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...example, amid the recent panic, the yields available on the corporate bonds of some companies with good prospects have shot up alongside those of weaker firms. Many investors who had stayed on the sidelines for some time, given the lofty valuations of stocks and corporate bonds, have now begun to take the opportunity to add selectively to their portfolios. It is likely that market turbulence will continue to test the discernment and fortitude of investors. Whether and how quickly the large pools of Asian capital rise to the challenges and opportunities presented by the new environment will have an important...
Forecasters are, as a group, notoriously bad at predicting inflection points, so you shouldn't take this dire talk to the bank just yet. At the Economic Cycle Research Institute, an outfit with a good record of at least noticing when recessions have begun, the indicators still point toward growth--albeit less convincingly than two months ago. "Having a jobs report come in negative does not mean that a recession has started," says managing director Lakshman Achuthan. But the risk is there, and Achuthan guesses it will worsen if loan markets fail to calm down. If a month from...
...Pope and even bigger global celebrities--David Beckham and J.K. Rowling among them--have taken an interest in the search for Madeleine. People around the world have given more than $2 million to a private investigative fund begun by Drs. Kate Healy McCann and Gerry McCann, Madeleine's parents. Yet many Americans have only a vague sense of Madeleine's case and why it has mesmerized so many for so long. Only in the past few days, when it emerged that her parents might be charged with accidentally killing her, has Madeleine's image begun to appear with regularity...
That would be more surprising if students in Rogers were the only ones plugging into interactive workouts, but they're not. Some 2,000 schools in at least 35 states have begun to set up exergaming fitness centers with motion sensors and touch-sensitive floor mats to allow kids to control the action onscreen not just with their thumbs but also with their bodies. Do enough dancing or kung-fu kicks, and you just might get the same level of exercise as from chasing a soccer ball. What's more, this is a workout kids don't try to duck...
Once the process has begun, home winemakers can remain in daily contact with their products via CrushpadWine.com where the Crushpad staff posts regular and contagiously enthusiastic fermentation updates and harvest reports ("From Southern California to Eastern Washington we're seeing grapes turn from green to red--the sign of veraison and a warning that the picking dates are only 40-60 days away...