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...rumor-sell-the-news" mini-slump, but clearly this was not the abject disappointment that a quarter-point drop in the bucket would have been, and the next month should be relatively happy one on the Street. After taking back that roundly criticized (mostly in hindsight) May half-point hike in January, Greenspan has now done it again, lopping off another half-point, and stands ready to pull a February surprise just like January's if the picture continues to darken...
...During that testimony, Greenspan also called "critical" the question of whether a slowdown would "breach the fabric of consumer confidence," and he doesn't need much more evidence than this that it has. He's already made his mea culpa for last May's half-point hike with the surprise half-point cut the first week in January; now it's time to make sure a precipitous slowdown - and an accordingly precipitous drop in mood on Wall Street and Main Street alike - takes on a "V" shape in a hurry...
When President-elect George W. Bush speaks to reporters about his environmental policy, he takes them on a 90-minute hike to his favorite waterfalls. There he advocates diluting environmental laws, removing some of the most ornery clauses that hinder economic development, privatizing national parks and opening up Alaska to oil speculators. All this above his favorite waterfalls, which really are "his" before they are "favorite": They are on land he owns and only he can access...
...This is why O'Neill's résumé does not include a top job in the Reagan administration, why he spoke up in favor of Bush the elder's infamous tax hike, and why he called the Clinton administration's record of fiscal discipline and economic stability "wonderful...
WALKING We already knew that walking can reduce adult-onset diabetes and coronary heart disease. But researchers at Harvard University have found another good reason to take a hike: to prevent stroke. According to the Harvard Health Letter, even people who had been sedentary for much of their life had a lower stroke risk soon after they started walking regularly. Speed counts, though. For the fastest walkers, the risk reduction was an impressive 40%. A leisurely stroll does some good, but the study showed that a brisk pace of three m.p.h. or more is the key, even more important than...