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...their stock value increase by 100 or 200 percent in a day and think their good fortune is forever. Liu, wisely, would take his gains and sell, regardless of whether the stock was on the rise. After a while, Liu says, the money is just numbers on the screen. You forget the value of a dollar. Since the New York Stock Exchange runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., day trading is a full-time job. "It takes nerves of steel, and you can't be shy about losing money. You need to invest...

Author: By Sarah N. Pickard, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Bull Market or Bull Shit? | 3/16/2000 | See Source »

Cornell senior defenseman Rick Sacchetti scored his second career goal at 17:54 to tie the game at 2. Stienstra notched the Big Red's first goal of the game, sending a shot through a screen on the power play...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cornell Bounces M. Hockey | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

...hairdresser in films for more than 40 years, I know that actors give us their all. Why are they supposed to be magnificent in interviews, especially if the person posing the questions is not intelligent enough to ask ones that are meaningful? I love to watch Leonardo on the screen. He is frequently superb. How often would we bare our minds and hearts to a stranger? GINGER BLYMYER Eaton Center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 13, 2000 | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

Type, say, "Ferrari" into a search engine like Excite or Yahoo, and within seconds an ad for an online car dealer will pop up on your screen. This may not sound terribly sinister, but if your keystrokes are tracked not just within a single website but across thousands of sites, they can create a chillingly detailed profile of behavior you probably think is nobody's business but your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In The News: Data Mining: DoubleClick's Double Take | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

...those students who believe in McCain, who believe that public cynicism is a pressing problem deserving self-sacrifice, it's hard not to take the election seriously. Perhaps this, then, is why the boos drowned out the cheers as Bush's victories scrolled across the IOP screen...

Author: By Hugh P. Liebert, | Title: McCain's Moral Equivalent of War | 3/8/2000 | See Source »

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