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...classic medical Catch-22. Most insurance companies won't pay for a colonoscopy unless you have a family history or symptoms. But if you already have symptoms, any tumors the test uncovers are likely to be advanced. The insurance industry insists it is just following procedures. "There isn't enough evidence [on whether colonoscopy screening saves lives] to recommend for or against it," says Dr. Charles Cutler, chief medical officer of the American Association of Health Plans. For years Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts has pushed a bill that would mandate reimbursement for all screening exams. It is still languishing...
...small-cap and large-cap value funds along with your aggressive-growth holdings. If individual stocks are your thing, five is a minimum, and be certain they are in different industries. Look for value. Depressed bank stocks are bound to rally after the Fed signals that rates have risen enough. When will that be? Probably when the NASDAQ finally cools...
...report on wunderkind actor (sort of) Leonardo DiCaprio [CINEMA, Feb. 21], Joel Stein managed in the nicest possible way not only to inform and entertain us but also to give the subject enough room to hang himself. DiCaprio is silly, shallow, ill informed about subjects he pontificates on, and very, very young--intellectually and emotionally. But these are not indictable offenses. DiCaprio has shown himself to be a fine young actor in some films. I won't see The Beach until it comes out on video, but I will continue to read Stein faithfully. CHRISTINE ROSANIA Chicago Heights...
After working as a hairdresser in films for more than 40 years, I know that actors give us their all. Why are they supposed to be magnificent in interviews, especially if the person posing the questions is not intelligent enough to ask ones that are meaningful? I love to watch Leonardo on the screen. He is frequently superb. How often would we bare our minds and hearts to a stranger? GINGER BLYMYER Eaton Center...
Companies like BMW that are willing to take a big plunge into Russia's uncertainties are still rare enough to win admiration from Moscow's financial experts, who have a good understanding of the tough local business climate. "Yeltsin's retirement is certainly good news, but Russia still lacks good corporate governance and a viable legal infrastructure," says Bill Browder, founder and head of the Hermitage Fund, which has been one of the leading players in the Russian market. Since August 1998, when the country suddenly devalued the ruble and defaulted on $40 billion in foreign debt, notes Browder, "Russia...