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...returning veterans flood college campuses across the country, Harvard enrolls the largest number of students in its 311-year history. College enrollment hits 5,600 as the House feel the squeeze of an all-time record influx. Housing is cramped, and the College again resorts to cots in the Indoor Athletic Building...
Saunders' positive result came as a shock to the nurse, but it shouldn't have. Seniors are one of the fastest-growing HIV-infected populations in the U.S. Sunny south Florida, a magnet for retirees, has the largest concentration of people 50 or older with HIV. Seniors account for 14% of AIDS cases in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, compared with 10% nationally. "You've got people contracting it later in life," says Drace Langford, a member of the Florida HIV/AIDS and Aging Task Force. But there are also seniors who have been living with HIV for years, thanks...
...first glance, it may look like a risky bet. Microsoft controls more than 90% of the world's desktops, and its leverage of that alleged monopoly is what's on trial here. AOL is the world's largest Internet service provider (ISP), controlling nearly 50% of the eyeballs on the Net. AOL's contention--and the government's--is that Microsoft is comparing apples and oranges. True, AOL's 18 million online customers easily outnumber Microsoft's 2 million. On the other hand, Microsoft's Web browser now commands a 60% share of the U.S. office market against...
Moved PermanentlyMoved PermanentlyFortune Investor DataIt's a serious catch-up bid. America's largest stock brokerage is matching leader Charles Schwab's $29.95-per-trade rate (that's sans advice), and offering another plan of their own: $1,500 a year for unlimited trades and unlimited advice. Merrill's bigwigs are touting that plan as the best way to go, pointing out that you'll get more unbiased advice from a broker who doesn't work on a per-trade commission (and like most flat-fee programs, it's on average a good moneymaker for Merrill...
...million Total fines the Justice Department levied on two of the world's largest drug companies for fixing vitamin prices...