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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Still, bullish investors see little downside in commodities, although returns may not come overnight. Some consider commodities a hedge against another looming threat: inflation. If loose monetary policies implemented by central banks around the world to stimulate growth eventually spark inflation, commodity prices might escalate rapidly. "If the world economy is going to improve, commodities are going to be the best place to be," asserts Rogers. "If the world economy doesn't improve, commodities are going to be the best place to be." Anyone for a truckload of soybeans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Driving the Bull Market in Commodities? | 4/25/2009 | See Source »

...much worse. What will happen is that Microsoft will remain the dominant force in business, server, and PC software for years. The company's products are too ubiquitous and too well-designed to be easily replaced. Microsoft will have competition, but that competition will not transform the software industry overnight because Microsoft's products are the glue that holds together a very large portion of the technology used by businesses and consumers around the world. (Read a 24/7 Wall St. story on Microsoft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Microsoft Follows in the Footsteps of McDonald's and Wal-Mart | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

...astonishing beauty. People reacted as if vast quantities of treasure were discovered in the trunk of a broken-down Hyundai abandoned on their street. It was always there, but nobody had ever bothered to look. Thanks to that grouchy Simon Cowell (and YouTube), the two amateur singers each became overnight sensations, bringing lumps to the throats and surreptitious wiping of the eyes to millions, including the show's judges. (See pictures of the unlikely ascendance of Susan Boyle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Susan Boyle: Not Quite Out of Nowhere | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...zone on the eastern shores of the Mulaithivu lagoon and, according to reports from the area, had set up gun encampments every 30 meters (98 feet) or so along it. According to Laxman Hulugalle, Director General of the Sri Lankan defense ministry's Media Centre for National Security, after overnight fighting, troops captured a small stretch of the fortified earth bund on the morning of April 20, and between 25,000 and 30,000 civilians trapped behind the bund streamed through. (See pictures of Sri Lanka: Tiger Territory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Noose Tighter on Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers | 4/20/2009 | See Source »

...Serbian-German mother. She made her name in 2000, when she and four other young women beat 4,500 other hopefuls in the German version of the reality TV show "Popstars." Recruited to join the band "No Angels" (think Germany's answer to the Spice Girls) they became overnight hits, selling more than five million records and notching up four chart toppers including one in Brazil. The band split in 2003, burnt-out after their rocket to fame. Four of the original five, including Benaissa, reformed in 2007 and went on to represent Germany at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Germany, No Angels Star Faces HIV Charges | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

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