(FORTUNE Magazine) – Bright young comrades will soon be receiving their MBA degrees from Karl Marx University in Budapest. Eager to adopt the West's business acumen, Hungary recently asked the University of Tennessee to help establish the first full MBA program to be offered behind the Iron Curtain. Hungarian officials hope that by the early 1990s, these newly minted graduates will start revitalizing their troubled economy. -- Total compensation for chief financial officers of 1,000 companies rose 16.7% this year, say consultants Heidrick & Struggles.

-- According to startling projections by the Social Security Administration, 32% of the men who entered the work force in 1986 at age 20 will land on the disability rolls before they reach 65. The figure for women is 24%. That would double the number of disability beneficiaries to a staggering 5.8 million by 2015.