| Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | | Megan Kallstrom had stellar grades, strong test scores, and sterling recommendations from her middle school teachers. But her mother, Rosemary Morgan, worried that wouldn't be enough to get her into the Marin Academy in San Rafael, Calif. The private high school, coveted for its emphasis on the arts and the outdoors, accepted only 1 in 5 applicants for the 2007-08 academic year. | | More information |
| Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | | As talk in Washington turns to just how tricky a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq will be, U.S. military analysts are warily tracking developments in the oil-rich southern province of Basra, now loosely under the control of some 5,500 British troops. Loosely is the operative word. | | More information |
| Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | | The sultry dog days of summer may be coming to a close, but in Congress things are just heating up. As lawmakers return this week, they'll be facing a dizzying array of debates, hearings, and votes on Iraq. And the stakes couldn't be much higher. The showdown between the president and Congress over spending and troop withdrawals this fall may well determine the path of America's war effort. | | More information |
| Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | | It is an accord that covers only U.S.-India nuclear cooperation, but it is being hailed by both governments as nothing less than the cornerstone of a new strategic relationship between the world's largest and the world's most powerful democracies. After decades of prickly distance, closer ties with India come near the top of the Bush-era short list of diplomatic achievements. The nuclear deal is also seen as paying key dividends: balancing the power of a rising Communist China and opening a $100 billion nuclear-technology market for U.S. corporations. | | More information |
| Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | | He who frames the issue tends to determine the outcome of the vote. That's a basic rule of political consultants that applies to elections and to the legislative process as well. In July, when Congress was considering legislation limiting American military involvement in Iraq, the issue was framed--by Democratic leaders and the mainstream media--as whether Americans should continue to sacrifice life and treasure in a futile attempt to carry on a war that was already lost. It took some considerable shrewdness and steadfastness by Republican congressional leaders to prevent a stinging repudiation of the Bush administration. They may have been helped by Republican members' recoiling against the harsh partisanship of Democratic leaders--just as Democratic solidarity may be increased by what is perceived as the harsh partisanship of Republicans. | | More information |
| Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | | Spooked by the sudden realization that they might lose money on securities backed by subprime mortgages, big investors started taking harder looks at their portfolios this summer. They quickly started dumping all kinds of other investments--derivatives, commercial paper, municipal bonds, and stakes in hedge funds--because of what they saw. | | More information |
| Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | | In her head, Gail Hoffmann knows it's too soon to panic. While the recent market sell-off has pushed stock prices down by as much as 10 percent, the Morris County, N.J., marketing manager understands that this is nothing compared with the bear market of 2000-2002, which cut the value of the Standard & Poor's 500 index in half. | | More information |
| Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | | As a kid, Deborah Langsam used to stare in the windows of the bakeries in Brooklyn, N.Y., and dream of what delicacy she would buy if she had all the money in the world. | | More information |
| Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | | Mom and pop businesses aren't nearly as small as they appear. There are 22 million businesses in the United States with five or fewer employees. Together, they produce more than $1 trillion in annual revenues. Major credit card companies and banks have descended on the sector, jostling to get the business of small business, and several--American Express and Discover, most notably--have begun publishing regular surveys examining this corner of Main Street. | | More information |
| Fri, 31 Aug 2007 | | Tackling obesity the wrong way makes matters worse. Here's a right way. | | More information |
| Wed, 29 Aug 2007 | | For some people, eating out three meals a day is a kind of bliss. For road warriors watching their weight, it can be just the opposite. | | More information |
| Wed, 29 Aug 2007 | | Jeff O'Shea remembers when he had to fire an employee for falsifying records. The employee didn't take it well. "He became confrontational and threatening," says O'Shea, the founder of IntelliTouch, a 19-year-old San Diego technology company with 22 employees and projected sales of $11 million this year. | | More information |
| Wed, 29 Aug 2007 | | Making a million is a milestone?the defining moment of success for many entrepreneurs and an attainable goal for those tapped into today's hottest trends. Entrepreneurs are keeping their fingers on the pulse of what's hot in today's marketplace. They are the trendsetters, the pioneers, the ones to watch as they lead the pack, followed closely by franchisors poised to capitalize on winning ideas and spread concepts nationwide. | | More information |
| Wed, 29 Aug 2007 | | I was between companies, and I started collecting pinball machines. I had a warehouse with 15 of them, and I was taking delivery of another machine when a couple of guys walked by. One of the guys pleaded with me to let him take a look. On his way out, he offered me $5,000 for a Twilight Zone [machine], which was double what I had paid for it. He called the next day, brought his friend and bought three pinball machines for $15,000. That's how we started the business." | | More information |
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