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STAR POWER Celebrities on tap for Inaugural events include Hilary Duff, left, Ruben Studdard, Gary Sinise, Buzz Aldrin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. A more eclectic array, including Macy Gray, Dennis Hopper, Lyle Lovett and Andrew W.K., will be at the various unofficial parties
...year to such investor swindles. Current low interest rates are making matters worse, Minkow says, because retirees on fixed incomes are more vulnerable to shysters who promise higher rates of return. At the same time, the national run-up in real estate prices gives many people a way to tap extra cash, often through second mortgages. "When the value of your house goes way up, you can access that money at the behest of scam artists," he says, "and many of them will suggest you do exactly that...
...more U.S. companies shift more resources to India and China?even legendary Bell Labs has a research center in Bangalore?some observers are worried about what it means for the U.S. economy. With companies able to tap into the best talent all over the world, "that's a plus because it adds to innovation," Hira says. But when growth abroad is substituted for growth here, the U.S. loses the happy spillover of investing in research?all those new firms in Silicon Valley, around Austin, Texas, and along Boston's Route 128. If Bangalore and Beijing become the new cradles...
...terms of human suffering and misery, are overwhelming enough for them to be judged in the same vein. We would never consider putting mock-Nazi propaganda on a House Committee t-shirt; nor would we ever think of making a swastika out of a beer-bong and a keg tap. We probably wouldn’t wear a t-shirt saying “give me some lebenstraum,” and we would never think of sporting a t-shirt with Hitler’s face on it. This is because we have smugly assured ourselves that the Soviets...
...Monday nights and seeing the green-eyed platinum blond making dramatic hand gestures to her audience on Univision. At 56, the Cuban-American media mogul is riding a wave that seems in its mere infancy as the country's demographic becomes more Latino. Mainstream advertisers seeking to tap into the Hispanic market have flocked to her like Mexicans to mole. Most often compared with Oprah, Cristina is the host of a show that has received 11 Emmys during its 16 years. It is seen in Latin America, the U.S. and Europe. Cristina publishes her own magazine, called, of course, Cristina...