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...well-being of the child," says Erik Parens, a research associate at the Hastings Center--and that includes the couple's capacity to function as parents. It would be hard for a woman with such a medical history to adopt. But the reproduction business is virtually unregulated and profit driven, with the ethics improvised at best. "There is a need for general oversight," argues Parens, "instead of the free-for-all we now have...
...formula paid off immediately. In the company's first year, Gold says, it turned a profit on $1.5 million in sales, and the ink has been black ever since. Gold and Williams celebrated by acquiring an En-glish bulldog they named Lulu, who has become the company's advertising mascot. In 1998 Gold sold out to the Rowe Cos., owners of Rowe Furniture, which makes upholstered and leather furniture, and two retail chains, Home Elements and Storehouse. The deal afforded Gold financial security, and the ongoing relationship is strictly hands...
...Will enough Japanese consumers take to banks with baristas in place of tellers? The early results are encouraging. For the six months ending last Sept. 30, Shinsei declared a profit of $275 million. And the bank is reported to be preparing to sell its stock to the public in an ipo. "We were pessimistic last spring," says Nana Otsuki, an analyst with Standard & Poor's, "but Shinsei has surprised...
...continues, the government will have resigned itself to infusing boatloads of cash into the floundering rail system. Amtrak, critics grouse, has proven itself incapable of surviving without federal aid. Warrington counters that Amtrak is expected to perform like a profitable business but to provide services - like those sparsely-ridden long-haul routes - like a non-profit organization. And, he argues, while everyone complains about the money that's been lavished on Amtrak - $22 billion since the agency's inception - no one mentions that the government spent $27.5 billion in 2001 alone to keep our highways moving...
...making that case is the problem of whoever replaces Warrington. There are already plans afoot to privatize Amtrak, sell off its most popular routes to the highest bidder and let truly private companies do their best to make a profit. There are plenty of potential buyers, especially along the densely populated corridor between Boston and Washington, D.C. Privatization of some sort is probably where the future of rail travel lies. "Over time," says John Collura, a professor of civil engineering at Virginia Tech, "inter-city rail will evolve into a private service, although it may still receive some public support...