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...Indeed, to some the Hong Kong market's current China mania is eerily reminiscent of the territory's short-lived dotcom boom of 2000, when investors queued for hours to snatch up order forms for shares of Internet ventures, only to see their acquisitions turn to dross when the bubble popped. These days, the object of desire has changed, with investors equally convinced that the China boom is a sure thing. The index for "H shares," as the Hong Kong-listed stocks of mainland companies are called, spiked 152% in 2003. Now that investors are back, Chinese companies are rushing...
...those letters you'll get about how parents medicate rather than discipline or love their kids, I have to write. My son, 13, is on five different medications for attention-deficit/hyperactivity and bipolar disorder. The entire family has suffered through his bouts of suicidal thought, violence and mania. Although I am not entirely comfortable with having him on medication, it is the only thing that has worked. There may be another approach out there, but right now my son and the effects of his illness on the entire family have so sapped my energy, emotion and time that...
...beside the creative chants, pep band tunes and unbridled puck mania that will surely envelop the sellout crowd—-announced at 3,836, though it will feel like twice that—there will be one element conspicuously absent...
...mania for speed (Jordan can barely sit still through an interview) and impatience with mediocrity sit at the center of eBay's phenomenal growth. A veteran of the entertainment industry and a former management consultant, Jordan was tempted away from a doomed dotcom by his former boss at Disney (now eBay CEO), Meg Whitman. At the time, in 1999, eBay had 400 employees; now it has 5,600. Its share price has grown 33-fold. Worldwide, $23 billion in transactions will pass through the eBay marketplace in 2003. Jordan's U.S. arm handles $14 billion of that. "There...
...those letters you'll get about how parents medicate rather than discipline or love their kids, I have to write. My son, 13, is on five different medications for attention-deficit/hyperactivity and bipolar disorder. The entire family has suffered through his bouts of suicidal thoughts, violence and mania. Although I am not entirely comfortable with having him on medication, it is the only thing that has worked. There may be another approach out there, but right now I am too sapped of energy, emotion and time from dealing with my son and the effects of his illness...