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...Banking giant Citigroup, for example, just raised its annual dividend 75% to $1.40--very timely for CEO Sandy Weill, who is retiring from that role at the end of the year but is staying on as chairman. With a net worth of $1 billion, it's not as if Weill needs the money. Still, his 22 million Citi shares will spin off $27 million a year in after-tax income, up from $11 million. "That income stream only comes because I've taken the risk along with the other shareholders in this company," Weill told Time...
...chemotherapy does; and a three-dollar bar of soap in the shape of the Virgin Mary won’t do much in the way of healing birth defects. But my emotional, aesthetic side is completely struck by the wonder of the scene: by the music echoing from the giant underground basilica, by the way people’s hands lovingly stroke the rocks of the grotto, by the sense of hope and faith in the humid July air. Theirs is a hope and faith that leaves me out of the loop, because there’s a part...
...protect the whole yard from mosquitoes there are two promising options. Sandalwood Mosquito Sticks from New Mountain can repel the bugs from a patio-size area. Like giant incense sticks, the all-natural repellents smolder for three to four hours...
...serendipitous meeting of art and commerce is "a big wow," according to Susan Ciulla, vice president of merchandising for office-supply giant Staples. She won't disclose sales figures, but Ciulla says the clock, which retails for $8.98, is already "the best-selling one Staples has in its mix." And its high profile in the movie might well give it a boost...
...grim reminder that JI's operational capability is as dangerous as ever. "Despite the many arrests in Indonesia, the momentum is still going for JI," says Mick Keelty, head of the Australian Federal Police, which assisted in the Bali investigation. "It's as if we've awakened a sleeping giant...