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BASIC INDUSTRY This highly cyclical group includes Dow Chemical, aluminum producer Alcoa, rubber company Goodyear Tire and metal benders like Caterpillar--outfits that make what sells well in an economic recovery. Because their earnings are volatile, a better way to value such companies is by looking at sales, says John Manley, market strategist at Salomon Smith Barney. Over the past 30 years, he says, this group has traded at a 10% discount to the price-to-sales ratio (price per share divided by sales per share) of the S&P 500. The discount today...
...song, Spears stopped and said, "I'm sorry, Mexico. I love you. Bye," and slipped away. The crowd of 50,000 hurled Britney merchandise and shouted, "Fraud! Fraud!" Spears later apologized, promised tickets would be refunded and blamed her walk-off on the risk that lightening would strike the metal stage. She then announced she would take six months off--just enough time for the average 12-year-old to forget her completely...
Apart from the risk of death, injury and exhaust-caused lung damage, being behind the wheel in many parts of the E.U. is a hazard to mental health. The frustration caused by sitting with the engine in neutral or first gear in a flashy metal box built to travel up to 200 km/h certainly contributes to road rage, the syndrome whereby Mr. Nice jumps out of his car as Mr. Nuts. The white paper calculates that each day 7,500 km of E.U. roads are like arteries clogged by cholesterol, at best sluggish, at worst blocked to standstill. Over...
Hard at work behind the glass windows and metal gate to allow the visitors to watch the staff work and to hear the expert discussions inside the gallery, I try to ignore the curious eyes. I now know how those pandas at the zoo feel. For the most part, I do not notice the tourists any more...
...This is Julia Child’s kitchen! It’s not open yet! It will open on August 19!” His family stands just inches away from him as he unnecessarily reads the exhibition sign aloud word-for-word. The family then peers through the metal gate, watches us working for a while, quickly grows bored and leaves, making way for the next family to repeat the process...