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Baby boomers are the fastest-growing segment of America's 6 million--member motorcycling population; their numbers are increasing 10% a year. Boomers tend to have the time to take to the open road, as well as the financial resources to buy bikes costing as much as $20,000, just for the thrill of it. Nearly a third of Harley-Davidson riders are now 50 or older, says Joanne Bischmann, vice president of marketing...
Defending Eastern champion Wisconsin and Charles River rival Northeastern found spots among the top crews, as they placed second and third respectively. Last year, Harvard earned the unofficial title as “fastest crew on the Charles” when the Crimson beat the Huskies during the spring dual season...
...build a military base in São Tomé to protect its growing interests in the region. U.S. officials downplay strategic considerations in the rush to West Africa, despite the note in Vice President Cheney's recent National Energy Policy report that West Africa is "one of the fastest-growing sources of oil and gas for the American market." "There's been all this talk about a strategic dimension that is not really there," says one U.S. official. But while West African oil may be good for the U.S., will it be good for West Africa? Oil-company boosters...
...bigger, cash-strapped rivals such as Exodus and Digex. Without the help of any venture-capital financing--which Briggs has compared to making a "deal with the devil"--AIT claims to be profitable and says about half its new customers came over from its competitors. One of the fastest growing tech companies over the past five years, AIT should pull in about $30 million in revenue this year, up 50% from...
...waiting idly for that to happen. "Reinforcing control of insurers is the order of the day," says André Laboul, head of the Financial Affairs Division at the Paris-based Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development. Nations whose insurers have the biggest exposure to the stock market have acted fastest. In Britain, the Financial Services Authority asked the 20 largest life insurers to assess their liabilities on a "realistic basis" - a tough standard that takes into account such uncertainties as discretionary future benefits and fluctuating options values. The exercise was so complex that not all 20 companies were able...