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...ubiquitous - and free - and the nation's most famous start-up is Skype, the Internet phone titan, which was acquired last year by eBay for $2.6 billion. That amount is slightly more than the annual output of the entire Estonian economy 15 years ago. The economy, once a basket case, is now one of Europe's most dynamic, racing along at a 12% growth clip - faster than China. Estonia is one of only two new European Union members to have a budget surplus, and its national debt will have all but disappeared by the end of the decade. Naturally, there...
...During the Team USA meltdown in Athens, every weekend warrior with a backyard jump shot said, " Put me on the team! " And these guys had a point; more than anything, the U.S. needed a stand-still shooter, a guy whose sole role was to linger 23 feet from the basket and fire away. With defenders collapsing on America's more athletic stars, wide-open shots are easy to find overseas...
...years, with U.S. investors plowing billions of dollars into the far corners of the globe, from Pakistan to Peru. If you take a look at how some of those regions have performed, it's no wonder. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index exchange-traded fund (ETF), which tracks a basket of stocks from such countries as Taiwan, South Africa, Turkey and Poland, is up 89% over the past two years. That trounces the S&P 500's 18% gain. A dip in stocks worldwide this spring shook emerging markets the hardest--India dropped 29%, Egypt 37%--but even that falloff...
...TIME: Fruits Basket has quite a following in the U.S. What do you think are the reasons for its popularity...
...TIME: How long will you continue Fruits Basket? Are you ready to move on to something else...