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Here's one more reason why you shouldn't believe everything you read: despite modest sales predictions, Windows 98 is flying off store shelves. Research firm IDC had predicted that the new edition, widely considered a minor maintenance upgrade to the ubiquitous Windows 95 operating system, would sell a third fewer copies than its predecessor in its first year. But in its first six days on sale (starting June 25), Windows 98 had sold more copies than Windows 95 in the same period. So much for the experts...
...Administration, when a Democratic President made deals with a Democratic Congress, saw the passage of the Brady Bill and the assault-gun ban. After the Republican sweep of Congress in '94, the assault-weapon ban was nearly overturned. What prevails in Washington now is a standoff in which only modest measures, like the newly introduced proposal for gun safety locks, stand much chance of passage. On the state level, the most popular approach has been decontrol--laws that permit concealed weapons...
...decree had the opposite effect. Nearly all the declared incomes were absurd. The oil-and-media tycoon BORIS BEREZOVSKY, then deputy secretary of the Security Council, put his net worth at $38,500. And just how transparent is Yeltsin being? Last year he explained that his income was modest (largely derived from royalties on his memoirs), but not to worry, the state covers most of his expenses. This time around, he's silent. The Kremlin confirmed the figures, but gave no reason for the income jump. "Why should this figure upset so many journalists?" wondered a Kremlin spokesman. "Our President...
From high on the hill in the riverside town of Wanxian, Gu Xiaoli looks out over the boat dock from her kitchen window and sighs. She is cooking a modest dinner of rice soup, pigs' feet and steamed buns. In the past two years, she, her husband and her son have all been laid off from textile factories in the town. With their combined pensions of $100 a month, they also have to support her 85-year-old father. Her biggest worry is for her son. After being laid off, he opened a restaurant that failed; then...
...easy to learn before you buy that Steelcase sells in Canada or that semiconductor companies do an inordinate amount of business in Asia. Just read business publications or the many investing features now available online for free or for modest fees. (See time.com for a selection of websites.) Once you know where and how a company does business, you can quickly find the bargains when the market throws a sector sale...