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...Consider what he did the last time he saw one of these trends coming: in the early '90s, he traveled the world on his motorcycle, then wrote a book, Investment Biker, that helped popularize emerging markets at the beginning of their long bull run. (See pictures of the top 10 scared stock traders...
...also higher for new IPOs. "Back in the '90s, people were able to go out with just a business plan, raise money in an IPO and then spin the company off to somebody without ever even renting office space," says Marc Pado, U.S. market strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald. Those quick-buck days are long gone as venture capitalists and others are now prepared to hang on to an investment for up to eight years...
...1980s and '90s saw school districts contract with private companies to stock brand-name soft drinks and snacks in exchange for a cut of the profits. While the partnerships boosted school revenue, they also exacerbated soaring childhood-obesity rates. (See the top 10 food trends...
...start of 2009, Pearl Jam were without a record deal and seemingly without a meaningful future. As the only major survivor of Seattle grunge and 90s mainstream rock to resist implosion, the band, still based in Seattle after all these years, appeared anachronistic, past-it, irrelevant. Beginning with 1996’s “No Code,” and most noticeably with 2000’s “Binaural” and 2003’s “Riot Act,” Pearl Jam produced minor, experimental records, collections of songs in different genres rather...
...stadium is close to selling out. By mid-September, the Cowboys were reporting that 95% of their club and reserve seats have been sold to season-ticket holders. That's all the more impressive when you remember that the Cowboys, who ruled the NFL in the early '90s, barely rule Texas these days. Between 1972 and 1996 they won five Super Bowls, three of them in the years after Jones bought the team in 1989 and started fiddling energetically with the coaching staff and the roster. But 1996 was the last time the 'Boys won a playoff game, and they...