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...sharp further rise in interest rates would be "a dagger in the heart" of the U.S. stock market, says Vincent Farrell, chief investment officer of Spears, Benzak, Salomon & Farrell, an investment firm. But he believes the dagger is well sheathed: "Interest rates have probably about run their course." Abby Joseph Cohen, who chairs the investment policy committee at Goldman Sachs, is more emphatic. Says she: "I think yields on long-term bonds cannot move much higher and stay there on a sustained basis...
...candidacy or policies ?- rather like George W. Bush in the early part of 1999. Crowd-Pleasers try to mimic Ronald Reagan?s knack for making people feel good about him without ever really being able to articulate why (although unlike today?s wussy centrists, of course, Reagan actually took firm and controversial policy stands). Of course, media plays a critical role in generating those feelings. But it wouldn?t be possible without some basic charisma. They?re not sure why they do, but voters instinctively trust a Crowd-Pleaser. More important, in the absence of clear political positions, they fantasize...
Owner, founder and president of a private equity firm, Mills has her feet firmly planted in the business world. Mills was also a trustee of Radcliffe College for 10 years and says she would like to encourage issues of diversity at the University...
...fourth to market with second-tier managements. Take PCQuote.com which filed last Wednesday to raise $100 million. It competes in the already jammed area of financial data, which includes TheStreet.com Reuters and others. "How new is that? Let's go watch paint dry," sniffs David Menlow of the research firm IPO Financial Network...
...anything with the Mir. It does not fit the mission profile for tourists in space. Our mission plan is to provide the tourist with an artificial-gravity environment by spinning the facility. If you do that on the Mir, it falls apart. --Gregory Bennett, V.P., Bigelow Aerospace, a firm developing space cruises and hotels...