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...that pretty house or flower on your screen. For a $15 share of Brett Favre, you see his headshot and statistics, information that is available at, oh, about a million different sites on the web. "It sounds incredibly hokey," says Marc Ganis, president of SportsCorp Ltd., a consulting firm. "There's nothing of intrinsic value involved in it. Not even a collectible card. Not even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing the Jock Market | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...That illustrates an important point: the line between the problem's being a credit crunch and the problem's being an economic slowdown is blurring. In late September, BDO Seidman, an accounting and consulting firm, surveyed chief financial officers at 100 large retailers and found that 41% had experienced a tightening of credit by their lenders. That finding was set right next to another: that 37% of retailers planned to reduce inventory purchases for the rest of the year. Sounds like Jane Huelle's Dog Shop all over again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Credit Crunch Comes to Main Street | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...piece of chalk in his hand. “There’s one thing I’ve long wanted to ask you,” he said in a low voice.“Please do,” she replied huskily.He manipulated the chalk with firm fingers as he traced out a series of letters. “D...Y...W...T...F.” There was no likelihood that she would be able to understand this complex phrase—Felicity wasn’t too bright—but he watched her with such...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy: Chapter 8 | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

After receiving a graduate degree from Yale, Mayersohn went to work for BBN, a Cambridge-based technology company. In 1998, he moved to Sonus Networks, an Internet technology firm...

Author: By Emily J. Hogan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Alum To Manage Harvard Book Store | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...their pinstripes, and eschewed the showboating, sleaze, and unshaven slovenliness common among other teams. Yankee management never passed over into that netherworld of statistics and other alchemical arcana; rather, they continued to rely on what had always worked: character and heart. The Stadium, their home in the Bronx, stood firm for what was best about the sport, as other, lesser teams floated aimlessly in a sea of unchecked change...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe and Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: Point/Counterpoint: Et In Our Stadia Ego | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

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