(This is common in men, whereas women tend to have extra fat deposited in the hips and thighs.) So to target this specific area and create specific goals, you need to know the measurement of your midsection. Wrap a tape measure around your abdomen at the widest area of your love handles and record the measurement.
Here's the scoop. Microsoft's $150 million investment netted the company 150,000 shares of preferred stock, convertable to common shares of Apple stock at a price of $8.25, redeemable after a three year period. By 2001, Microsoft had converted all of its shares into common stock, netting the company approximately 18.1 million shares.
If you had the good fortune to have bought 100 shares at the $21 offering price that day and sat on the investment for 25 years, it would have mushroomed into 28,800 shares over the course of nine stock splits and be worth about three quarters of a million dollars today. [MORE: The Onion's 10 Best Bits About Microsoft]