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...there's a future for low-cost airlines or it will shut [us] all down." Online Trading Like It's 1999 You might have thought that online stock brokers had disappeared along with the Furby. But surprise: the rebounding stock market is lifting the online brokerage boats into real profits. Says Angus Rigby, vice president of U.K. online broker, TD Waterhouse: "We've learned which costs to cut, and now an uptick in [trading] volume means a surge in profits." Talk about an uptick - Rigby says his company has done 70% more trades this year than last. On the Continent...
...sports take a back seat for a while. Is classical music in crisis? With young talents like these bursting through, it's hard to be too pessimistic. The industry will never achieve pop's massive sales, but it continues to produce great artists with long shelf lives and tidy profit potential. And they don't have to wear wet T shirts or simulate sex with their instruments to do it. Official Website: www.jonathanlemalu.com
...Lindvall is on a new mission. This month she launches the website for Collage, her New York-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to using the Internet, television and, yes, supermodel power to engage young people on issues like the environment, politics and health. "Most people know more about their favorite Hollywood stars than about what's in their water supply," says the Missouri native...
Small entrepreneurs like Carbolite were among the first to profit from the Atkins revival. The private company, which started in 1993 with Morrison and a friend peddling low-fat foods from the back of a pickup truck, switched to low carb five years ago. Carbolite chocolate bars were introduced in 2000 and became a best seller in drugstores. Revenues at the firm, which has 15 employees, reached $45 million last year and are expected to top $70 million this year, Morrison says...
...theater will also provide office space for non-profit organizations, and Carr said there is still some space left for any groups that are interested...