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...example. When you walk into a corner store and you buy a gallon of milk, you hand your money over to the storekeeper and you walk away. You're trusting in the integrity of the storekeeper to deliver milk [that] is safe and good. So that's just a basic trust in integrity. But if you start peeling back the layers off that transaction you can see there are far more relationships of integrity and trust needed to bring that milk to you. You can start with the farmer who needs to look after his cows properly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Trust Creates Wealth | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

...going to win? "My expectation is that dollars will follow audience," says UBS media analyst Michael C. Morris. "Content providers can say, 'You're going to pay me, or I'm pulling my signal.' It's basic leverage." Since cable providers operate at margins of about 40%, they can probably afford it. Indeed, Morris thinks a price war is in the offing, which would be good for consumers. "They may decide that a 35% margin is worth the trade-off for a better audience share," he says. Morris believes that the collateral damage in this battle will be the smaller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Networks vs. Cable: The Oscar-Night Battle | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

Mercer and Burton largely stick to their basic styles, and thus their joint product is not as experimental or original as one might have hoped. The sole creative peak is “Sailing to Nowhere,” which takes a number of surprising turns, beginning by oscillating back and forth between two different riffs until a swell of cosmic synth noises emerges, climaxing in an explosion of strings and an electric guitar solo. The transient nature of “Sailing to Nowhere” makes it one of the most captivating songs on the album, and shows...

Author: By Matt E. Sachs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Broken Bells | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

Bong also mentioned that after the basic storyline was completed, he met with Kim Hye-ja in a restaurant to discuss the film. To his delight, Kim was pleased with the plot, and the production ran smoothly thereafter. And while Bong was busy filming “The Host,” his co-screenwriter Park Eun-kyo—a former student from one of his screenwriting workshops—continued to polish the script...

Author: By Shijung Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Korean Filmmaker Bong is a Hit at HFA | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

According to a report by the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military Services, the progress made so far remains "evident, but uneven." The failure to provide a basic guarantee of safety to women, who now represent 15% of the armed forces, is not just a moral issue, or a morale issue. What does it say if the military can't or won't protect the people we ask to protect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexual Assaults on Female Soldiers: Don't Ask, Don't Tell | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

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