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...multi-millionaires, is becoming harder to define. Soon it may refer to a large comfortable middle class of Russians who enjoy the prosperity of consumerism. Such a middle class, though growing, does not yet exist. Since the fall of communism, the latent class divisions of the Soviet era have risen to the surface. As one expert on Russian society told me, "Never have so many people become millionaires in so short a time as in Russia since 1991 while most people have remained so poor." Ideally, though, this prosperity at the top may eventually trickle down...
...stories have opened a lot of eyes to how the Asian economies fell apart [WORLD, Jan. 12]. It's very disappointing to see what is happening. Many Asian young people who were studying abroad have been forced to return home. And the price of many products in Indonesia has risen as much as 100%. But if we let the economies in Asian countries fail, would it be good for the U.S.? Asians would not be able to buy imported products. And if the U.S. cannot sell products to Asia, won't it mean less money for America? ANDY HALIMAN Jakarta...
OLDER AIDS Since 1991, AIDS cases among those 50 and older have risen twice as fast as in younger adults. The problem may be that they don't view themselves as at risk...
...Standard & Poor's 500, including dividends, rose 33.4% last year, 23.1% the year before and 37.4% the year before that, according to research firm Ibbotson Associates. This is the first time that the index has risen more than 20% in three successive years, and is the best three-year run ever. The index rose in each of the past seven years--not a first, but rare. And in that seven years it dipped as much as 10% only once, a record. The amazing run has prompted millions to stake their retirement on the bull market and by now has convinced...
...quantity of cars has risen, the nature of the problem has changed qualitatively as well. Maybe the congestion is making everyone cranky. Americans are famously attached to their cars; it's just the driving they can't stand. "Driving and habitual road rage have become virtually inseparable," says Leon James, a professor of psychology at the University of Hawaii who specializes in the phenomenon. In the most comprehensive national survey on driving behavior so far, a Michigan firm, EPIC-MRA, found that an astounding 80% of drivers are angry most or all of the time while driving. Simple traffic congestion...