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Moved PermanentlyMoved PermanentlyFortune Investor DataThese bears don?t look like man-eaters. But it?s no aberration, either - the breeze of prosperity is simply blowing offshore for a while. "If you look at the chart, the U.S. stock market hasn?t really done much since April," says Baumohl. "Investors here are looking at the beginnings of a recovery in Asia and Japan, and suddenly they feel very overweighted in dollar assets." That means dollars and U.S. equities are getting dumped for yen and Japanese ones. If it keeps up, the Dow could easily dip below that vaunted 10,000 sometime...
Seeking a diverse group of investors, venture capital fund managers placed caps on the amount each investor could place in their funds...
...working relationships among CBS's extensive radio network and Viacom's MTV and VH-1. "Sumner said to me, 'You've been stalking my company for a long time; come over and talk to me about CBS.'" Karmazin approached his talk with Redstone as if he were a prospective investor, highlighting CBS's strong network of affiliates and its prime radio stations and outdoor-advertising assets and reminding Redstone of talent such as Howard Stern, Don Imus and David Letterman...
Moved PermanentlyMoved PermanentlyFortune Investor Data"This is one of the most threatening hurricanes ever to menace the U.S., and it?s headed for the Southeast and Northeast, where a lot of economic activity is," says Baumohl. "People?s minds are going to be on being safe and protecting their property - not going to the mall." Look for retail sales to dampen considerably for a week or so - and therefore for the month - as folks covering their heads sit on their wallets. Which ought to put the Fed?s mind at ease when September?s numbers come out, just in time...
Katie Buffett has joined a growing, albeit still elite, list of Americans who have opted out of the joys of flying with commercial airlines. She recently bought a share in a private plane because her favorite nephew told her it would be a good idea. The nephew, billionaire investor Warren Buffett, thinks many more people will pay to avoid cooling their heels at gates and cramping their backsides into uncomfortable seats in the air. Buffett spent $725 million last year to acquire Executive Jet Aviation, operator of NetJets, which created a business in fractional ownership of aircraft. With revenues projected...