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...before the sub could be recovered. "There's no telling how [K-159] will hold up under water," this source says. The wreckage is under crushing pressure, 781 ft. down, and its hull is deeply corroded. Although its reactors ground to a halt 15 years ago, the spent nuclear fuel--1,760 lbs. of the stuff--was never unloaded. Adding to the worry, K-159 sank in the waters between Russia and Norway, an area crisscrossed by commercial shipping lanes and fishing boats. Norway's Fisheries Directorate says it is waiting for reports from Norwegian radiation authorities to assess whether...
...fuel the nation's pop-star fantasies, there is Guitar Center. The country's largest retailer of musical instruments, with 113 stores in 30 states, Guitar Center provides the teeming ranks of wannabe musicians with guitars, keyboards and digital recording and mixing equipment. Although 2002 was a grim year for many retailers, sales at the chain, based in Westlake Village, Calif., rose 16%, topping $1 billion for the first time. Profits jumped 48%, to $25 million, and investors took note. Guitar Center shares, which trade on the NASDAQ, more than doubled, from $16 in September 2002 to $34 one year...
...today’s new individuals. Our era of disruptive capitalism will create opportunities for outsiders, mavericks and visionaries. The time is ripe for leadership from a new generation willing to question the worn-out answers of its fathers. Your innovations will be the engines of wealth creation that fuel the global economy of the twenty-first century. If you are successful, it will be a more prosperous century than the last—as measured in cash as well as in the quality of the lives we live...
...Hydrogen Fuel Cell For carmakers, it's the ultimate green machine: a system that runs on hydrogen and oxygen and spouts only heat and water vapor. GM says it could start mass-producing fuel-cell cars by 2010. But makers of consumer electronics may beat them to the punch. In two years NEC plans to introduce a fuel-cell-powered laptop that runs 40 hours between charges--very handy in, say, a massive blackout. Portable fuel-cell power generators sell for a mere...
Over the past few years, a coterie of UPPC subcommittees have studied various aspects of Allston planning and consultants have gathered concrete data to fuel decisions...