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...taxes. Bonds are taxed as ordinary income; stocks are taxed as capital gains, normally a lower rate. Still, these returns are unusual and suggest there is something in the air. Investors have responded by taking their most defensive posture in years. It all seems a little overdone. Few economists forecast a recession anytime soon. Yet with the often unsettling month of October looming and growth clearly slowing, being defensive makes some sense. As the economy slows, assuming interest rates decline with the slowdown, long-term bond yields will decline. That makes existing bonds more valuable because of the higher interest...
...with a plan that calls for 1,000 people, armed with giant mirrors, to disrupt telecasts by flashing sunlight at television crews and into camera lenses. "We want the Olympic movement to reflect on its cultural imperialism," says Bondi councilor Dominic Wykanak. Unfortunately, the combination of an unfavorable weather forecast and the stadium's 16-meter walls looks set to frustrate the saboteurs' ambitious plans...
...huddling with NHTSA officials. Gary Crigger, Firestone's executive vice president, phoned his bosses in Tokyo to advise them of the decision. That seemed to catch the Japanese company flat-footed, although it publicly took credit for the order. Just two weeks ago, Bridgestone chief executive Yoichiro Kaizaki forecast rising profits for the rest of 2000. But last week Bridgestone said the recall at Firestone--which accounted for some 40% of Bridgestone's $20.4 billion in 1999 revenues--could cost the Japanese company as much as $600 million this year...
...showing impressive growth and real profits. JDS Uniphase last week announced quarterly net income of $114 million; sales increased 173%, to $524 million. Corning earned $525 million last year on sales of $4.7 billion. (Optical components are 70% of its sales.) Unlike e-commerce or B2B start-ups, where forecast multitrillion-dollar markets have turned out to be largely theoretical, optical networking, according to industry consultant RHK, is a $6.6 billion annual business right now and is growing 75% annually. "There is an urgency because everyone feels as if they are going to miss out on the best optics deal...
...gender through prenatal testing. The mothers-to-be were asked to foretell whether they were carrying a girl or boy and to describe whether their guess was based on folklore, the way they were carrying the baby, a dream or just a feeling. Of the women who based their forecast on a feeling or dream, 71% were correct, and all the women who cited a dream were right. Researchers concluded that there is much about the maternal-fetal connection to be explored...