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...hardest part about saving for college ought to be the saving part, not choosing where to stash the savings. Stock-index funds? Zero-coupon bonds? Target maturity mutual funds? Custodial accounts? Prepaid tuition plans? Education IRAs? Each has advantages for folks staring at potential six-figure tuition bills down the road. It all amounts to a terrifying multiple-choice test that leads even straight-A parents to resort to guesswork or to cutting class altogether...
CBCPNET, the largest internet service provider in the nation, is run by the Catholic bishops conference of The Philippines: "your alternative ISP with a mission," as its slogan goes. A nonprofit organization, it lures users from the wages of sin by offering them prepaid internet cards so they can go online - to send and receive e-mails and access any number of "good" sites - for about $2 for seven hours, one-third of what commercial providers charge...
...July 1, a Saturday, Lucie went on a dohan with a customer from Casablanca. The man, whose name Lucie did not share with anyone, had offered her a prepaid mobile phone if she would accompany him to a restaurant near the beach. Her roommate Louise was still in bed in their six-tatami matted room when Lucie left. Louise recalls glimpsing Lucie on her way out in sandals and a black one-piece dress, and a silver necklace with hearts on it. They had plans to see each other in the evening, along with Scott. Lucie phoned Louise three times...
...handle charges of, say, 7[cents]. But new players are moving in. Compaq's MilliCent, for example, is a pay-per-click network currency that will let Web surfers micropay for everything from news stories to online games. Users will be billed by credit card, phone, ISP bill or prepaid card...
Solo 1150 Laptop GATEWAY, $1,299 This is a great deal on a hip, mobile machine with a crisp, 12.1-in. display, a 550-MHz chip and a year of prepaid Internet service...