Dividends
Edited by Toddi Gutner
The Stat
The current value of one share of Coca-Cola (KO
) purchased for $40 at its initial public offering in 1919, including reinvested dividends: $4 Million. That's a 14.9% average annual return.
Data: Jensen Investment Management
THE WORKPLACE
Take the Boys
This year, Take Our Daughters to Work Day is adding something new to the mix: sons. That's right. On Apr. 24, Corporate America's conference rooms and cafeterias will host boys as well as girls. The program, launched in 1993 to encourage girls to expand their career aspirations, is now Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day (www.daughtersandsonstowork.org). Of course, many companies have been including boys for years. But until now, the program's founder, the New York nonprofit Ms. Foundation for Women, has officially reserved the day for girls.
Why the change? To urge both sexes -- as well as employers -- to think about ways to balance work and family life. "Women are not going to get equality in public life until men can participate equally in private life," says Marie Wilson, president of the Ms. Foundation. To that end, the list of suggested activities includes discussion of working-parent conflicts, such as: "Do I go to an important meeting or to the school play?" Who knows? Parents and employers who listen in may learn a thing or two.
By Anne Tergesen
TRAVEL
Southern Splendor
Despite the slow start to spring, you can still take in the magnolias, dogwood, and peonies during Virginia's Historic Garden Week Apr. 19-26 (vagardenweek.org). The closest site to Washington, D.C.: the boxwood gardens of the 1785 Lee-Fendall House across the Potomac in Alexandria, open Apr. 26.
BEVERAGES
Shaken, Not Stirred
 There's no appletini, but this shirt-pocket bar guide can help you mix virtually everything else, from an apple toddy (brandy and hot cider) to a zorbatini (ouzo and vodka). Bar Master ($30) from Excalibur Electronics (305 477-8080) even suggests the type of glass to serve it in -- and calculates your blood alcohol level based on your weight and intake.
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