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Keaney said this argument won't dissuade too many progressive voters from voting for Nader...
...course, the network will still need to sell ads in prime time, and the argument is that live coverage will undermine it. Listen, guys: The viewer staying up 'til 3 a.m. to catch jai alai on her desktop is not going to watch the same game on tape-delay anyway. At the very least you'll be able to make up some revenue on cable. And part of the reason these Olympics have been such a dud is that few people are excited about them. Going live might actually help prime time, by sending the signal that the Games...
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...bonds to pay big from here, we would probably have to have a recession. If one doesn't emerge, stocks will take the lead again. But be ready to say goodbye to those 20%-plus years. One argument for stocks now: since World War II, eight times at this point in the year bonds were up while stocks were down, reports Salomon Smith Barney. Each time stocks rallied through year-end as whatever fears had gripped investors abated. The average four-month gain in those instances was 11%. But even if this year makes it a perfect nine for nine...
...Silicon Valley and among biotechnology and large pharmaceuticals companies. R. and D. is their lifeblood. Such companies depend on a constant flow of new drugs and gadgets. But is it right that they slough off onto taxpayers part of their R.-and-D. tab? It seems a difficult argument to support, given how much money is to be made once a new drug or technology reaches the marketplace...