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REEFER MADNESS Tune in, aging hippies. Middle-aged and elderly marijuana users may increase their risk of a heart attack fivefold in the first hour after lighting up. The danger--like the high--seems to subside by the second hour. Pot raises the heart rate by about 40 beats a minute, scientists say, and this is especially problematic for folks with undiagnosed coronary disease. For someone in good physical shape, marijuana is about twice as risky...
...such mishaps scarcely matter. Intel, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Bristol Myers Squibb, Fannie Mae and Wells Fargo, each up between fivefold and 75-fold, were in the mix, providing exposure to the hottest sectors of the decade: computers, banks and drugs. And that's the big lesson. If you're busy racking up commission and tax costs, always chasing hot stocks or funds, get a life. All you really need is a few good ideas and the patience to be waiting when one pans out. What about the next 10 years? Think Internet infrastructure (it will be built even if every...
...from a 42-to-1 ratio in 1980 to a 410-to-1 ratio last year ? and it keeps getting wider, according to a new study released Monday by two pro-labor think tanks. "A Decade of Executive Excess" reports that the average income of a corporate CEO increased fivefold since 1990 ? and last year alone the figure rose 36 percent, compared with a 2.7 percent increase in the average blue-collar wage. If you?re slaving away for the median employee?s annual income of $29,267, then the fact that Disney CEO Michael Eisner was paid $576 million...
...images of China. But their exuberance was partly a response to years of China bashing. The bad blood, ultimately, can be traced to Tiananmen. At some point, to use Chinese terminology, the "official view" on Tiananmen will be reversed. Until then, riding an economy that has grown nearly fivefold since 1989, China's people are freer and richer than ever. "Get over it," the voice says...
...shot in the dark, but what they found was truly eye opening. While 10% of the kids who slept in darkness before age two later became nearsighted, the figure rose to 34% among those who slept with a night light, and an astonishing 55%--nearly a fivefold increase--among those who slept with the room lights on. It may be that eyes need a period of darkness to develop properly. Bedroom lighting didn't seem to make a difference after age two, when kids' eyes are no longer developing as rapidly...