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...reasoning is sound and Meetic has committed at least $15.5 million to strategic endeavors like these. But while the French love a lover, they're less enamored of entrepreneurs. Meetic's stock price has halved since last January, slashing its market value to $280 million - quite a haircut for Simoncini, who owns nearly a third of the company. "It's far and away the worst side of France - they're always telling you that whatever you do, it won't work," he says. "I'm sad for everyone who's lost money, but I'm not going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monsieur Cupid: Dating Online | 8/6/2008 | See Source »

...people lucky enough to hold stock, consumer confidence is indeed a state of mind. But for people with fixed incomes and the working poor who could barely pay their bills before, the current fiscal situation is a very real crisis. Try raising a 6-month-old baby when your water has been cut off. Try coming back from your chemo appointment to find that your electricity isn't working. Try deciding whether to pay your rent this month to forestall eviction or fill your tank with gas so you don't get fired from your job. How dare we think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

...most often pay the price for the mistakes of senior executives. The outcry is not limited to the unions and leftist parties; even the conservative Christian Democrats are jumping on the bandwagon. A working group of the CDU parliamentary faction has suggested setting strict limits to remunerating executives with stock options, or even banning the practice outright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Siemens Sues Its Own Managers | 7/30/2008 | See Source »

...East. Arab women, increasingly well educated and common in the workplace, are seeking financial independence. In the Gulf, flush with wealth from the oil and gas boom, they are looking to invest in more sophisticated vehicles than the traditional stashes for women's assets: banks and property. The Kuwait Stock Exchange has a women's floor; during the Arab stock boom of 2006, women in Dubai lobbied for their own corner on the stock exchange, complete with snacks and coffee service. And Saudi women now day-trade online in growing numbers. "Women are becoming more empowered in dealing with their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Women's Money Talks | 7/30/2008 | See Source »

...opposed to the ones that are active noise cancelers that block out some of the noise. As far as I can tell, both would allow people to listen to their headphones at their chosen level - and more likely at a lower volume than if they were using the stock earbuds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Bad Are iPods for Your Hearing? | 7/28/2008 | See Source »

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