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...record 49% of Americans own stock. This isn't play money. It's a cop-out to blame analysts if you were so caught up in the money chase that you failed to recognize their tortured logic and conflicts of interest. You owe it to yourself to understand how things work. Earnings expectations, not earnings, are what matter. Mr. Average gets shares of an IPO not because he's lucky, but because the IPO was deemed too chancy for better clients. When analysts say buy, they mean hold; hold, they mean sell...
...million Estimated amount they still owe their lawyers for Whitewater and other legal matters...
...have a weight problem, you have more than your diet or your gym to thank. You also owe a nod to your leptin gene. And while you're at it, tip a hat to your MC4 receptors and your PC1 enzymes and your POMC peptides. Hard to figure out the role this alphabet soup of stuff plays in helping keep you thin? Don't feel bad. It's all new to scientists...
FAST FOOD Lingering over dessert is fun; languishing while you wait for your change is not. Now Wirca Inc. of Overland Park, Kans., has a solution. When the check comes, you dial up Wirca, punch in the amount you owe and leave. Its wireless cash network knows where you are and settles the bill between the restaurant's bank and yours. Now being tested in Kansas City, the service will roll out nationwide in April...
...loan-based system. Pell Grants today account for only 10.7 percent of all student aid, while federal students loans comprise 51.4 percent. The end result of this policy is that students graduating with four-year degrees bear an average debt of $19,000, not including what their parents owe. Students finishing graduate school are even deeper in debt...