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...important advantage is psychological. It's just human nature to buy into exciting stock-market rallies near the very end, and to sell in frustration at the bottom. A program of regular investing can help keep you detached from the hysteria - and you might as well get into the habit now. Smart Diversification still works It seems as if there's been nowhere to hide. In the U.S. and all the major European markets, stocks from blue chips to small caps are down. But it still goes without saying that the easiest way to avoid losing...
...porcelain corporate culture--and slink home in frustration. A native New Yorker with a Harvard M.B.A., he appeared slick, headstrong and inexperienced. At 38 he was Mazda's youngest president ever--younger, in fact, than the average employee. He wore sharp suits (and still does). He had a habit of speaking in marketing lingo (which he no longer does). And like most foreigners in Japan, he committed the occasional faux pas. At one of his first dinners out with executives, he poured his own beer--a no-no among Japanese businessmen...
...Lenoir has made a habit of jumping gender barriers. Now she's bridging political divides as well. Despite links with Socialist leaders dating back to the late President François Mitterrand, the leftist Lenoir was named France's Minister of European Affairs last week by new conservative Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin. The nomination of Lenoir surprised many on both ends of the political spectrum. But her appointment was described by some observers as proof of Raffarin's determination to assemble a government attentive to - and comprising - all segments of French social and political life. "I think...
Unwilling to give up all hope, we consulted a few experts and pieced together our own 12-step program for breaking the e-mail habit (or at least getting it under control). It goes like this...
Kicked the habit? You can still e-mail Chris at cdt@well.com