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...Mood, shmood - Hong Kong movies, always in a hurry, don?t take long to put the horror goods on the table. Consider the first 10 minutes of Lau Hung-chuen?s sublimely titled ?Devil Fetus,? for me one of the exhumed treasures of ITMFG. At an auction, a woman buys a jade vase without realizing there?s a devil inside. That night, her sister holds the vase in her lap and gets, as wonderfully euphemistic Hong Kong subtitles usually put it, ?comfortable.? The devil assumes a sort of protoplasmic human form, enters the sister and impregnates her. Her husband walks...
...move could be costly in the long run. Land sales are a prime source of government revenue, and a reduction in proceeds stemming from the auction freeze will aggravate the city's budget deficit. Last year's shortfall was more than $8 billion, or 5% of GDP, and this year's is expected to be even greater. Hong Kong's $113 billion in currency reserves are not in any immediate danger of running out, but a chronic deficit could undermine the government's perceived financial stability. There is speculation that corporate taxes could be increased or a sales tax instituted...
...former MIT student pleaded guilty last week to mail fraud stemming from a scheme involving the sale of computers and other equipment stolen from MIT over the Internet auction site eBay...
eBay’s Senior Director of Communications Kevin Pursglove said that though some cases involving stolen property do occur on the auction site, they are very rare...
...visor to j310 for a bag, and there are only 2,000 of each color. If that sounds pricey, consider how much a real Warhol would run you. Sotheby's is expecting between $4 million and $6 million for Lavender Marilyn (1) at its contemporary art auction in New York on Nov. 12. And Phillips has said it expects at least $4 million for Silver Liz, a 1963 image of Elizabeth Taylor. Try to get your head around that. - L.G. Hip Sleep The boutique hotel was the brainchild of Ian Schrager, co-founder of New York's legendary Studio...