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...main DJ stand last year was behind a Model T constructed entirely of CDs. Boats shaped like dragons, with snouts that spout fire, float across the lake. Fire twirlers on stilts meander around with no evident purpose...

Author: By David B. Rochelson, | Title: Roughing It (Sort Of) | 7/30/2004 | See Source »

...just the beginning of a slow and steady climb that could leave us at 2% by the end of the year and at 3.5% by the end of 2005. Yields on cash and investments people use as cash stand-ins--bank accounts, money markets, short-term Treasury bills and CDs, even ultrashort-bond funds--directly benefit. As rates rise, how can you make the most of your cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investing: Cash Makes A Comeback | 7/26/2004 | See Source »

Investors favoring CDs--such as income-seeking retirees--are also celebrating: the rate on a one-year CD now averages 1.52%. But Yeske warns about the beefier figures of longer-term CDs. Yes, the average three-year CD yields 2.83%, but with interest rates likely to continue to climb (the next rate hike is anticipated on Aug. 10), locking in might mean missing a better rate. In the short term, you're not as likely to get caught off guard. So if you plan to buy a car this fall, for example, it's not necessarily bad to hold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investing: Cash Makes A Comeback | 7/26/2004 | See Source »

...WATCH THIS EVENT WITHOUT ADEQUATE EYE PROTECTION The sun may look dim through sunglasses, unexposed photographic film and CDs, but it can cause permanent blindness. The only safe way to look at the transit is through No. 14 welder's glasses or a Mylar filter certified for sun observation (some manufacturers have made such filters into goggles). If you aren't absolutely sure that's what you've got, you can avoid frying your retinas by making a pinhole projector, right, and watching indirectly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Just Passing By | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

Publishers have rushed to print scholarly tomes analyzing Da Vinci minutiae. One of them, Secrets of the Code (CDS Books), is already a Times best seller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Code Rush | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

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