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Shareholders generally accept that going private is sometimes the only resort for companies, because many are in sectors that may never rebound. But some share prices are so depressed that even when premiums of 50% to 60% are paid to buy them out, the deals don't fully represent the companies' value...
BONING UP A drug that's been used for decades to treat high blood pressure may help build strong bones too. A study of men and women ages 60 and older revealed that daily low doses (25 mg) of hydrochlorothiazide increase bone mass 1%. Even tinier doses (12 mg) at least maintain bone density. The drug may be less effective than other well-known bone builders, such as Fosamax and hormone-replacement therapy, but it is safe, has few side effects and, best of all, costs less than a penny...
...affirmative action took effect in 1998, they have plummeted at the most selective campuses. At Berkeley, for example, the class entering this fall included 608 Chicano students, vs. 1,013 in 1997. In response, the elite schools have moved aggressively to recruit at minority high schools--and even to improve the performance of students who are graduating from them. This year the U.C. system will spend $250 million on outreach, from installing tutors at low-income schools to inviting high school teachers to summer calculus seminars. --By Amanda Ripley. Reported by Flora Tartakovsky/Houston and David Nordan/Atlanta
...sells, even safe sex. Maybe that's why Prada's first skin-care line, launched this week, comes in sealed single-serve packs, center, reminiscent of another health aid. And why Jones, a London boutique starting a fashion line, sent out vacuum-packed washcloths, bottom. Comme des Garcons (Like the Boys), natch, has been working this look with its perfumes, at top, and T shirts for years...
Counterterrorism officials stress that there is no immediate evidence pointing to any of these groups. But the Cole attack would have been a feather in the cap of any of them. Now, the U.S. must be worried that they are after even bloodier decoration. --By Massimo Calabresi