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...others, the shake-out in IPO prices could signal a return to sanity that will strengthen the market over the long run. "There was rampant speculation this spring that needed to be dampened," says Robert Natale, who directs research on new issues at Standard & Poor's. Perhaps IPO investors will learn, as Buzz Lightyear did, that there is life even after the bubble bursts. --Reported by Bernard Baumohl/New York
Moviemakers don't need to conquer the aliens. They control the screen. And when they do it well, they control us, as cunningly as an ID4 alien running a mind scan on a puny Earthling. Only after the lights come up can we shake off the fear, say, "It's only a movie," and steal an anxious glance at the night...
ANTONIN SCALIA Ginsburg's old pal can't shake habit of caustic dissents. Exhibit A: May's gay-rights ruling...
...Lots of new excitement--and more is coming," Branson beams. "That's what I like." What attracts him to a new venture? "If it's something that interests me. If I think it is done badly by other people and feel I could do it better. If we can shake up an industry--and have fun doing it." He likes to start from scratch and build a new company his way. "An entrepreneur can go in and put his toe in the water, as we did with one airplane--see whether it is lukewarm, boiling or freezing cold...
...there no dark side to this fun-seeking tycoon? Just try competing against him. Within weeks, his new European airline--no-frills Virgin Express, owned with City Hotels--will shake up the high-altitude Continental-fare structure, cutting some prices as much as 50%. Says Branson: "We'll give the major airlines in Europe a proper run for their money...