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These heavenly revenue trends are not confined to trinkets. Sales in telescopes have risen almost 50% in the past twelve months, as would-be astronomers plunk down anywhere from $100 to $8,500 per instrument. Says Kim Davey of Celestron International, an optical-instruments firm in Torrance, Calif.: "The comet is an excuse for people to buy the telescope they've always wanted." American Express is offering a $799 telescope "for Halley's comet and beyond," which can be paid for in monthly installments of $39.95. Burton Rubin, who made a fortune in the '70s on his E-Z Wider...
...past four years, she’s risen at dawn to trek to MIT for Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) exercises. This fall, Hendricks will trade in the Lacoste for a uniform as she trains to be a Naval intelligence officer in Virginia...
According to a report released by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) in April 2005, the underrepresentation of women and differences in pay between men and women in university faculties are still pervasive, though the percentage of tenured female faculty nationwide has risen over the last two decades...
...that in the long run, owning a home makes the most financial sense. But today, with so many rushing to own, the math often works out in favor of renting. In Boston, as prices have jumped since 2000, the monthly mortgage payment for a median-price house has risen 23%, to $2,079, according to Torto Wheaton Research. (That assumes a 30-year fixed rate with 10% down.) Meanwhile, the average apartment rent has edged lower...
...free money. It's more debt, albeit at low interest. But you have to excuse homeowners for getting a little giddy. When they look at the rest of the economy, they see little else to be excited about. Employment has picked up, but wages haven't. Inflation has risen from the grave. The stock market is crawling to get back to where it was five years ago. Savings accounts throw off barely enough interest to feed a parking meter. Companies are cutting pensions, and politicians are making dire noises about Social Security. It's a scary message people are getting...