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...Joshua was comforted by the reaction of Rangoon's police chief. "DVB are the worst," growls Major General Khin Yi in the closing scenes of Burma VJ. "DVB are the ones who broadcast most of the false news about us." My brave Burmese colleagues couldn't ask for a bigger compliment, or for a better reason to continue their extraordinary work...
...tabloid math, the only thing better than a picture of a celebrity is a picture of a celebrity with his or her cute kid - or in some cases, just the kid (see Suri Cruise). There's no bigger celebrity at the moment than President Barack Obama, who has already been on the cover of such august political organs as TV Guide and Entertainment Weekly. As luck would have it, Barack and Michelle Obama have two of the cutest - and therefore potentially lucrative - offspring on the planet. Beanie Babies maker Ty has already released Sweet Sasha and Marvelous Malia dolls...
...clear we need to do a lot more," says David Duffie, a finance professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business. "The losses at these banks are getting bigger and bigger...
...Coffee. (Self-regulatory organizations do not usually draw their authority directly from Congress, and may be financed by the industry they cover.) "FINRA's been tougher than its predecessors, but it still tends to focus more on outlying and smaller firms; it's been more deferential to the bigger players. At SEC, she has to clean house and needs truly aggressive prosecutors." (See who's to blame for the current financial crisis...
...Wintour is also bigger than her larger-than-life job, the most prominent editor of her day. Part of that is the Streep effect. And part of it is because of Wintour's longevity, consistency and personal quirks. She prefers sunglasses indoors and cover shoots outdoors. Her reserved mien and decisiveness - what some call "the specificity of her vision" and others her inflexibility - have attracted fabulous nicknames like Nuclear Wintour...