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...Meanhile, McCain deflected jabs about his reported temper with humorous, self-deprecating quips ("You know, a comment like that really makes me mad.") Outside the arena, the news for Bush was less good. Although Bush has reined in a lot of McCain's lead, his hopes of winning the New Hampshire primary took a hit Thursday when the Manchester Union Leader, the conservative newspaper which wields considerable influence among the state's Republican voters, labeled the Texas governor "a nice guy but an empty suit with no philosophical underpinning," and endorsed Steve Forbes. But even if Granite State conservatives have...
Foul play is confirmed, but the identity of the players may make for the great murder mystery of international finance. Edmond Safra, owner of the Republic National Bank of New York and one of the world's richest men, was murdered Friday in Monte Carlo after two knife-wielding hooded men broke into his penthouse apartment and set a fire after the banker locked himself in a bathroom. Safra and a nanny died in the fire, while his bodyguard was badly injured. The killers have not been apprehended...
...later backed off the record high, the euphoria may be a product of a paradigm shift in the shaping of economic indicators. After all, it seems counterintuitive that wage inflation wouldn't increase with the ever-expanding job market. "But this may show some things about the new economy," says Baumohl. "Increased productivity means that even though new jobs are being added, the prices of consumer goods aren't rising. And a growing number of employees are being at least partly rewarded in ways that don't show up in hourly wage inflation figures - extra benefits, bonuses and stock options...
Thursday, while the GOP presidential candidates gathered in New Hampshire to engage in debate and argue about the size of tax breaks, a less kind, considerably less gentle Democratic race was beginning to show its face. Campaigning in Iowa, Al Gore addressed a group of senior citizens, and warned them that Bill Bradley's sweeping health care reforms would "deny care to millions." Bradley, in an uncharacteristic flash of emotion, refuted Gore's claim, calling it a "distortion" of the truth. Bradley went even further in his attack, saying Gore is lying about Bradley's record and misrepresenting his policy...
...knew these guys, hereto far from firebrands, were looking for a knock-down, drag-out fight? "Gore and Bradley have so many similar ideas, and at a time when voters seem to be yearning for someone new, and looking for a fresh start, Gore really has no choice but to highlight any differences he can find in his and Bradley's positions," says TIME Washington correspondent Karen Tumulty. Even if that means risking the loss of a few voters - and maybe getting into a few well-timed battles. "As Bradley runs to the left of Gore, the vice president...