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...NAMED. Lee Hsien Loong, 51, eldest son of Singapore's founding leader Lee Kuan Yew, to succeed Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong; in Singapore. Goh announced his successor, calling Lee "young and vigorous and in tune with the times." Goh said he would like his successor to have at least two years' experience as Prime Minister before facing a general election...
...recent stock-market rally may have given you the courage to peek at your 401(k) statement again. If you're also ready to tune up your retirement strategy, a new online one-stop shop for 401(k) information can help. Run by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), the Smart 401(k) Investing website www.nasd.com/investor/smart/401k explains the basics and also offers info for slightly more sophisticated investors--such as insights on asset-allocation strategies based on number of years until retirement, tax implications of borrowing from your account to buy a house, and options for what...
...Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King) and redneck (Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and that holy hellion of rockabilly, Jerry Lee Lewis). One day an 18-year-old Elvis Presley went to Sun's studio to record two songs for his mother and was soon vamping on the Arthur Crudup tune That's All Right. Phillips legendarily remarked, "That's a pop song, just 'bout." Pop as in a pop-music explosion. Phillips didn't sing or play an instrument, he didn't always produce the music that came out of his studio, and in 1955 he shortsightedly sold Presley...
...that is the case, nations like India, France, Russia and Germany won't send in their troops. Even NATO is unlikely to get involved without a resolution granting more power to the U.N., because without one, 17 members of the alliance would be expected to dance to the tune of just two others--the U.S. and Britain. So it's hardly surprising that diplomats at the U.N. say they expect talks on a new resolution to start soon...
...beach party in Spain or tune into Belgian radio, and you're likely to hear one word: "Chihuahua!" This is not a forlorn pet owner summoning his tiny, unimaginatively named dog. It is the sound of marketing, the remix of an old mambo song that has gone from TV spot to hit single and the word on millions of lips. And it's all brought to you by Coca-Cola - not that you'd know from listening to the song. In a cluttered marketplace, advertisers need to be different. Traditional ads repeating a brand name 30 times in 30 seconds...