Word: k
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...took undergraduate teaching very seriously. Even his jokes in class were planned," said colleague and Associate Professor of History Emmanuel K. Akyeampong...
...eggs in one basket. It's not really their fault. The rapid rise of stock-based compensation at work is a primary culprit--and who's going to knock programs that grant stock options and otherwise stuff employee accounts with company shares through stock-purchase, profit-sharing and 401(k) plans? The problem is that many folks end up with their retirement dreams tethered to a single stock...
...select crowd, for sure, and that bugs me. Diversification is a huge issue for all investors. If tax-free diversification for the rich is allowed to stand--and, frankly, even if it isn't--the time has come to ease restrictions on company-contributed shares in 401(k) plans. The average 401(k) account with employer stock contributions has 55% of its assets in the employer's stock. That's way too much. The plans should allow participants to diversify within the plan to 10% employer-stock exposure, or less...
...gene splicing--they all appeared in science fiction first, well before showing up at the mall or on the military base. But science fiction is visionary by design and prophetic only by accident. You'll have a hard time finding androids, aliens, time travelers or psychic powers at the K-mart, even though science-fiction writers have obsessed about them for 70 years...
GROSS ANATOMY--Melissa K. Crocker; ARE YOU THERE, GOD?--Meredith B. Osborn; MR. BEAN--Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan