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...cellular industry warns that without further direction from the Federal Communications Commission, adding number portability could get messy. For one thing, there are a number of billing issues to work out (how to transfer accounts, how to handle arrears), an industry spokesperson says, and rural carriers will need a new way to identify roamers. Details, details. Steve Baer, for one, hopes everything gets worked out. In about five months, he wants to go shopping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Portable Number | 6/23/2003 | See Source »

...city would be gutted if he left." GEMMA EDWARDS, 20, salesclerk in downtown Manchester, England, on the Manchester United soccer team's offer to trade David Beckham to Barcelona for a $50 million transfer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Jun. 23, 2003 | 6/23/2003 | See Source »

...destined to become household pets, that had come into contact with an infected giant Gambian pouched rat while in transit with a distributor. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson announced an embargo on the importation of all rodents from Africa and a ban on the sale and transfer of pet prairie dogs within...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble With Pocket Pets | 6/23/2003 | See Source »

...from migrant workers to their native countries have risen 44%, to an estimated $138 billion last year, and they are projected to grow an additional 28% over the next three years. According to the Nilson Report, which tracks payment services, Western Union controls nearly 80% of the electronic money-transfer market in the U.S., the world's biggest sender of remittances, which helped it pick up a nicely rounded $1 billion in profit last year from $3.2 billion in revenue. But several years of 30% profit margins have drawn complaints of price gouging--and a host of new competitors ranging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Banking: The Fastest Way To Make Money | 6/23/2003 | See Source »

...Manchester United, has long coveted Figo, and last week Internazionale of Milan approached Madrid about buying him. The Spanish giant has said that it won't sell, but in football speak, "No" usually means "Not until you pay us a lot more cash." Madrid has a record of denying transfer deals while aggressively pursuing them behind the scenes. Madrid could get perhaps €22 million for Figo, but his loss on the pitch would be incalculable. Not only does he score more goals and assists than Beckham...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sports Watch | 6/22/2003 | See Source »

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