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Anyone who feels as though there's been no way to make money in the stock market this year hasn't heard of Emergent BioSolutions. While broad indexes are off some 40% since Jan. 1, Emergent, which makes anthrax vaccines and is broadening into flu shots, is up 376%, to $24.11. Emergent is the top-returning stock in 2008 (through Dec. 12), according to an analysis done for TIME by Thomson Reuters Datastream. And Emergent isn't the only company that's been pleasing shareholders. This probably isn't going to make you feel any better about your brokerage account...
First it was fat, then it was carbs and, in recent years, the buzzword for the diet-conscious has become glycemic index. That's a measure of how quickly a food is broken down and absorbed by the body, and it's the driving principle behind such weight-loss plans as the Atkins and South Beach diets. But while scientific studies have documented the impact of too much dietary fat and carbohydrate on the body - making us heavier and increasing our risk of diabetes and heart disease - the evidence has not been as clear for high- or low-glycemic index...
...TIME's 2008 luxury index...
...Citigroup in late October. Back then, a preferred share similar in type to those purchased by the government was trading at $15.60. Since then, the shares have fallen 12%, to a recent $13.67. To figure out the total return of Treasury's portfolio, TIME compared the returns of an index that tracks financial preferred shares with the dates on which Treasury made its investments. All told, in about six weeks the Treasury Department has lost an estimated $16 billion, or about 10% of the money invested so far - a paper loss, but a loss just the same...
...occupied the offices of beleaguered Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, and then, on Nov. 25, stormed the capital's airport. Tourists and investors are fleeing the country, the stock market is tanking. The famous Thai smile is fading fast. A Bangkok pollster calculated that the nation's "Gross Domestic Happiness Index" measured a mere 4.84 out of 10, the lowest for almost three years. Cheer up, Peter Reid? He's probably the only happy man left in Thailand...