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...definitely animated by a warmhearted belief in human goodness. But it is, ultimately, a work of Utopian thinking, occasionally shading into utter fantasy. Multitude treats the global populace as if we were all one big, happy, left-wing underground, undivided by cultural differences, eagerly awaiting our chance to sock it to global capitalism. The authors' examples of multitude-style international activism--the World Trade Organization riots in Seattle in 1999 or the G-8 protests in Genoa in 2001--have a wan, quixotic air to them. "Eventually, perhaps, the seismic vibrations of each protest will resonate with the others," Hardt...
...healthy collectibles market, if Smarty Jones is the victor, your winning ticket may be worth more if you never cash it in. Here's why: a $2 bet on Smarty Jones probably won't pay off more than $1.50. But if you put the stub in your sock drawer, experts say it's probable you'll be able to sell it as a collector's item for hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars in 10 or so years. Think that sounds crazy? Last week's winning eBay bid for an uncashed $2 Smarty Jones ticket from the Kentucky Derby...
...health-care costs, more companies are turning to consumer-directed health plans, which transfer control--and much of the responsibility for paying--to workers. Features include cost sharing with employees, high deductibles, reimbursement accounts, preventive medicine and health savings accounts, which, like individual retirement accounts, allow workers to sock away money tax free. --By Barbara Kiviat
...year ($16,000 if you're 50 or older). For small-business owners and their employees, limits on SIMPLE plans also rise by $1,000 to $9,000 ($10,500 for those 50 or older). If you are self-employed and set up a Solo 401(k), you can sock away $41,000, or 25% of compensation up to $41,000 if you have a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) plan. If you're covered by a retirement plan at work, you can still get a deduction for contributions to a traditional IRA if you make less than...
...actress Helena Bonham Carter, his girlfriend and the mother of their new son, lovingly renovated into a single cozy home. It is the kind of place Hansel and Gretel would run to. Inside, a coal fire hisses softly, and Burton, in clothes of muted color, but color nonetheless, sock-slides his way across the wood floor and into his study, where he flops with charming gracelessness onto a red velvet couch. He is as brooding as a Muppet. "People really know me know that I'm not dark at all," he says. "I mean, at all. Like, yeah, I like...