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...made his first million by selling a design for an electronic translator to Sharp Corp. He was so absorbed in the process that he forgot to wheel his Porsche over to Berkeley city hall for his own wedding. He founded Softbank Corp. in Tokyo in 1981. Legend has it that after he stood atop a crate and ranted about the company's future domination of the PC industry, his first two employees quit on the spot. Despite that vote of no confidence, Softbank went on to become Japan's leading software distributor...
Since then, it is as if Son & Co. trained a fire hose on Silicon Valley and pumped in a steady stream of cash. President Gary Rieschel figures that in 1996, with Softbank Technology Ventures still an unknown in the valley, it invested $200 million in 55 companies in four months-- although "investing" hardly describes the act of writing checks as fast as you can. Last month Softbank opened Hotbank, an incubator for start-ups. There has been no need to advertise. Each week hundreds of applications pour into Hotbank; out come announcements of new Softbank allies: PeoplePC, Webvan, Global Sports...
...players guide Ms. Croft, archaeologist and daughter of an English lord, through a series of brainteasing, Indiana Jones-style adventures. Just five years old, Lara has become the foundation of one of the most successful franchises in video-game history. The first three Tomb Raiders sold an incredible 17 million copies, helping boost sales of Sony PlayStations and 3-D graphics cards...
...advantages (uncontested second helpings of pie, for instance), it also confirms us as members of the "sandwich generation," so called because we are wedged between the needs of growing children and aging parents. More than likely, within the next few years my sisters and I will join 22 million other American households that provide care for their older relatives...
...Forty million Americans suffer from arthritis, the painful, often debilitating disease that can affect every joint in your body. Actually, it isn't just one disease. Arthritis is a whole class of illnesses that comes in more than a hundred varieties. About 20 million people in the U.S., for example, have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis, a degenerative disease in which cartilage that cushions the joints erodes, leading to painful bone-on-bone contact. And 3 million or so more have rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic inflammation of the joints that causes pain, stiffness, swelling and loss of function...