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The number of extracurriculars in general has risen in recent years, but the opportunities to prepare for the business world in particular has increased markedly. Students organizations that help students prepare for careers in finance and consulting have almost doubled in the past year, and existing groups have expanded their...
About half the cases of hypertension stem directly from kids being overweight. And the problem is likely to grow. Over the past 30 years, the proportion of U.S. children who are overweight has doubled, from 5% to 11%, or 4.7 million kids.
Should you buy the stock today? Look at it this way. Since antitrust first surfaced as an issue for Microsoft in 1990, the stock has fallen 10% or more 21 times, according to researchers Birinyi Associates. The average dip was 17% and lasted slightly more than a month. The average...
Even so, it's got to be good news for Netscape, whose share of the browser market continued to fall as of last January, from 63 percent of the market to 54 percent. Internet Explorer nearly doubled its presence in the same period, from 21 percent to 39.
Why the change? One reason is the economy. Historically, Californians engage in immigrant bashing during recessions, and in 1994 the state's economy was reeling from defense cutbacks. A Los Angeles Times poll conducted then found roughly 20% of Californians upbeat about the economy. Today, with state unemployment near an...