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As individuals, overweight Americans shoulder numerous expenses beyond higher medical bills. In general, life-insurance premiums rise in proportion to your girth, even if you are otherwise in perfect health. Says Bill Simons, an independent insurance broker in Washington: "It could easily be double, triple or up to five times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: The Obesity Charge | 9/8/2003 | See Source »

For millions of Americans, the golden years are looking more like dross. In July more than 1 of every 3 people age 55 and older was working or seeking work, the highest proportion since 1974, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The graying of the work force is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: Retirement Is Not for Everyone | 8/25/2003 | See Source »

39% Proportion of Hong Kong suicides attributed to gambling woes. This week, the government began legalized betting on professional soccer

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 8/4/2003 | See Source »

A side effect of fragmenting vacations is that many of Europe's big cities are no longer summer deserts. Madrid and Barcelona, for instance, only a decade ago looked neutron-bombed in August. Everything shut, everyone off to la playa or el pueblo. Today, many Madrileños and Barceloneses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Escape | 7/27/2003 | See Source »

At the time, it might have seemed an overreaction to a little publicity. Now--after New York Times reporter Jayson Blair was caught in a string of plagiarisms and fabrications, ultimately leading to a staff revolt and the resignation of Times executive editor Howell Raines--it seems prescient. It also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The People's Paper | 7/21/2003 | See Source »

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