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...didn't warn you. For months, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has hinted that he would lift interest rates to head off inflation. Yields on Treasury bonds have been rising in anticipation that he'll pull the trigger on March 25 when the Fed Board meets. Higher rates are bad for the stock market but even worse for consumers. Even a quarter-point hike will hurt. Some 60 million households have "revolving" credit-card debt averaging more than $6,000, at an interest rate of about 17%. An uptick would add nearly a billion dollars in interest expenses. And those...
...just about ever Tennessee passing record there is. He also has genetics on his side -- he's the son of former pro star Archie Manning. Peyton said he had planned to stay in school until Bill Parcels came on as coach of the Jets, a move that promised to lift the sagging fortunes of the team. By staying, Manning runs the risk of suffering the same fate as his father, playing on a series of bad teams in New Orleans, a club that's likely to have the league's worst record -- and the first pick in the draft -- next...
EYES IN THE SKY Some governments have been spying from the heavens for decades, but later this year the first commercial imaging satellites are scheduled to lift off. Their high-resolution photos are expected to be a boon for developers and environmentalists--as well as foreign governments and well-heeled voyeurs...
...attended with him, he expressed little personal interest in his foreign visitors except for their technology, which he wanted immediately. Once I brought some books for his beloved grandchildren. Without looking at them, he handed them to an aide and started lecturing me about the need for Washington to lift all export restrictions on modern technologies--not "those of the '70s, but the '80s and '90s," he said fiercely...
...high-fuel foods. Despite the common belief that foods containing grease, caffeine and sugar provide a lift, the price of "cranking up" the body in the short term is the risk of having the body "crash" an hour later. As a snacking alternative, eat fruit, bagels, crackers and popcorn, which give the body a more consistent injection of energy...