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...jobs). "It's really fantastic," says Anke Koch, 35, who works in an upscale Berlin restaurant. "I can work part-time and get health benefits for me and my baby. And I've got money in my pocket." Another reform helps the unemployed start businesses. Called "Ich AG" (Me Inc.), the government pays unemployed workers j600 a month to help set them up in business. So far, 43,000 people have started new businesses under the program. Some economists thought things were turning around last year, only to be proved wrong. And skeptics point out that a third of next...
Want to take advantage of the lower tax rate on stock dividends but don't know what stocks to buy? Mutual-fund firms have created a batch of new funds focused on dividend-paying companies. Fund tracker Morningstar Inc. estimates that a dozen or so such funds, among them Schwab Dividend Equity Fund and Waddell & Reed Advisors Dividend Income Fund, either recently opened or are set to open. These so-called equity income funds, which pay returns to investors through both dividends and (it is hoped) share-price appreciation, have been around for years, although the investment style was eclipsed...
According to Helen Martinez, founder of Chica Inc., a lifestyle fashion brand based in Los Angeles, it was the 2000 Census that convinced fashion execs there was big money to be made marketing to the nearly 39 million Latinos who represent the U.S.'s single largest minority group. This year Chica's sales are projected to reach $2 million--double last year's. Similarly, the Vato line of Latin tops is in "constant reorder mode," according to Carl Dias, the women's buyer for L.A.'s Traffic boutique...
Nonetheless, Kerry and others have begun to copy Dean's high-tech moves. Kerry has signed a contract with Meetup.com the commercial site Dean is using to arrange monthly meetings for supporters around the country. Kerry and Lieberman have also hired Convio Inc., which provides the software engine not only for the Dean campaign but also for the 1,100 Dean supporters who have set up their own websites to promote his candidacy...
Even if all 12 are deemed safe, says Dr. Robert Lanza, medical director for Advanced Cell Technology Inc., a biotech firm in Worcester, Mass., that's too small a gene pool to give scientists the genetic diversity they need. "It's totally inadequate. American scientists are fighting with one hand tied behind their backs," he argues...