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...have "triple-play" services - voice, video and data - in their home, but 35% say they are interested, according to technology consultants Forrester Research. That's a huge potential market. "There's a race now among all the operators to arrive first," says Luigi Pugliese, a telecom consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton in Milan. "The world of triple play will soon close. It's growing rapidly and the first to get a customer will not lose him." Most European communications companies are not equipped to offer all three services easily - hence a wave of strategic mergers. Late last year...
...thrilling return to form for Woody Allen.After his 10 years of mediocrity and outright disappointment (with 1997’s “Deconstructing Harry” his only saving grace), in the phenomenal “Match Point,” in radically departing from his typical style Allen accentuates the best elements of his work. The beautiful drama notably lacks Allen’s neuroticisms, self-deprecating humor, and, thankfully, the characteristic on-screen appearance by the aging director himself. Nor does the protagonist, Chris Wilton (Jonathan-Rhys Meyer) seem like a caricature of the auteur. For once...
...conversation twice. Her explanation? “Sorry, my older brother is here and he’s driving me crazy.” WORKING WITH WOODY“Match Point” has been pegged by a fair share of critics as a comeback for director Woody Allen, who has floundered in recent years with tepidly received efforts (“Anything Else,” “Hollywood Ending”) destined for Blockbuster clearance racks. Its reception at 2005’s Cannes Film Festival was rapturous, and the film has garnered four Golden Globe nominations...
Coast Guard Vice Admiral Thad Allen arrived in New Orleans four months ago to take over the federal response to Hurricane Katrina. Now he's back in Washington, D.C., telling federal officials what he's learned. His assignment ends this month. TIME's Amanda Ripley met with Allen at the Department of Homeland Security for an exit interview...
...Admiral Allen: In the life cycle of an event like this, you have to shift from incident response to recovery-the really tough work of saying, Are we going to rebuild? How are we going to rebuild? The work becomes more long-term...