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...love Netflix, the online rental service that delivers movies and TV shows to your mailbox. Since its start in 1999, the company has sent more than 2 billion discs to its 10.6 million subscribers, who return them in the familiar red envelopes for more titles. (Think of Amazon.com but as a DVD-lending library instead of a bookstore.) Wall Street generally likes Netflix, whose Nasdaq stock price has more than doubled since last fall, and so does the public; the company has the No. 1 customer-satisfaction rating among online retailers. (Richard Corliss on how to improve the DVD giant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Netflix Stinks: A Critic's Complaint | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

...accountable but rather had to be self-sustaining through premiums and that had to compete with private insurers ... Now, if you look at the results, the 80% of all the various bills that are out there that people have agreed to reflect our - most of our ideas from the start of this process ... But the 20% that right now is still the holdup would have been a holdup if we had put forward a plan, hadn't put forward a plan, had left it to Congress, had written it ourselves - because it represents some long-standing ideological divisions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama: 'This Has Been the Most Difficult Test for Me.' | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

Selling their old place still won't be easy. A smattering of opportunistic buyers - while a good start - doesn't unlock an entire market. Thanks to falling home prices, some 20% of mortgage holders nationwide owe more than their house is worth. Many of them are trapped, unable to move - to resettle in Boise, say, and buy the Judges' old house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Housing Market Is Fighting Its Way Back | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

Trikkes can easily fold up and fit in the trunk of a car, but unlike the company's strictly human-powered vehicles, which start at $250 for adults, the Pon-e is very pricey at $1,700. While some previous Trikke models had short-lived lead-acid batteries, this is the first with a lithium-ion battery that can power the Pon-e for up to 20 miles (32 km). And that's if you don't move your legs at all. Sam Jayme, a Trikke rep, points out that if you know what you're doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tricycles for Adults | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

...report attributes the spike to treatment for obesity-related ailments such as diabetes and heart disease. And while it concludes that preventive measures can go a long way toward reducing weight--and medical costs--it stops short of offering specific fixes. Skipping that second doughnut would be a good start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skimmer | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

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