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...tough economy and off a market bottom, the cyclical recovery in earnings tends to be strongest with small caps," says Jack Laporte, president of the T. Rowe Price New Horizons fund. Some of his favorite holdings are retailers (Ann Taylor), business services (Exult), software (Jack Henry) and semiconductors (Maxim Integrated Products...
...example of how media and marketing are reshaping the idea of American manhood. Once, the very idea of young men bonding over what it means to be a young man would have seemed pretty, well, woman-y. That changed with the resurgence of men's magazines like Maxim, which built a circulation of more than 2.5 million on a philosophy of manhood built on a love of gadgets, lowbrow jokes and almost naked starlets. (Not coincidentally, Maxim has expressed interest in starting a men's channel...
Spike's idea of what men want has a lot in common with Maxim's. For starters, it appears that Pamela Anderson would be perfect if only she had bigger breasts and was a cartoon. She provides the voice for Stripperella, an animated action show premiering June 26 about an exotic dancer who fights crime. Debuting the same night are Gary the Rat, with Kelsey Grammer as the voice of a lawyer who turns into a rodent, and a revival of the scatological toon Ren & Stimpy. Later Spike will roll out the celebrity-car show Ride with Funkmaster Flex, reality...
Another kind of SRI fund, however, is in the news. Last week Wal-Mart said it will suspend sales of several men's magazines, including Maxim, FHM and Stuff (see Essay). Officially, the retailing giant pulled the plug after "customers around the country" complained that the boobs-and-booze monthlies made them "uncomfortable." In fact, the move came after a grass-roots campaign orchestrated largely by a mutual-fund manager...
...nixing of Maxim is Ally's first victory in what may be a long crusade. "We're starting with Wal-Mart," he says. "They're not our only target. We want to try to slow down this slide into the moral abyss that America...