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...instead of dispensing soda or snacks, it spits out generic-drug samples--for free. Only physicians can access the machines, which are designed to counteract the armies of sales representatives who supply medical offices with samples of expensive brand-name drugs. The reps know that patients tend to stick with the familiar, even if doing so means paying more to get a prescription filled. Enter MedVantx of San Diego, whose ATM-like dispensers enable doctors for the first time to give away samples of less costly generics. Says CEO Robert Feeney: "We're attempting to create a more level playing...
...this column was great. It was a broad critique of the Institute of Politics (IOP) as an organization that, too often, is a place for political ambition instead of political ideals and inspiration. It was pointed and angry and, best of all, it had that “stick it to the man” quality that is oh so satisfying...
...deftly stripped Clarkson’s Grant Clitsome as he attempted to carry the puck out of the Golden Knights’ zone, allowing the sophomore center to skate in all alone on goaltender Dustin Traylen. Deking twice, Du brought the puck over to Traylen’s stick side before backhanding it just inside the left post for the game-winner, Harvard’s second shorthanded tally of the season...
...Good things happen when soft and hard power - carrot and stick - are used in tandem. That's what some 50 foreign-policy experts from both sides of the Atlantic proposed last week. They fashioned a "compact" of compromises on the most recalcitrant issues dividing the U.S. and the E.U., starting with Iraq. As part of a grand barter, the Europeans would step up training, increase spending on reconstruction from $300 million to $1 billion for 2005, and write off half the country's debt; in exchange, the U.S. would give Europe a role in determining Iraq's economic and political...
However appealing, though, these funds do have their pitfalls. Typically, a life-cycle portfolio invests in a mix of other funds, delivering risk-reducing diversification--but also a chance for an added layer of fees. You will want to stick with funds firms (like T. Rowe Price and Vanguard) that charge only the underlying funds' expense ratios or a modest amount on top. (Fidelity, for example, charges an extra 0.08%.) Some firms charge far more...