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BOSTON CAPITAL
We hereby predict some forecasts will be right and others won't
(By Steven Syre & Charles Stein)
It's official. The US economy has been in recession since March, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. But if you came into this year counting on the nation's economic forecasters to warn you about the coming recession, you would be very disappointed.

BOSTON CAPITAL
Biotech rally makes sense in hindsight
(By Steven Syre & Charles Stein)
There has been plenty of good stock news to go around since the depths of September, but few corners of the market have restored pep to portfolios like the biotechnology industry.