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...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...
...sexually transmitted disease that causes genital warts, usually goes away on its own. But if it doesn't? A Swedish study now confirms what many doctors have suspected. A persistent HPV infection--one that hangs on for at least a year--raises the odds of developing cervical cancer 200-fold. And there's not too much you can do to prevent HPV. Condoms help somewhat, but monogamy or abstention is the only surefire way to be safe...
...fellowship. Trash the tariffs and, globally, consumers profit from lower prices. Political enemies turn into economic friends--who trades together plays together. In the half-century since the WTO's predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, was founded with 23 members, worldwide trade has expanded some 15-fold, to $6.5 trillion. As the world's largest exporter and importer, the U.S. owes nearly a third of its economic growth in the past decade to trade. "Cooperation is not a choice," says Mike Moore, the onetime meatpacker and New Zealand Prime Minister who heads the WTO. "It is indispensable...
COUCH POTATOES ARISE...SLOWLY Thought you'd never hear something bad about exercise? Try this. Sedentary folks who suddenly take up vigorous activity, like jogging or heavy lifting, have an astounding 30-fold increased risk of suffering a heart attack within the first hour. The jolt of exertion, though well intended, can cause plaque to rupture and trigger a heart attack. The best advice: if you can't tell a treadmill from a pepper mill, spend at least a few weeks gradually building up your stamina...
...Carried by its long fold-out handle, the iBook could be a sleek, flat fourth-grader's lunch-box. It is a laptop with a sense of humor--almost ridiculous in its rejection of more serious stereotypes of computer. Designed to live in someone's backpack, it can be handled with relative impunity. Colored like a pre-school toy, it can be considered with a modicum of flippancy and easy camaraderie...