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...corner, Americans can look forward to cool breezes, leaf-peeping trips and, of course, a brand-new allergy season. The Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America this week unveils its rankings of the top 50 U.S. allergy capitals for fall--Harrisburg, Pa., pictured, is No. 1--based in part on seven-year averages of pollen levels, pollen types and the number of antihistamine prescriptions written per capita. Before your next trip--leaf peeping or otherwise--check out www.allergyactionplan.com...
...between €4,000 and €7,000 are up 15-20% this year. Digital cameras, laptops and even €800 espresso machines are selling fast. "Price is a secondary consideration," Neuhaus says. "People want the latest technology." While the DAX stock index has shot up 60% from a seven-year low in March, two leading indicators are also pointing to an upswing in the second half of the year. The ZEW Center for European Economic Research reported that its survey of financial analysts and institutional investors had risen for the eighth straight month in August. And the widely watched...
KNOW YOUR INVESTING HORIZON. If you own a load fund for at least seven years, nothing but A shares makes sense. C shares are generally better for holding seven years or less. B shares might be the cheapest option for a seven-year horizon, but they aren't economical for any other time frame...
...since the results of a National Cancer Institute--sponsored trial were published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine. Compared with a placebo, Merck's finasteride--a drug currently marketed to treat baldness and benign prostate enlargement--appeared to reduce prostate cancer incidence 25%. But in the seven-year study, involving more than 9,000 men ages 55 and older, the finasteride group also had a slightly higher rate of aggressive, "high grade" tumors, which are harder to treat. Complicating matters, finasteride also caused loss of libido and impotence. Prostate cancer strikes more than 220,000 American...
Come Thanksgiving he won't have to. On June 6 a federal appeals court ruled that cell-phone subscribers should be allowed to hold on to their existing phone number when they switch providers, handing consumers a major victory in a seven-year battle between the wireless industry and federal regulators. There's a chance that Congress will extend the deadline for compliance, but industry experts agree that the so-called number-portability rule will probably take effect...