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...started flying at this year's Wimbledon, where Graf kept an unusually low profile. The German newspaper Bild, quoting Graf's mother Hannah, says the couple are expecting a boy sometime in early November. They might want to sock away some of that tennis prize money for any future shrink bills. Having just one tennis parent has been known to mess up a few kids...
...stunned as you watch your 401(k) balance shrink, know that your pain is shared by millions--reflecting a broad decline that hasn't occurred since these retirement-savings plans started 20 years ago. A recent study by Cerulli Associates shows the average account lost nearly $5,000 in 2000. With the equity markets expected to stay cool for a while, researchers at the benefits consulting firm say the growth of 401(k) assets is likely to continue to taper...
...into the market, but I'd put off investing for so long that I felt I had to ignore common sense and just do it. Bad idea. Equities have gone downhill ever since. Of course, I'm not alone: millions of people across Asia have seen their net worths shrink dramatically in recent months. Other than weeping ourselves to sleep and kicking ourselves in the pants, how can we ease the pain? Chastened by my own experience, I've been polling investment experts for tips on what to do in an economic slump...
...most passionate voices belong to homeowners like Paul Martin, a businessman whose hundred or so acres lie within the monument's outer boundaries. "The only people who want to shrink the boundaries are timber companies and cattle owners," he says. "If you don't believe they ruin the land, imagine what your street would look like after a cow or a logger with a chainsaw spent some time there. I don't understand why they insist on ruining this tiny speck on the map when they have millions of acres nearby they're allowed to destroy...
...time to reconsider. Since 1999, the Hyundai Motor Corp. and its subsidiary, Kia Motors, have racked up sales increases of an astonishing 70%. In June, when the Big Three U.S. automakers saw their collective sales shrink 4%, Hyundai's rose 37%. The stylish new Santa Fe SUV is in such demand that there's up to a two-month wait for delivery. Both the Santa Fe and the Toyota Corolla-sized Elantra recently won top marks for front-end crash results from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, beating rivals like Toyota's RAV 4 and Ford's Escape. Consumer...