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...while back, about 10 weeks into my Army career, I finally came up with a nice pithy answer to give drill sergeants when they asked me why I had signed up. "Fun and profit," I'd say, with the slightest hint of a grin. They never smiled back, and now I'm maybe finding out why: However much like a G.I. Joe fantasy camp (complete with pay and free food) the military may sometime seem, there is always a Bummer coming...
While the daytime traffic has been a source of profit to small businesses in the area, the lack of housing beyond MIT is a serious handicap to small businesses that want to extend their hours...
...ring formed two and a half years ago in an AOL chat room. The case highlights the double-edged sword of policing an increasingly diffuse industry. On the downside, SEC investigators say their task has become more complicated as conspirators are increasingly removed from the trading floor and can profit through investors they've never met. At the same time, the feds say the Web is making it easier to track insider traders because, as Freeman is alleged to have done, they leave an electronic trail - something Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken never had to worry about...
While Dolly's creators revel in their expanding equity, President Clinton and Prime Minister Tony Blair are preparing to make a rare exception to the principle of science-for-profit: the U.S. and British governments will make the results of the Human Genome Project available to the public and, more important, to the scientific community. A statement to be released Tuesday urges all researchers in the program to share their data in the interests of promoting humanity's ability to fight disease. With the latest $448 million the White House has asked Congress to approve for the project...
Having earlier entered a sell-limit order of $6.50 a share, Colt quickly sells his stock and rakes in more than $41,000. His friends and family also profit...