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...season when studios typically start unfurling their Oscar fare, the success of mindless chow like Beverly Hills Chihuahua may not bode well for more serious-minded films due in coming months. "Anything with a dark theme this fall, I'm questioning," says Mason. "People are rejecting war and politics as a subject...
...read words, according to an annual survey by Pratham, a Mumbai-based NGO that tracks children's literacy across India in order to assess the efficiency of rural and government school education. Though Pratham's 2007 figures show an improvement, the figures are still grim - and don't bode well for a nation, half of whose one billion inhabitants are under...
...That's not good news for Sotheby's. Following the poor sales, the auction house's shares fell 14% on Oct. 6, hitting a three-year low. (Sotheby's was not available for comment.) Nor does it bode well for the regional art market: the Hong Kong auction was its first gauge after the worldwide financial crisis hit last month. "Due to uncertainty in the markets, investors are making selective choices as to where to spend their money," says Shirley Ben Bashat, director of the Opera Gallery Hong Kong...
...prices. Before they ask for something, 56% of teens say they now consider whether their parents will be able to afford it, with 42% stating that they are asking their parents for less. "If teens are exercising more restraint and curtailing what they ask for, that certainly doesn't bode well for holiday shopping," says Candace Corlett, president of WSL Strategic Retail...
...Originally turned down the job as anchor of PBS' "Washington Week in Review" because she was upset at the abrupt firing of her predecessor, Ken Bode, who left over a disagreement about whether to make "Washington Week" more argumentative. Ifill took the job after executives agreed to keep the show's polite demeanor...