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...investing backdrop hasn't been this frightening since 1990. An eroding wealth effect could hurt consumer confidence, while a surging dollar is taking a bite out of the earnings of U.S. multinationals. Among companies sending up earnings flags: Home Depot, Yahoo, Lucent, Intel, Kodak, Dell and DuPont. Meanwhile, renewed hostilities in the Middle East are pushing oil prices higher, threatening to stoke inflation...
...almost exactly noon, a volley of tear gas touched off the final revolt. Police guarding the parliament thought they could face down the furious, swelling mob. The peppery gas started to bite, pushing back the crowd as many dragged out handkerchiefs ready in their pockets. But the police were unwilling to match the ferocity of the crowd as its show of strength escalated into a full-scale assault on the principal symbols of Milosevic's power...
...better than your fund manager? FOLIOfn.com lets you purchase three "folios," or folders, with up to 50 stocks for $29.95 a month. Choose from more than 80 prepackaged folios or build one yourself. Unlike mutual funds, there are no minimums, and you decide when to take a tax bite. Trading is free twice a day, but real-time trades cost $14.95. Folios are catching on. The next several months will see the launch of copycat companies, including NetFolio and UNX.com...
...When he did attack Bush on a point of fact, the effort to reign in his disdain was palpable: questioning a Bush answer on Texas hate-crimes laws, he said, dispassionately, "I may have been misled by the reports that were in the news." You could practically see the bite marks he left on his tongue...
...Just before Cathy's 400-m race, I was getting a bite and I bumped into Rob de Castella, the great Aussie marathoner from a few years back. I reminded him that we ran the Boston Marathon together once. He said he'd forgotten that, and I said this was understandable since he'd beaten me by an hour and 46 minutes...