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...Under-18s who take up smoking each day in affluent countries...
...sinking stocks may not be your only problem. Have you taken the time to design a well-diversified plan? Even "affluent" baby boomers--those with household incomes between $50,000 and $125,000 a year--spend less than an hour a month planning for their retirement. That's just one of several blunders identified by "Boomers on the Brink," a survey of 35-to-55-year-olds' retirement-savings strategies conducted by ING Aetna Financial Services...
Mueller's resume, however, suggests he is tough enough for the burden. Although born to an affluent family and educated at Princeton, Mueller enlisted in the Marines in 1967 and earned a rack of medals for his Vietnam service. After law school at the University of Virginia and a stint in private practice, he became a federal prosecutor and then U.S. Attorney in Boston. "It seemed to me he stood head and shoulders above all the other persons mentioned," says Dick Thornburgh, the former Attorney General who tapped Mueller to become Assistant Attorney General for the criminal division...
...That change has been positive. Tourism is rising, the flight of Marseillais has halted, and young, affluent professionals from around the country are moving in. "I have never seen people so enthusiastic about Marseilles," says native Jöel Merle, who manages a real-estate agency on Marseilles' historic Vieux Port. But can the honeymoon last? Marseilles' real-estate market has long been undervalued, compared to Paris and most other French cities, says Merle, but prices are climbing. They could rise further as new arrivals compete for scarce housing, possibly pushing out locals of more modest means. It's also...
...under the voting age; and those who are eligible to vote often don't. Though the Latino and African-American populations in the U.S. are roughly the same size, 6 million more blacks are registered to vote. Turnout rates are lower than average even among more educated and affluent Hispanics...