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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...founder (with George Soros) of the hugely successful Quantum Fund, investment guru Jim Rogers had made enough money by 1980 to retire at age 37. Since then, he has spent his time jaunting around the world, writing books on his travels and investment advice with names like Adventure Capitalism and Investment Biker. In 2007 he moved to Singapore to get a front-row seat at Asia's economic boom and also saw the launch of tradeable securities tied to a commodities index he created. His newest book, A Gift to My Children, is a compendium of advice - financial and otherwise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investment Guru Jim Rogers | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...just 1,300 of the store's 30,000 square feet - that's just 4.3%. Storch also insists that the company won't clear shelf space dedicated to toys in order to build these mini-supermarkets. Instead, Toys "R" Us will cease selling clothes for kids over the age of 4. The company will use that space for the "R" Markets and realign aisles to sell even more toys. "It essentially replaces an unproductive business," Storch says. "We never want to lose our way. This is an enhancement, as opposed to a strategic shift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Toys "R" Us Sell Toilet Paper? | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

Harkonarson suggests that problems in this kind of housekeeping or maintenance function could help explain why autistic children, who have normal-looking brains at birth, develop more abnormal wiring by age...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autism Linked to Genes That Govern How the Brain Is Wired | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...require much cuddling after a good one night stand.” One particularly graphic entry describes the cougar as a miserly divorcee who was once the “town slut” and who now “enjoys going after men that are the age her aborted child would have been if it was still alive.” By these definitions, a cougar is not sexy and confident. She is a psychologically disturbed pervert and the laughing stock of her community...

Author: By Courtney A. Fiske | Title: Cougars and Carnivores | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...That a woman who sleeps with a younger man needs to be called anything other than a woman is disturbing, not empowering. When older, unattractive men liaise with women half their age, we call them “sugar daddies” and “bachelors”; when older, attractive women do the same, we ridicule them and animalize their pursuits as if they were beyond the pale of civilized activity. By embracing this culturally imposed label, women like Stacey Anderson are not revolutionizing our modern understanding of female sexuality: They are merely aiding and abetting their...

Author: By Courtney A. Fiske | Title: Cougars and Carnivores | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

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