CAFFEINATED CDs

Starbucks Corp.'s push into entertainment moved further from the coffeehouse shelves Monday as the company launched a record label based on its existing Hear Music brand.

IVY LEAGUE HOT HAND

16.6% over 21 years: annual returns produced by David Swensen, Yale's endownment fund manager

AFFORDABLE FASHION

Style icon Sarah Jessica Parker wore only designer clothes in Sex and the City. But her own sportswear line, which launches in June, promises affordable fashion for the masses, with every item priced at less than $20.

• Of note: The tag line for the collection reads: "Fashion is not a luxury, it's a right."

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THEY SAID IT

"This is a very dangerous situation. There are all these people who just discovered ethanol, and they're introducing all these bills. Fifty percent of them will do more harm than good."

U.S. Rep. Colin Peterson, D-Minn., House Agriculture Committee chairman