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...team prayed at the tomb of Ayatullah Khomeini before flying off to France. The U.S. sees Iran as a must-win--not for a political victory, but because the Iranians are the weakest team in the group. Each victory is worth three points; four points is the likely minimum to advance...
When I went home for spring break, I told my old boss at the local tennis courts that I was going to work for him this summer teaching tennis to tiny rugrats for little more than minimum wage. It's a lot of fun, but it isn't exactly resume-building, the supposed goal of all Harvard students...
Imagine that you run a mutual fund where the only investors are 98 rich people (minimum net worth: $5 million). You get paid a percentage of the gains and make nothing if the fund loses money. The risks are large, but if you're good, so are the rewards. You've just imagined my job. I'm a hedge-fund manager, a term that conjures up swashbuckling billionaires like George Soros, whose trades can drive down entire foreign economies. I'm a much smaller fish: my partner and I manage about $360 million, investing almost...
...that lie will soon be dispelled, because for every perfumer who goes home with a FiFi award, four or five will go home with nothing but the stink of failure. More than 1,500 of the best-smelling people in the world have paid a minimum of $950 a ticket to attend the black-tie 26th Annual Fragrance Foundation Awards celebrating the $5 billion industry, and by the end of Tuesday evening, they want to smell blood. They will...
...which found that small, local banks offer the best deals in the U.S., while giants like Citibank and NationsBank sock customers with charges up to $200 a year. Small community banks are opening at record rates (200 last year alone), so watch your area for high yields and low minimum balances and fees...