Word: pays
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hard to understand why this works. Why would anyone pay for a book or a magazine just for scoops you already know about from the publicity? But people do. Partly they've been suckered by the sideshow barker's trick of implying that there's more inside when there ain't. But partly there is pleasure in holding and owning something that's making news, even if it's news you already know. And journalists love producing scoops for something like the same reason. There's a thrill in being the first to report something, even if it's basically...
...happy with the answer. Wall Street, of course, is ground zero, but don't go looking for logic there. All you'll find is a bunch of paranoid bond traders with more worries than a Woody Allen character. It is these traders who have decided that the prices you pay for gas, Wheaties and SUVs are about to start shooting higher, and so they are selling bonds--driving up bond yields--in what amounts to a demand that they get paid more while inflation rages...
...from among lenders. But a new government report warns that many brokers, who handle half of all mortgages, have undisclosed agreements with lenders, letting them make money on top of the $1,000 to $3,000 per loan that borrowers typically ante up. Ask about such deals before you pay any fee. Also, that fee shouldn't go up just because rates...
...computer and uses a video capture card to convert the film to a digital format. For now, DVD movies are tough to pirate because the files are encrypted. Big movie companies are working to develop a similarly secure format that would allow them to offer pay-per-view films online...
CHEAPER GAS, PUMPED FOR YOU Hate jumping out of your car to pump gas, but rather not pay for full service? This summer, Shell Oil plans to test its Smart Pump automatic fueling system, in which a large robotic arm opens your gas cap, fills the tank, closes the cap, and bills your credit card, all in about three minutes, while you relax or buy coffee. First available in Indianapolis, the Smart Pump will require a special gas cap (installed by Shell) and will read a sensor installed in the car window to detect your fuel type, locate your...