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...high school senior is one of millions of Americans who have hitched their computers to the tireless bull market. Once the preserve of a few computer-literate plungers, online trading could account for nearly 30% of the projected 227 million securities transactions at retail houses this year, according to Piper Jaffray, a Minneapolis, Minn., investment firm. "It's been on fire," Bill Burnham, a senior analyst at Piper Jaffray, says of online trading. "Hands down, it's the most successful area of consumer-based electronic commerce...
...parks are only a little more than 50 miles away (but save enough energy for the nonstop pace at Space Camp). Other local points of interest include the Brevard Community College Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory (planetarium shows, a rooftop telescope, space museum and hands-on exhibit hall), the Piper Aircraft factory (where those interested in aviation on a smaller scale can tour the assembly plant) and the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (for living proof that nature and technology can coexist peacefully). Finally, you'll want to reserve time to go back over to the Kennedy Space Center. There...
...reportedly put itself up for sale after recording a dizzying slump in profits. Two other big lenders--Aames Financial and Cityscape Financial--are seeking buyers as well. "You've got too much competition chasing too few profitable loans," says Jeffrey Evanson, who follows the industry for the investment firm Piper Jaffray in Minneapolis, Minn...
DIED. SHINICHI SUZUKI, 99, Japan's Pied Piper, whose methods of instruction have taught millions of toddlers worldwide a new mother tongue, classical music; in Tokyo. Putting his techniques into widespread practice in the 1950s, Suzuki coached his tiny pupils to memorize Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and, later, Mozart's concertos--without their necessarily being able to read a note...
...Wins 'ER' But Loses the NFL The Peacock wouldn't pay the NFL piper for Monday Night Football, but did manage to pony up $13 mil to keep 'ER' operating happily for three more years. Is the number one network ripe for a fall...