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...chief chemist Sally Ramsey put down paper to keep her workspace clean. But before she trashed the coated paper, she got curious. It turned out that she had created a waterproof and mildew-resistant paper that was easy to write on. The technology could be perfect for such low-cost paper products as shipping labels. Next Product: Home Runs...
...finances since the piggy bank: tax-deductible home-equity loans and lines of credit. Just try to find a rate on a credit card or construction loan that, after adjusting for taxes, comes to around 4%, as it does with home-equity borrowing. People have been tapping into this low-cost source of funds for college tuition, vacations and other spending that bailed us out of the last recession...
...people who live in projects like those where last week's riots raged are treated as second-class citizens. We have less access to the rights and services of the republic--schools are run down; job opportunities are remote. What we do have is a supermarket, a mall for low-cost shops, a few fast-food joints and maybe a movie complex. That's it. The idea is to create just enough diversion so we stay where we are. The message is, Don't come in to mix with the people in the city centers. That's what the police...
...There is little doubt that Fidelity is feeling pressure from Vanguard, the low-cost fund company that specializes in passive index-fund investing as opposed to Fidelity's preferred style of active management. Index investing has soared in popularity. American Funds is a dominant provider of funds sold through financial advisers and has used that network to stoke its growth, as opposed to Fidelity, where only a portion of its funds are sold through advisers and which traditionally has relied on good performance so its funds stand...
...babies claimed by pneumonia and diarrhea. By the 1980s, it was clear that a lack of vitamin A in the Nepalese diet was a factor in the high rates of infant mortality and in a form of blindness. All it would take to reduce both would be a low-cost vitamin-A capsule taken as infrequently as twice a year...