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December 1999

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Dec. 27 | |
Where to Invest
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Xerox: Investors Turn Up the Heat on Rick Thoman
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So I Said, ''I Can Beat Those Index Funds''
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Dec. 20 | |
Dot.Com Boards Are Flouting the Rules
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Commentary: I'm Not Gonna Pay a Lot for This Stock Quote
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No Portfolio Is Safe from Trade Winds
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IPOs: Going After the Hard to Get
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Commentary: The Trouble with Boomer Nest Eggs
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Boot Camp for Buffett Wannabes
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Dec. 13 | |
Not Acting at All Like a Utility
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AES's Dennis Bakke: A Reluctant Capitalist
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Women and Retirement: Time to Get Aggressive
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Making the Street Wise to Women
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Ferreting Out Stealth Spin-Offs
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Keep Your Eye on that Pension
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Commentary: The Drawbacks of Stock-Option Fever
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Should Your Broker Run Your Home Page?
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These Markets Are Really Emerging (int'l edition)
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Dec. 6 | |
Commentary: Hold Cyberbrokers to the Same Standards
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Charities: 'Tis Better to Give Smart
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At This Price, Does Waste Smell Good?
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November 1999

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Nov. 29 | |
Commentary: The Trouble with Free Investing Advice
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Nasdaq's Climb: The Air Is Getting Thinner
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Early Steps to Ease the Taxman's Bite
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"A Great Number of Names Are Untouched"
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How Timely Are the Tube's Tips?
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Nov. 22 | |
TheStreet.com: Now for TheDive.com
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Corporate Profits: What a Difference a Year Makes
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A Spotlight On Third-Quarter Profits
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Damn the Interest Rates, Full Speed Ahead
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Third Quarter 1999 Corporate Scoreboard (.pdf)
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The Industry Standard: Dot.com Glossy
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Commentary: It's Time to Shine a Light on Brokers
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Latin Stocks: Don't Wait for Manana
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Mexico's Bolsa Has Bounce (int'l edition)
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Nov. 15 | |
Merrill's E-Battle (Cover Story)
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UPS: Will This IPO Deliver?
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Digital Entertainment Network: Startup or Non-Starter?
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More Treats Than Tricks on Wall Street
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Special Report: The E-Bond Revolution
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''The Prices Are Lower, and the Yields Are Higher''
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Planning a Smooth Financial Ride
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Fear Not. Shelter Stocks, Not Bonds
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Lending a Helping Hand--with Stocks
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There's New Bounce in Asian IPO Markets (int'l edition)
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Nov. 8 | |
Can the Fed Hit Its Mark?
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A School for Day Traders
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Don't Leave Home without a Freebie
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Gold in the Bond Minefield
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"If You Want to Buy Bonds, Buy Now"
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How to Make That Fourth-Quarter Play
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Where Do You Draw the Bottom Line?
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Tallying the Taxman's Take
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Money Software That Needs Taming
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Nov. 1 | |
Time for Investors to Spread Their Wings?
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The New 401(k) Bonanza: Lower Fees
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Spotting "Style Creep"
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Commentary: Fear Not the Dark, Stock Traders
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Consumer Clout
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Not All Day Traders Are Looney Tunes
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October 1999

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Oct. 25 | |
David Wetherell: Internet Evangelist
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One Big Happy Family--But for How Long?
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Lycos: The Chick That Didn't Fly the Coop
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How Good Are the Gomez Ratings?
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Commentary: We're All Tech Investors Now
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No-Sweat Direct Investing
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What's Big, Brown, and Beautiful? UPS
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Oct. 18 | |
Asia Hits a Bump
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Psst! Want the CPI Number?
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The No-Name That's Shadowing Schwab
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Let Your Keyboard Do the House-Hunting
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Against the Tide
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Minifunds, Maxi Gains
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Will These Acorns Turn into Oaks?
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Oct. 11 | |
Commentary: This Correction May Well Have a Silver Lining
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Rethinking Wall Street
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Mutual Funds Go Topsy-Turvy
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Big Winner in Big Caps
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Which Number Is the Real McCoy?
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Commentary: Food Deals May Leave You Hungry
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Saving Yourself from Yourself
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Europe's Net Stocks: So Much for Flying High (int'l edition)
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Oct. 4 | |
Commentary: Do the Bears Have Something to Growl About?
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The BW 50: Once More, All Eyes Were on Tech
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I Want My NYSE: Teens Meet the Market
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Creating a Better Bond-Fund Mix
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Prime-Rate Funds: Ready for Prime Time
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It's a Tech Stock? Bring It On!
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A Fund Company of His Very Own
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September 1999

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Sept. 27 | |
Talk About Throwing the Bull
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College Pros
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Star Power
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The S&P 500: This Powerhouse Is Losing Muscle
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Commentary: A Mutual Fund That Lets It All Hang Out
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Gifts with Strings Attached
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A Trust for Minors: "It Gives You Control"
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Why Doesn't This Fund Fold Its Hand?
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Sept. 20 | |
The Fed's Lone Star Loner (extended)
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New Math for the New Economy
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Annuities That Won't Cause You Pain
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About.com: About-Face?
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"Growth Stocks in Disguise"
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Retail's Details
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Merrill Gives You a Bargaining Chip
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Sept. 13 | |
Special Report -- Global Investing
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Emerging Markets: Tread Carefully
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These Bond Funds Require a Strong Stomach
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When Capital Gets Antsy
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The Biggest Fund You Never Heard Of
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Sniffing Out the Financial Planner for You
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Sept. 6 | |
Inside an Internet IPO
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More IPO Access for Individuals? Not Yet
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Mutual Funds: Fast-Buck Traders Get the Heave-Ho
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Wall Street: Nowhere to Go but Up?
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High Tech: Don't Let the Swoon Scare You Off
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"It's Always a Good Time to Invest in Technology"
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How Tasty Is Martha's IPO?
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August 1999

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Aug. 30 | |
The Market Has Two Faces
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Finding Gold in Oldie Stocks
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Aug. 16 | |
Currency Trading or Currency Scam?
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Big Spenders Are Keeping This Party Going
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Overseas Economies Aren't Chipping in Yet
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The Second Quarter Corporate Scoreboard (.pdf)
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Private Equity for the Hoi Polloi?
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Aug. 9 | |
The NYSE: A Street Scandal That May Not Die
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Inside Wall Street: A Report Card
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Exchange Funds: Time to Swap 'n' Save?
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The Employment Report: A Market-Rocking Day
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Aug. 2 | |
The Market's Sparrows Are Flying High
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The Picks of a Sizzling Microcap Maven
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Fidelity's New "Invest and Forget" Fund
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The Mutual-Fund Party Gets Hotter in Asia (int'l edition)
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Commentary: Tracking Stocks Are Accidents Waiting to Happen
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Why It's Not a Blockbuster IPO
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July 1999

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July 26 | |
Transforming the Art of the Deal
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If the Investor Won't Go to the Road Show...
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A Flight to Small Caps?
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Grading the Funds: New Names on the A-list
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Where 4.9% Makes You a Star
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Gabelli: The Value of Focusing on Growth
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July 19 | |
Cover Story: Building The Best Retirement Plan
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For TheStreet.com, "The Greybeard Every Net Company Needs"
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Fidelity.com Gets Serious
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The Battle to Be Your Online Bill Collector
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Can Wit Outwit the Competition?
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July 12 | |
The Global 1000 (int'l edition cover story)
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TABLE: The BW Global 1000, by Rank (.pdf) (int'l edition cover story)
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The Company That Got Japan to Log On (int'l edition cover story)
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Emerging Markets Re-Emerge (int'l edition cover story)
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AOL's Case: "Consistent and Unwavering...Nimble and Flexible" (int'l edition cover story)
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Forrester's Colony: "The Web Is Incredibly Crude Technology" (int'l edition cover story)
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Harvard B-School's Gompers: "The Internet Is Going to Be Everywhere" (int'l edition cover story)
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Microsoft's Herbold: "We Don't Take Anything for Granted Here" (int'l edition cover story)
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BT Worldwide's Mockett: "We're Building a Global Internet Network" (int'l edition cover story)
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Commentary: Handling the Hot-Rod Economy
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Clinton: ''I Do Believe in the New Economy'' (extended)
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Mutual-Fund Blues? Try a ''Wrap''
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Unveiling the Secrets of the CPI
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The Dismal Science Online
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A Bull Market in Navajo Rugs
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July 5 | |
The Warren Buffett You Don't Know
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Homespun Wisdom from the "Oracle of Omaha"
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Nursing Homes: On the Sick List
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Commentary: 4.71 Reasons Why Decimals Would Benefit the Market
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Term Life Bargain Days
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Index Funds: Enhanced? Only the Expenses
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How a High-Tech Star Stays Hot
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Is Your Annuity a Dud? Read On
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June 1999

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June 28 | |
Mutual Funds: So Long, Glory Days?
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Where No-Frills Net Trades Are Sacred
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Are Two Stocks Better Than One?
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Commentary: Why Goldbugs Feel So Squashed
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Building Stocks: Worth Moving Into?
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Don't Give Up On That Refi
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Staying Afloat When Your Health Sinks
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Y2K Doesn't Scare Emerging-Markets Pros
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Will This Down-Under Fund Get Back on Top?
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Macro Gains from Microcaps
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A Safer Ride on the Net
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June 21 | |
Commentary: Even a Touch of Inflation Can Be Dangerous...
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Commentary: ...Yes, but for Now, Let the New Economy Run
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Commentary: Is This Any Way to Fight Fraud?
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An Internet Heaven For Venture Capital Angels
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Bank Stocks: Where the Net Doesn't Rule
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June 14 | |
Value Investing Is Back--With a Twist
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Value Investors Learn New Tricks
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Commentary: Why the U.S. Will Keep On Soaring
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Stocks: Don't Even Think about Cashing Out
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For the Record: Elizabeth Mackay
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Tech Stocks: Technical Difficulties? Not Really
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For the Record: Ryan Jacob
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Y2K: The Sky Isn't Falling
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Can't See the Roses for the Thorns? Sell Short
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International: As the World Restructures
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For the Record: Leila Heckman
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Mutual Funds: Reversal of Fortunes
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Make a Buck in Bonds
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For the Record: Kevin McClintock
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Real Estate: REITs on the Rise
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Stock Exchanges: Open All Night
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Commentary: It's 8 p.m., and Mom's Out Trading
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Merrill Is Bullish On the Internet
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Commentary: Can a Merrill Be a Maverick?
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June 7 | |
It's 10 p.m. Time to Start Trading
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Commentary: It's Time to Shed Light on Bond Prices
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Should You Dump Delphi?
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May 1999

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May 31 | |
Hot Growth Companies
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Friede Goldman Intl.: A Gusher in a Drought
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bebe stores Inc.: This Is No Fashion Victim
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Mastech Corp.: the Nabobs of Networking
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Action Performance Cos.: Hot-Rodding His Way to the Top
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Salton Inc.: Putting a Gizmo in Every Kitchen
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Maximus Inc.: Welfare Privatizer
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Where Are They Now?
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"The Teddy Roosevelts of Corporate Governance"
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Making the Most of Your Stock Options
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When Should You Cash Out?
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Fidelity Magellan: You Can Be Too Rich
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Can You Really Beat the Market?
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The Net: Who's Getting More Bang for the Marketing Buck
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May 24 | |
Your Guide to Online Investing (Cover Story)
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Gotta Do the Legwork
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"A Diversity of Thought"
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Testing the Waters
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Commentary: Why Old-Line Firms Need New Online Tricks
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The Right Tools for the Right Trades
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Rocket Science Made Simple
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How to Seal a Great Bond Deal
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What to Read: The Good, the Bad, and the Terrible
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Investor Beware of Web Talk
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This EDGAR is a Real Know-It-All
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Commentary: Analyst Calls: Let Investors Listen
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The Barker Portfolio: A Battle Plan for Accidental Investors
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African Americans Get the Investing Bug
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Ho-Hum, Another Earnings Surprise
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May 17 | |
Time to Buy Net Stocks: No or Yes?
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Goldman Sachs: How Public Is This IPO?
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Corporate America's Profit Surprise
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As If Labor Costs Weren't Worrisome Enough...
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Winning Big in Small Caps
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Commentary: Anatomy of a Shareholder Slaughter
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May 10 | |
Finance on the Net
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So Who Needs Cyclicals?
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A Search for Stock Answers
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Doing Good--and Beating the S&P
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May 3 | |
A Wiser Bull? (Cover Story)
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The Highfliers: From Vertigo to ``Only Very Volatile''
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Commentary: Consider This: A Tech Slump May Spark a Hard Landing
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Boeing Breathes Easier
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How a Market Shift Could Realign the Mutual-Fund Stars
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The Amex Is Starting to Feel the Heat
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Catering to the Near-Wealthy
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Can Fair Value Still Bring Fine Returns?
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A Couple of Comeback Kids
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Offshore Funds: Asia Is Back (int'l edition)
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April 1999

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Apr. 26 | |
The American Stock Exchange: Scandal on Wall Street (Cover Story)
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Price-Fixing, the Amex Way
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A Double Life at Spear Leeds?
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Did a Specialist Break the Rules?
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The Flaws in Self-Policing
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The Gadfly of Trinity Place
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Why More Investors See Options as a Necessity
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Commentary: A Soaring Market Can Sure Bring You Down
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Europe's A-List Stocks (int'l edition)
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Apr. 19 | |
Commentary: Day Trading: How to Protect Aunt Minnie
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IPOs: On the Outside Looking in
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What to Do When Your Fund Stumbles
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Apr. 12 | |
Commentary: Why Small-Caps Will Keep Getting Trampled
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Ouch! Those Measly Fund Returns Hurt
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Van Wagoner: Saved by the Internet?
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A World of Money to Be Made
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Where a Global Fund Is Hunting
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A Kickback You Can Enjoy
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Stock Splits: Your Road to Riches?
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Portfolio Balancing? Don't Bet on REITs
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Apr. 5 | |
The Market: Too High? Too Low?
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A New Leader in the Bond Derby?
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March 1999

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Mar. 29 | |
The BW 50: The Best Performers (Cover Story)
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Dow 10,000
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Tokyo's Bulls May Soon Run out of Breath
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Commentary: How Do You Read This Crazy Market?
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Why the Dow's Surge Was Hard to Divine?
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Mar. 22 | |
You, Too, Can Short Stocks
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A Bullish Fund That Also Shorts
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Tricks of the Trade for Closed-End Funds
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Mar. 15 | |
Why the Bourses Are Spooked
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So They're Overvalued Now What?
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Mar. 8 | |
How Real Is That E-Broker?
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It Sure Looks Like Insider Trading
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New Funds with Old Pros
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A Five-Star Fund Rides the Net
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Mar. 1 | |
Bumping against the Profit Ceiling
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How Long Can Americans Keep Splurging?
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Scoreboard: Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 1998 Corporate Profits (.pdf)
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Internet Conference Calls: Earnings Info for Analysts--and You
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Big Caps, Big Edge
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Commentary: What Could Burst the Net's Merger Bubble
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Putting the Moxie Back in the Mutuals
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Help! My Nest Egg Is Cold
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A GRAT Can Be Great for Saving Your Kids a Bundle
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February 1999

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Feb. 22 | |
The Investor Revolution (Cover Story)
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Who Needs a Broker?
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Will E*Trade Move Beyond E*Tragedy
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Investor's Guide
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The Debate Goes on: Use Brains or Indexes?
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The Real Decision
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The Internet Economy
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Feb. 15 | |
A Bargain Hunter's Guide to Closed-End Funds
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Scoping Out Stocks for a World on the Go
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Feb. 8 | |
Bond Funds: Searching for Safe Harbor
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Bear on the Loose at Merrill Lynch
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Valuing Those Internet Stocks
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Feb. 1 | |
The Best Mutual Funds
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Bigger May Just Be Better
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Sailing Past the S&P
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Scoreboard: Equity Mutual Funds (.pdf)
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Is the Net a Bargain at Any Price?
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The Net Bubble Is Bothering Brokers
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Here's One Way for Big Media to Make Big Money on the Web
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Offshore Funds: Asia Shakes the Flu (int'l edition)
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January 1999

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Jan. 25 | |
The Coup at Goldman (Cover Story)
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Goldman's "Dealmaker Supreme"
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How Much Is Goldman Worth? Maybe Less Than You Think
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Online Original: A Tricky Time for Financial Stocks
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Net Stocks: A Slight Case of Vertigo
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Ziff-Davis Is Printing in Red Ink
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Click Here for Index Futures
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Commentary: Why the roth IRA Needs a Revamp
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Jan. 18 | |
Priceline's Bid for the Big Time
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That's Why They Call It Vanguard
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Here's Where the Dough Really Rises
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Day of Reckoning for Day-Trading Firms?
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Jan. 11 | |
Why the Fourth Quarter Looks Like a Stinker
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For Texaco, 1999 Could Be a Black Hole
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Schawb's New Net Message: "You've Got IPOs!"
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