ADVISORY/"Young Entrepreneur Of The Year" Award Winners Gather in New York City on Oct. 22 for Panel Discussion.

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                     PHOTO/INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY

           Landmark Survey Will be Released, Pointing to New
          Millennium as Emerging "Age of Entrepreneurialism"

     Media are invited to meet this group of 12 dynamic Young
Entrepreneurs, including:

--   Twenty-nine-year-old twin brothers who are president and vice
     president, respectively, of a technology-based healthcare
     information management company in Atlanta.

--   The 29-year-old chairman and CEO of the largest distributor of
     wireless communication products in the St. Louis area.

--   The 27-year-old president of the largest manufacturer and
     distributor of confections within Puerto Rico.

WHO:   Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year Institute(R) honors
       its 1998 Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) (EOY) regional
       award winners, a new awards category introduced this year for
       the 12th annual EOY program.

       Co-hosts include Jim McCann of 1-800-FLOWERS and Douglas K.
       Mellinger of the Young Entrepreneurs' Organization and PRT Group
       Inc., EOY award winners in 1990 and 1993, respectively.

WHAT:  Young Entrepreneur media breakfast and panel discussion.

WHY:   To honor 12 young visionaries who represent the future of
       business for the new millennium, and to unveil the findings
       of a new survey on the emerging Age of Entrepreneurialism.

WHEN:  Thursday, Oct. 22, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

WHERE: The Four Seasons Restaurant, Grill Room, 99 E. 52 St.