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...emergency contraceptive is most effective within 72 hours. Gaining access to the drug within the prescribed window has been near to impossible for some women. Physicians are hard to reach on such short notice and are typically unavailable during weekends and holidays. Many pharmacies don’t even stock the drug. Women seeking hospital care haven’t fared better: Half of all hospital rooms in Massachusetts refuse to provide the morning-after pill for women who ask for it, according to a survey conducted by the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League Pro-Choice Massachusetts. Placing...
...market share, it is still turning a profit. In 2002 GM earned $1.7 billion on sales of $187 billion. By keeping production costs in check and reducing its pension liability with a more risk-averse portfolio, GM impressed investors enough to end 2003 with its stock price up 37%. GM also boasts the highest productivity of the Big Three, requiring 36.7 worker-hours to build a vehicle, compared with nearly 40 at Ford, according to a Deutsche Bank report...
...stock market polished off a dazzling 2003 last week as the Dow Jones industrials, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ composite all ended the year in solidly positive territory for the first time since 1999. Most market strategists are looking forward to another finish in the black in 2004, but many warn that by midyear, stock prices may start losing steam as the tax-cut stimulus effect wears off--especially if the Fed raises interest rates. As the economy continues to grow, the fear of inflation--or the thing itself--could also dampen stock prices. A few market watchers...
...measured by the Journal of Commerce--Economic Cycle Research Institute index, which began in 1949. How can individual investors profit from the rush? Analysts don't recommend esoteric futures and options, which are subject to vagaries like war and weather. A more prudent option, analysts say, is buying stock in companies that supply copper and tin, or an exchange-traded fund like the Materials Select Sector SPDR Trust, which rose 32% this year. --By Sean Gregory
...that need more capital to grow, this will be an important problem," worries Guido Corbetta, a professor at Bocconi University in Milan. Prosecutors probing the now-bankrupt Parmalat are increasingly focusing on the roles Italian and U.S. banks may have played in the affair. One potential winner: the Italian stock market. Family businesses have traditionally shunned it, but Corbetta believes firms with ambitious growth plans may now have little choice but to go public. French Smokers Say Non W hen the money is right, many French smokers would rather quit than fight. That was the logic behind last week...