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...Come iTunes (At Last!) Could the wait finally be over? Having sold 85 million songs since its U.S. launch more than a year ago, Apple's iTunes music store is expected online in Europe this week, with the U.K., France and Germany its likely first markets. But Apple should brace for a fight: more than 50 online music sites already play to 800,000 subscribers in Europe. Napster went legit in the U.K. last month, and plans to expand in Europe. Sony Connect plans to cross the Atlantic within weeks. Even Microsoft is reportedly negotiating to put Beatles' songs online...
...pregame decision to take that field with the help of some tape and a brace remained unyielding. Fitzpatrick was a man with a mission that day, and no mere corporal hindrance was going to keep him from going out there...
...lose value as inflation rises. You also might want to shift 5% to 10% of your portfolio into commodities to take advantage of the first robust market for raw materials in a quarter century. How do you do that? Leave actual pork-belly trading to the pros. You can brace for inflation with mutual funds that invest directly in commodities, like Pimco Commodity RealReturn Strategy (up 43% in the past 12 months) and Oppenheimer Real Asset (up 35%). Funds that invest in stocks of companies in the raw-materials business include T. Rowe Price New Era (up 41%), Vanguard Energy...
...doesn’t change the fact that Moore is sitting in the spinal unit of a hospital right now, with a brace around his neck and an uncertain future in front...
After dropping the first game, Hendricks removed the brace on her ankle—which will require offseason surgery to fix a ligament—and proceeded to win the next three games and the match...