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...didn't know we've been in a bull market for six years. It's true. Despite the burst bubble, most stocks are up 75% or more since the end of 1999. They're probably not the ones you own, though. Big-name companies like GE, Pfizer and Microsoft--which investors and mutual-fund managers tend to gravitate to--have been flailing since the bust. That's why the popular market gauges that those stocks dominate (Dow Jones industrial average, Standard & Poor's 500) still languish below their old highs. Yet the time may have come to stock...
...from post-hardcore savants Hella, the group legitimizes the project in part with their impressive underground cred. The songs on the album range from spazzed-out level select ditties to "Kraid's Lair," a haunting boss theme from the classic NES game "Metroid." Regardless of origin, all the tracks burst out of the tightly-wound rock quartet with a depth only hinted at in their previous, synthesized iterations. The concept, while undoubtedly gimmicky, is far from innovative; suburban nerds with Nintendos and guitars have been combining their twin passions even before the anthemic "F-Zero" theme blazed out of early...
...That finding still excites Valenzuela because it suggests that even those people who've had their minds in low gear for most of their lives can compensate with a late burst of effort. "It seems you can make up for whatever education or job history you may have," he says. "You're not locked into some dementia destiny...
Thus began Iceland's great genetic experiment, an attempt to mine the gene pool of an entire country in search of the root causes of--and potential cures for--some of the world's worst diseases. And after years of controversy, dashed hopes and burst stock bubbles, the effort is finally paying off. Over the past decade, deCODE Genetics, the company Stefansson co-founded in his home city of Reykjavík, has discovered more than a dozen genes linked to diseases ranging from stroke to schizophrenia. Last month, deCODE announced that it had found a gene that boosts the risk...
...with three. New Zealand wore menacing black. Team USA brought much of the crowd to its feet. The athletes entered under the five giant Olympic rings, which represent the five continents and rose through the early part of the ceremony and then took on their traditional colors in a burst of flame...