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MOST LIKELY TO BURST A VESSEL HyperSonic XLC, Kings Dominion, Va. A pneumatic launcher blasts riders 0-80 m.p.h. in 1.8 sec. and shoots them over a 165-ft. vertical tower with G-forces that even astronauts don't endure...
INITIAL PUBLIC OUTRAGE It's open season on stock analysts. Merrill Lynch last week prohibited its analysts from owning equity in companies they cover, and the SEC recently issued an alert, cautioning investors that investment banks' brokerage interests potentially compromise their researchers' independence. Investars.com an information service, illustrates that potential: its models show that in the past four years stocks bought and sold based on analyst recommendations have dropped 52.4% when analysts' firms underwrote the IPO and 4.6% when they didn...
START SLOW Warming up before exercise not only averts muscle injury but may also help prevent migraines. After 30 sec. of sudden, intense exercise, nitric oxide production--at high levels believed to trigger the crushing headaches--increased significantly in women prone to migraines, and more than half of them went on to develop one. Experts say warm-ups could help sufferers get back...
...Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules former and current HMC investors could not speak for the record...
...also started posting arbitration awards online, armchair reading likely to delight and discourage in equal measure. Most lawyers won't even start sniffing if you've lost less than $50,000, which means your time may be better spent finding a new broker to rebalance your portfolio. The SEC urges investors to check a broker's history before opening an account. But its Central Registration Depository won't mention any complaints that were erased as part of settlement agreements, which took care of 41% of last year's arbitration claims. NASD has been dragging its feet in drafting a proposal...