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...honesty, Harvard eats aren’t too shabby. We complain because we have to—students love to relate to one another through mutual bitching and moaning about common oppressions such as mediocre food, constant problem sets, Expos (for the first-years) and how the Lampoon won’t accept heterosexual compers...
...wonder Michael Shanahan, chairman of Capital Research & Management Co., the nation's third largest mutual-fund manager, thinks of dividends as a defense mechanism. "Dividends act as a check on corporate hubris," he explains. "Giving some money back to shareholders gives the shareholders the ability to decide what to do with it." Ralph Nader complains to TIME that Microsoft is "piling up $50 million a day. It tells shareholders that the only way they can benefit from Microsoft shares is to sell. That isn't good enough. Shareholders own the company--it's their money...
...expect stocks to be sluggish for a while, so now is an especially good time to incorporate dividends into your portfolio. Three solid mutual funds that specialize in cash-paying stocks are Fidelity Dividend Growth, T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth and (if you invest through a broker) Capital Income Builder from the American Funds group. You might also send a message to billg@microsoft.com Show me the money, Bill...
Time was when investors were drawn mainly from those rich enough to look after themselves. But those days are long past. From 1989 to 1998, the number of Americans who invested in shares--either directly or through mutual funds, savings accounts and retirement plans--grew from 52 million to 84 million. Enron matters because those charged with the trust of such investors--many of them new to the markets--let them down. A system that has brought unimagined prosperity cannot survive if such betrayals become commonplace...
...between Japan and both Koreas. The North has put the return of stolen cultural artifacts high on the agenda in its on-again, off-again talks with Japan on normalizing relations. Even after decades of relatively cordial political relations between the South Korean and Japanese governments, the lack of mutual understanding is staggering...