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...rush? Not only are there fewer internships than during the boom years of the 1990s but also the tough job market of the past several years has more qualified and experienced candidates competing. Experts agree that diving into the internship fray is almost a requirement for landing a job today. A study from water-cooler site vault.com notes that 86% of college students have completed at least one internship, 69% more than one. According to Job Outlook 2003, a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, human-resources staffing managers agree that their own internship programs are their...
Professional football is entertainment. Fans want drama. They want to root for the players on their fantasy teams. They want instant gratification for their 70 bucks. Sudden death overtime gives it to them. Whoever scores first, wins. BOOM! John Madden is excited...
...Back in the capital city, other pillars of the Thaksinomics miracle may be weakening as well. Aggressive lending policies by Thailand's state-owned banks, together with tax breaks to developers, have fueled a Bangkok real estate boom among Thai buyers. But some foreign investors who rushed into Thailand to snap up foreclosed properties after the 1997 crash are now selling, convinced that the market has topped. "Three years ago we had properties on our books that no one would touch," says a Bangkok-based real estate investor. "Now we are getting offers you wouldn't believe...
Back in the dotcom boom days, Yahoo! was the model of the modern fun company. Why, they put an exclamation point at the end of the name just in case you missed the point that it was a crazy, happening place to work. Beer bashes every Friday. Skateboarding in the halls. Frisbee at lunchtime. This kind of culture was the epitome of the new economy, where the players worked hard and the workers played hard, all in a fuchsia-colored office turned Disneyland with all the caramel lattes you could swallow. There was oodles of money to be earned, even...
...entire industry to keep him company. Track closures, creaky grandstands, an aging fan base--the Thoroughbred industry has been losing since the 1960s, when the sport of kings missed the television boom, fearing that living-room exposure would keep the faithful from the track. With more recent competition from casinos, riverboats and state lotteries, annual on-track wagering, or handle, has slipped 28% since 1996, to $2.1 billion. The sport still has its grand days--the Triple Crown, the Breeders' Cup, summer in Saratoga, N.Y. But day-to-day, racing is like the 69-year-old Kimos, just hanging around...