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...breakup, the applications portion of Microsoft would have incentives for compatibility with as many platforms as possible. Linux (a Unix-like operating system) would become a much more viable operating system if a Linux version of Microsoft Office was developed; a dependable supply of quality applications would be a boon to both Linux and Apple's MacOS. Only with equivalent applications on a variety of platforms can there be true operating-system competition...
Both Gucci and LVMH have been in fashion with investors, in part because Asia's recovery is viewed as a boon for sellers of swank. Gucci's stock, at $84.81, is off 33% from its 52-week high but still well above the $60 it was trading at a year ago, while LVMH, which trades in Paris, is up to $411 a share after reporting $8.4 billion in 1999 revenue, a 23% jump from last year...
KIDDIE TRAVELERS Many hotels are now tempting business travelers with teddy bears and water slides--for their kids. Because business trips that include a child are often extended to a family weekend, kids in tow are a financial boon to hotels, and the competition for these tiny travelers is fierce. The Milwaukee, Wis., Hilton is adding a $40 million water theme park. Holiday Inns offer kid suites with bunk beds and Sony PlayStations, and the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver gives kids a taste of what their parents do with a "junior-executive" program...
...larger study to establish real results," says TIME medical contributor Dr. Ian Smith. "Just because this procedure works in a very small sample doesn't necessarily mean it will work in a larger group." Of course, Smith adds, if the results are borne out, it would be an enormous boon to people struggling with infertility. Even then we'd have to see how the poor men handle the side effects of the treatment: Women everywhere suddenly wild about...
...world where middle-class families are subsidized while poor ones are pushed off welfare, where employee compensation is based not on production but on reproduction, and where a war is brewing between folks who have children and folks who forgo them. According to Elinor Burkett, author of The Baby Boon, you're already living...