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...follow-up on my dinner, he suggests ice-cream from Christina's, and he is appalled that I have never been. He gets carrot cake, and I opt for mint chip...
...morality play looked something like Wells'. A beleaguered starter who--despite his 16 wins in a Yankee uniform last season and his gritty, complete-game playoff win against Cleveland--had never fully captured the convictions of a baseball public notoriously hard to please, Wells pitched like he had a chip on his shoulder...
...selling more than three shares for every one that they buy--the highest level in a decade, says Bob Gabele, who tracks such activity for CDA/InvestNet. "The selling has been broad and active for several quarters," Gabele says. "It really does look like a trend." Even at such blue-chip companies as GE and Procter & Gamble, where insiders rarely sell, they've been dumping stock. There are many reasons for an executive to sell: new house, college tuition, balancing his or her portfolio. Still, most have some flexibility, and hard-core selling is never a good sign...
...have tiny embedded microchips that can store not only electronic dollars but also five other types of currency, an abbreviated medical history and even a personalized electronic "key" that can open everything from your apartment to your office. Says Henry Mundt, MasterCard executive vice president for global access: "The chip that we are putting on the card now will form the platform for the ultimate in remote access for consumers to their funds, anytime, anywhere. What we really see happening in the future is consumers being able to design their cards to meet their individual needs. We refer to that...
...gives you the option of transferring the money from wherever you want: mutual fund, money market, even an old-fashioned checking account. Your daughter can store the money any way she wants--on her laptop, on a debit card, even (in the not too distant future) on a chip implanted under her skin. And, perhaps best of all, you can program the money to be spent only in specific ways. You might instruct some of the digits to go for books, some for food and some for movies. Unless you pass along a few digits that can be cashed...