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...maternity wear is that it's virtually indistinguishable from their regular collections--hence the confusion at Glow Girl and in countless maternity sections stocked with crisp blouses, business suits, cargo pants and halter tops. All the season's fashions are available, with just a little extra room at the bust and the belly. "Before, you were supposed to be another person when you became a mother," says Mathilda Jonsson, designer of H&M's Mama line. "Now you want to keep your personality and follow the style you had before. We follow the same plans, the same colors, the same...
...action has shifted to Colorado, which had only 14 cases and no deaths in all of 2002 but already has nearly 250 cases and six deaths so far this year. Part of that shift is due to the nature of mosquito populations, which tend to go through boom-and-bust cycles. Colorado's happens to be booming this summer...
...more than you can say for Schwarzenegger. Last week he was still mostly saying things like, "I will pump up Sacramento!" Friends describe him as a moderate Republican, fiscally conservative but libertarian on most social issues. They also say he's a true conservative, a man who keeps a bust of Ronald Reagan in his office. What that means exactly is still something of a mystery...
...coming wave of interest in browsing the Internet on the small screens of cell phones. At its peak a year later, Openwave boasted $500 million in annual revenue and a share price of $125. But by mid-2002, Openwave shares had plunged to 43¢--freighted by the telecom bust and by the firm's particular missteps. "This was not a trusted company," says Listwin. "It had a reputation for 'skip it and rip it'"--grabbing market share first and fixing bugs in the code later...
...That's high but nothing compared with the altitude of his company's stock price. On July 10, Sohu shares closed at $38.25 on NASDAQ--a gain of 245% since April 1. More impressive, Sohu shares are worth 36 times their value during the dark days of the Internet bust, when they traded for less than...