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The industry's problems are partly a case of growing too big too fast. Assisted living first became popular in the late 1980s, but it wasn't until the mid-'90s--when assisted-living companies went public--that the industry exploded. Wall Street investors, eyeing the impending retirement of millions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Better Than A Nursing Home? | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

On the evening of Wednesday, June 13, Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric, retreated to his room at the Conrad Hilton hotel in Brussels and wrestled with an unfamiliar feeling--one of impending defeat. Just eight months before, he had, it seemed, pulled off a stunning coup. Welch had always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Jack Fell Down | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

But that sentiment goes against our inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of litigation. Even the talking heads on CNBC are being dragged into the fray. A pediatrician in New York City recently filed an arbitration claim against celebrity analyst Henry Blodget, accusing him of keeping a "buy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Net Net: Broker Poker | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

The last time Fanny Sobero saw her husband Guillermo, it was late afternoon on May 23 at their suburban home in the chaparral-covered hills of Corona, California. Kids were shooting hoops in the fading light, and Sobero, in khaki shorts and a T shirt, was out in the driveway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Regrettable Detour | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

Boeken, 56, has smoked two packs of Marlboro cigarettes every day for the last 43 years, despite repeated attempts to quit. He now has lung cancer, which has spread to his brain, back and lymph nodes; doctors give him less than a year to live. Who?s responsible for this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Big Money Decision Against Big Tobacco | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

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