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...will continue to shape the world economy for years to come, and profitable tech companies remain solid long-term holdings. But if you must lighten up on tech to broaden your portfolio, do it. Companies that build tractors, equipment, highways and skyscrapers--left for dead until a few weeks ago--may be in favor for a year or longer. The biggest cyclical names, like Caterpillar, International Paper and DuPont, have already had huge moves but probably still have room to run. Consider also an investment in a Wilshire 5000 or Russell 2000 stock-index fund. Both have a heavy slug...
While some top Clinton administration officials (and even Hillary) may be pining for a photo op in the Balkan war zone, they will have to get their snapshots the hard way. When Deputy Secretary of State STROBE TALBOTT flew in to the Macedonian capital of Skopje a few weeks ago in one of the Air Force's Lockheed C-130s, he got the ride of his life. The problem for potential future visitors: Talbott's plane was "painted," meaning that the Serbian military's antiaircraft system had got the plane in its target sight. Talbott's flight crew immediately began...
...addition to labor-market tightness, the prevalence of two-earner families and the greater importance professionals are placing on family life are adding to the challenges of making a job move tolerable. "Ten years ago, there was no value placed on the trailing spouse and kids," says Paul Purcell, executive vice president with Douglas Elliman, a national real estate company based in New York City. "But all that has changed. Nowadays someone's teenager can make or break a move...
...message of this movie is very simple: Fool around with the lovelorn undead--the featured creature was mummified alive some 3,000 years ago for unwisely lusting after the Pharaoh's mistress--and you will unleash a nonstop barrage of special effects. That would be O.K. if The Mummy's computer whizzes had generated something fresh, but it's pretty much shape-shifting and meteorological anomalies as usual. These batter into senselessness the wan efforts, led by Brendan Fraser as the chief tomb robber, to impart a sort of cheeky, Indiana Jonesish air to this hopelessly overwrought and deeply dopey...
...supporters include heavy hitters in the business world who have never been involved in politics, and even some Republicans. Goldman Sachs president John Thornton hasn't raised money for a candidate before, doesn't even give to the company's political-action committee; but since meeting Bradley nine months ago, he has been asking for and getting checks from friends--including Goldman chairman Henry Paulson, a Republican who's backing John McCain. J.P. Morgan managing director Jackson Tai, a Republican who also avoided politics until getting to know Bradley, a former J. P. Morgan consultant, is helping raise tens...