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...companies with billions in obligations to workers are panicked over losses and confused about how to respond. And investors are fast learning that pension liabilities can reduce or even eliminate the profits of the world's largest corporations. Fortunately for the employees involved, companies do not have to plug the holes overnight. The shortfalls are in obligations that stretch far into the future. "We have years to address this," says Ross Cook, a spokesman for British Telecommunications (BT), a company whose pension-fund deficit is currently calculated at about $2.63 billion. But experts say the shortfalls should raise alarms about...
...destined for, an infomercial. The $6 Pizza Fork combines a pizza cutter and fork in one utensil ("Easy! Amazing! Versatile!" screams the flyer). The $80 Cooper Cooler chills a can of soda in 60 sec.--after you add 24 ice cubes and two cups of cold water and plug the thing into the wall...
...grapes are harvested and processed. They are picked and pressed while frozen solid, in the dead of winter. The result is a wine with an intense flavor--sweet, like Sauternes, but tangy. "I love these wines," says Andrea Immer, author of Great Tastes Made Simple. "They're a spark plug for the mouth." Ice wines originated in the 1790s when workers in the Franconian region of Germany tried to salvage grapes frozen in an early frost. One of the newest producers is Canada, whose nippy Niagara Peninsula provides the perfect microclimate for growing--and freezing--ice wine's Riesling, Vidal...
...Sunbeam] just started selling a quiet, exhaust-free generator that uses our technology. It's for industry--it costs $5,995--but a consumer version is due in the next few months. General Electric is involved in fuel cells. They have an investment in one of our competitors [Plug Power...
...Universal Adapter Whether in Congress, the Pentagon or the White House, Cheney has made a career out of being the consummate No. 2, the trusted deputy or operations man who carries out his assignments with smooth efficiency. "You plug him in, and he works anywhere," says Mary Kay Hill, a longtime aide to former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson, who worked with Cheney on Capitol Hill. "He just has a real good way of fitting in and working his environment...