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...could be used by a host of competitors to bring their own civil antitrust actions against Microsoft. The reverberations will be felt for some time throughout the high-tech world--and by the tens of millions of Americans who have a stake in this battle because they own Microsoft stock. (For what this means to investors, see Dan Kadlec's Personal Time column...
...mind on some of society's more complicated matters, as it learned with Preven. The primary ingredient in Preven is ethinyl estradiol/levonorgestrel--the same as in birth control pills--given in a high dose. The package also contains a pregnancy test. Although Wal-Mart wouldn't stock Preven, it has always sold birth control pills...
...family in this briskly cathartic film: the brilliant acting ensemble. Almodovar cherishes the notion of a family of actors--the gypsies who, for a few months, become as close as siblings under the maternal eye of their director. So with each new project he plans reunions, forming the tightest stock company in movies. Nearly a dozen actors have appeared in three or more of his films. One, Antonio Banderas, segued into American stardom. The others are all actresses, including Paredes, Carmen Maura and Victoria Abril. Almodovar is the man who loves women, who understands them, who writes women's roles...
...months ago, the company has won the Web-browser war, revenue growth has accelerated and earnings have been rising 10% per quarter. Put another way: Bill Gates' company has had a great year four times a year, even with the Feds breathing down its neck. Little wonder that the stock doubled in that same 18 months--the fourth such double in the past six years...
Microsoft's success has endless ripples. With more than 5 billion shares out and a market value exceeding $400 billion, the company is among those with the most widely owned stocks in creation. Virtually every institution holds Microsoft stock, including those that manage your retirement accounts. Fidelity Investments has 149 million shares spread among 60 funds. If the bottom ever falls out of this baby, look out. The collateral damage will be nuclear, especially now that Microsoft is part of the Dow Jones industrial average...