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...psychological damage to Liberia's population of 2 million cannot be fathomed. What does it do to people to walk along Monrovia's sandy beaches and have to step around skulls and rib cages that are only half submerged in the sand? Taking stock of the toll, a Monrovia cleric said simply, "I weep for this country." If only tears could start the healing...
...addition to providing homes with plasma televisions, state-of-the-art kitchens and private pools, the clubs have concierge services that stock the refrigerator with your favorite foods, have mountain bikes waiting for you and leave requested theater tickets on the coffee table. "I've had a concierge buy U.S. Open tickets for me in New York and arrange a tennis game for me in California. It's an easy way to take a vacation," says Tim Lovelace, 64, a retired hotelier from Asheville, N.C., who joined the Fort Collins, Colo., Private Escapes...
...foresight than Pat Broe, a Denver-based real-estate and railroad magnate. The press-shy Broe, 58, who describes himself as a junk dealer ("I buy troubled stuff and turn it around," he says), has a history of contrarian investments. When he purchased 807 miles of nationally owned railway stock from the Canadian government for $11 million in 1997, he also picked up, for the token sum of roughly $8, the port of Churchill, Manitoba...
...most recent filing with federal regulators on Feb. 9, Harvard revealed that it owned 134,050 shares in Sinopec, also known as the China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation. Those shares were worth a total of $8.3 million on the New York Stock Exchange at noon yesterday. Since Sept. 30, 2001, when Harvard first reported to the federal Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it had purchased a stake in Sinopec, the price of shares in the Beijing-based firm has quadrupled...
...Krall says he has spent "several" hundred thousand dollars making improvements, including designing a new septic system, renovating some of the dilapidated housing stock, trashing the shacks and cleaning up the debris and weeds. He also says he obtained a permit for resort development along the river that borders the town, which he says the new owner will be able to use. "It's a wonderful place,' says Krall. "I don't think I'll have trouble selling...