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...light to change, Schor talks about shopping online. While she's never done it herself, she has formulated some opinions. "It has certain benefits. For instance, for people who don't have a lot of time, or for a person who wants to comparison shop for a bargain. It saves driving to the mall, which is a definite environmental benefit...
...that 77% of stock-fund holders buy and sell through some sort of advice filter. Individuals now have enough wealth at stake so that it seems they are less inclined to go it alone. That may mean Merrill Lynch, down 30% from its high last April, is a better bargain than E-Trade, down 68%. Merrill is in the advice biz, which may have value after all, especially if the market continues to churn...
This shift has come at a price. Berkshire's famous five-digit stock quote finished last week at $57,000 for the A shares. That's way down from the March 12 high of $81,100, and some analysts are calling it a bargain. From high to low, the stock fell 33% last summer, its steepest decline in a decade. Seldom has Buffett put such a hurt on his shareholders. Doing so now, while the economy sparkles and the stock market remains up for the year, is especially vexing...
Finally, it's official. Two months after prosecutors agreed to a plea bargain with Maryland killer Samuel Sheinbein, an Israeli court officially sentenced him to 24 years in prison for the 1997 killing of fellow teen Alfred Tello. So ends a two-year struggle that strained U.S.-Israeli relations and caused Israel to reevaluate its self-conception as a state of refuge. It started in the fall of 1997, when Sheinbein fled Maryland to Israel soon after the discovery of Tello's burned and dismembered body. Preferring to take his chances with the Israeli justice system, Sheinbein fought extradition back...
Take MCI WorldCom's 10-10-220 long-distance service. You pay 99[cents] for the first 20 minutes--a bargain if you talk a lot. But you pay 99[cents] even if you're on the line for just a minute, making that rate one of the highest around. They don't tell you that. Here are some tips to keep your phone bill down...