so they could be identified by customers. “What the shopper is looking for,” Maddoxsaid, “is a positive shopping experience.” And a bargain. At the Salvation Army's Strongsville store, men’s suits are priced in the $10 range and wom- en's sweatersare 99 centsto$2.99. Manyitems are wrinkled, but most are serviceable and a few carry designer labels. A men’s sport jacket regularly $5.99 cost only $3 with a midweek 50 percent off sale. The thrifts also have hard-tofind items that come in han during the annual Halloween tume hunt, a busy time for the secondhandtrade. Chad Donovan, 21, of Fremont, and Keith Hall, of Berea, classmatesat nearby Baldwin-Wallace Tax Provisions Extended alty formula on individual esti- By Senate $150,000. Another repeals an installment method to paytaxes @ Continuedfrom D-8 by companies that use the “accrual basis’ accounting technical changesto the tax code. One involves changing the pen- mated income tax payments for people earning more than method. “The extension offered in this legislation will give businesses the certainty they need and make for more and higherpaying jobs of American workers," Senate Finance Chairman William Roth dr. said. The researchcredit, which will cost $13.1 billion over 10 years, helpsoffset the cost of developing new technologies, drugs or other items. Inorderto reducethebill’s cost in the first two years, legislators delayed the time when companies can claim the research credit. For example, research expenses for activities between July 1, 1999, and Sept. 30, 2000, can't be claimed for the tax credit until the 2001fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1, 2000. A similar formula exists for 2000-2001. The tax package, which has a 10-year $18.4 billion price tag, is financed through a variety of corporate-revenue raisers and TM ALSO ee ABOUT MY ee FOR THIS YEAR. DO YOU HAVE THE GUY'S E-MAIL ADDRESS? paid throughafederaltax credit. Another provision would extend a tax credit for power plants that burn chicken manure, vision of Roth, who faces -election battle next producer, and the region’s farmers have been plagued by environmental Another would close a loophole some investors to cut their capital-gains tax bill through strategies that involve partnershipsorderivatives. Thebill also renews the Work Opportunity Tax Credit and the Welfare-to-Work tax credits, favored by companies such as Marriott Corp. and McDonalds Corp. to hire and train former welfare recipients. Citigroup Inc., American International Group Inc. andother U.S. multinationalfinancial firms won an extension of favorable tax treatment on overseas financing activities. These provisions are extended through 2001 The bill also would extend school-reconstruction bonds pushed by Rep. Charles Rangel, Democratof New York. The bonds allow school districts to borrow interest-free funds to pay for school repairs or performteacher training. Interest on the bondis problems relating to chicken wastedisposal. Anotheritemofinterest to the tax community was included in the broader budget bill: $1.4 million to fund the Advisory Com- mission on Electronic Commerce, a panel studying tax policy and the Internet. Congress created the 19-member commission in 1998, which includes companies such as AT&T Corp. and Charles Schwab Corp., and ordered it to produce recommendations by April 2000 on howto resolve controversies involving taxing Internet sales. Congress didn't provide funding for the group, creating the possibility that corporations with a stake in the outcome would wind up financingthe panel's work. 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Even Goodwill's ambitious updating program means two r in existing locations for every tiques, Internet shopping and espresso bars. recalled by the ConsumerProduct Safety sion and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. For more inform: n about the screen to the right highways, exits and secondary roads, and will evenpoint out gas stations and rest stops on the way. hoods where the needy can buy than the old one, opened Oct. 7, 1998, adjacent to a shopping mall obtain projections for their own currentbalances. hood where we make money, we're not going to make anything” for charity, Barringer said. Goodwill store protits — $784 million in 1998 — pay for job training and programsforthe disabled. 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