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...Eisner and Roberts each earned about $7.25 million in salary, bonuses and stock. Disney's Eisner, paid $1 million plus a $6.25 million stock bonus, has stock and options worth $630 million. Comcast's Roberts collected $1.24 million in salary and a $6 million bonus in 2002. His worth is about $625 million...
...third week of stinging testimony by government witnesses, the Martha Stewart case reached a dramatic high point with the emotional testimony of her longtime secretary, Ann Armstrong. The feds accuse Stewart of conspiring with her stockbroker (and co-defendant) Peter Bacanovic to conceal her dumping of ImClone Systems stock in December 2001 after getting an inside tip. Her secretary burst into sobs before recounting how Stewart doctored a phone message from Bacanovic that Armstrong had taken--implying an attempted cover-up. According to the government, Stewart lied when she later denied knowledge of the phone-log entries in an interview...
...trying to cash in on China's booming car market. In February, BYD, a maker of lithium batteries in Shenzhen in southern China, bought the Flyer factory. Although the new owner has no experience making cars, it still plans to invest a war chest raised on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to build a new facility that will start producing four models of Flyers as early as next year. "Once we're established," says Liu Zhenyu, the factory's general manager, "we'll use our batteries to make electric cars...
...seems logical, Europe cuts interest rates to combat slow growth. A steady dollar would remove the currency edge of foreign securities, which in dollar terms rose nearly twice as much as they did in local currencies last year. You should favor U.S. assets. As a hedge, hold some European stock or bond funds, which as rates decline overseas could rally sharply. Consider Mutual European or Fidelity Europe Capital Appreciation, which have been top performers over the past three and five years. Credit Suisse Global Fixed Income has been a stellar bond fund over the past five years...
...RETURN OF RISK AVERSION After Greenspan's rate signal, speculative investments like emerging markets and small stocks stumbled. "This may be the inflection point, where investors decide that risk is no longer a one-way bet," says Tom Gallagher, an analyst for ISI Group. Last year stocks of companies that lost money rose 132%, while those of companies that posted a profit rose just 43%. Rising rates have a way of dampening speculation and should bring safety (and sanity) back into focus. So stick with blue chips that pay a dividend. The Dodge & Cox Stock Fund is a long...