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...other Web users, access to good, timely information was even more important than transactions. At Quote.com real-time charts graphically update portfolios throughout the day, and investors can even create "watch lists," or mock portfolios, that monitor alternative investment options. These tools would normally sit on a broker's desk but are now accessible to anyone. "The playing field is slowly starting to be leveled," says Chris Hill, spokesman for the popular Motley Fools, an online investment-advisory forum. "More and more, the individual investor has the tools available at his or her fingertips to compete with the traders...
...Clinton pointed to a picture of Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on the very spot where they were standing. A copy of the Gettysburg Address is also on display in the room, and Jiang began reciting, "Four score and seven years ago," in English. Clinton showed off his desk in the private quarters, on which major peace pacts, including one between Israel and the Palestinians, had been signed. Clinton chose this itinerary to focus Jiang on the liberties Americans hold precious and the possibilities for peace even between old enemies...
...good ol' U S of A didn't get to be the economic butt-kicker it undeniably is today by keeping to itself. A McDonald's on every street corner, a pair of blue jeans on every butt. And a little tangle of American silicon on everybody's desk. Take the 80s (please). Bushido was all the rage, Detroit was in the tank ? the Japanese were better at everything, and the American century was over. Take Gung Ho, a culture-clash Ron Howard heart-warmer starring a young Batman (Keaton) and an older Long Duk Dong (Gedde Watanabe). And Norm...
...Fear and loathing; threats and demands; joints smoked with Henry Luce... all this and more in the Gonzo faxes, a TIME exclusive from the desk of Hunter S. Thompson. More...
...soft cast early last month, each tabloid came up with a different explanation. The Star reported that he had fractured a bone while paddling his kayak on the Hudson River. The National Enquirer made the highly dubious claim that John-John broke his bone by pounding on his desk in an argument with a staff member at George. The Globe made a bold ratings grab by saying it was most likely he'd had a Moonlighting-level fight with his wife that had resulted in a severed nerve. Kennedy later gave his own report, stating that he was cleaning...