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Location: Mailing Lists / Archive General Hot Articles / 2002-07-24

In this week's issue:  Economic warning signs, bad blood
drives, an odd restaurant, very helpful bacteria and more.

---Business---
A Salon article discusses how to reform the corporate stock
option system while still keeping options as a good
incentive for employees.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103202
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=103202
A Real Estate Portfolio article tracks a trend in housing
demographics as more people want to move back into urban
areas, thus buoying urban renewal and spurring new
development.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103246
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=103246
Salon spotlights the $800-million-a-year wig trade, an
industry enjoying a significant upswing.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103599
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=103599

---Economics---
America's mammoth foreign debt is a serious problem, says
The American Prospect, and one that's being almost
completely ignored in Washington.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103277
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=103277
Is Brazil's economy another Argentina waiting to happen? 
Not yet, says a Knowledge@Wharton article, but there are
some troubling signs.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103196
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=103196

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---Health---
A New Republic article reveals that the American Red Cross's
mass appeals for blood after 9/11 were irresponsible,
wasteful, and unsafe.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103506
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=103506
Now that medical science can predict who will get certain
diseases, Time Europe explores the philosophical question of
whether patients should receive this kind of information.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103439
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=103439
Advance For Nurses reports on high breast cancer rates in
one California county that may point to affluence and
education being risk factors for the disease.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103630
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=103630

---Personal Finance---
Kiplinger's has a primer on how to pay your bills online,
saving time and money.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103421
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=103421

---Politics & Society---
The American Prospect debunks conspiracy theories that claim
the U.S. is after Afghanistan for its oil-industry
significance.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103498
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=103498

---Restaurants---
Time Europe profiles a new restaurant in Germany staffed by
blind waiters, where diners enjoy their meals in utter
darkness.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103567
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=103567

---Science---
The Scientist reports on the use of probiotics (helpful
bacteria) in agriculture, food, medicine, and more.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103385
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=103385
A Smithsonian article reports on a Peruvian archaeologist's
recent discovery of what is now thought to be the oldest
city in the Americas, over 5,000 years old.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103535
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=103535

---Television---
Salon calls CNN's new talk show "Connie Chung Tonight" the
network's first breakout comedy hit.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103298
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=103298