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...that pension liabilities can reduce or even eliminate the profits of the world's largest corporations. Fortunately for the employees involved, companies do not have to plug the holes overnight. The shortfalls are in obligations that stretch far into the future. "We have years to address this," says Ross Cook, a spokesman for British Telecommunications (BT), a company whose pension-fund deficit is currently calculated at about $2.63 billion. But experts say the shortfalls should raise alarms about the long-term solvency of some schemes, and serve as a red flag to funds that continue to invest heavily in equities...
...film-studio sibling and has optioned O'Reilly's novel Those Who Trespass. So his TV anger may simply be the latest form of media synergy. Besides, Hollywood likes Gibson; moguls wish him well. "If anyone can pull it off, it's Mel Gibson," says Richard Cook, chairman of the Walt Disney Studios, for which Gibson made the megahit Signs. "The project is fraught with all sorts of issues, but I would never bet against...
This year more than ever, high-tech gadgets were hot. In the kitchen-appliance department, big spenders got to oooh and aaah over LG Electronics' $8,000 Internet refrigerator with built-in 20-GB hard drive, MP3 player and digital camera (so you can look up recipes, cook to music and e-mail photos of the results). A one-of-a-kind garbage can, the $55 Smart Bin from Innovative Products, automatically pops its lid when you wave your hand over its motion sensor...
...more than 200 geysers, some of which spout boiling water over 30 meters into the air. Similarly dramatic was the nearby Uzon Caldera, a 15-sq-km geothermal field where we bathed in a warm, sulfurous-smelling pond. As we coated ourselves with the mud, thinking "spa," our cook, Elena, a regular visitor to the spot, warned, "Don't stay in too long?Xthe radon gas is not good for your heart." Oops...
...dates back thousands of years: a similar sauce, known as garum or liquamen, was the most common seasoning in the Roman Empire. Southeast Asians still have the taste. Thais produce nam pla, Filipinos patis. In Vietnam, though, nuoc mam is more than just an important ingredient. "I can't cook without it," says Tran Cong, 33, chef of Le Tonkin restaurant in Hanoi. "Vietnamese food would turn into nothing without nuoc...