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...moving to consolidate power, Hu has shown a deft touch. In July, he visited Jiang's power base of Shanghai. Senior officials there had complained that new austerity measures requiring Beijing's approval were deflating the city's boom. A smiling Hu allowed photographers to record him strolling past marshland that Shanghai officials hope to turn into an industrial zone and touring high-profile factories. Shortly after Hu returned to Beijing, the central government approved construction of a long-awaited tunnel-and-bridge project to Chongming Island, and city officials say the second phase of a deepwater port...
...bypass operation during which doctors found his heart disease to be extensive, with some of his arteries over 90% blocked; in New York City. The former President was released from the hospital Friday. SENTENCED. FRANK QUATTRONE, 48, former investment banker to high-flying Silicon Valley companies during the Internet boom; to 18 months in prison; in New York City. He is appealing a May conviction for hindering a federal stock investigation involving Credit Suisse First Boston, but will be forced to begin serving prison time in late October while the appeal is pending. SENTENCED. SIMON MANN, 51, British former special...
...Alvarez Bravo, it was Mexico City's postrevolution population boom in the '20s that afforded perfectly constructed images of street life, or what the photographer dubbed the "food for my camera." The ordinary soon became the fantastic, as Alvarez Bravo drew reverie from his subjects. He captured the pensive young girl on a balcony in The Daydream, a picture of longing, with the ray of sunlight brushing her shoulder as if singling her out. And Alvarez Bravo even managed to instill life into still life: in Laughing Mannequins, glamorous cardboard women appear smiling, while it's the real people...
...distinct styles, each trained his lens on the daily life of the everyday man caught in a society in flux. For Evans, this led him toward the picturesque but poor side of a restive Havana in 1933, as well as late-'20s New York City. Though the city was booming, Evans was filled with ambivalence about a metropolis where billboards and skyscrapers jarred with the lowlife of the city's drifters. Torn Movie Poster, for example, captures Evans' wider sense of national doom: a mass-produced image tarnished with decay. The exhibition also shows off Evans' study of architecture...
...around $6.30. Keeping it buoyant: plans for a big revamp of Shell's corporate structure and continuing rumors - dismissed by both sides - that France's Total might try to acquire the company. Losing Ground Control Ah, summertime, when the livin' is easy and Europe's airlines enjoy a holiday boom - right? Not exactly. Alitalia CEO Giancarlo Cimoli last week warned that the state-owned carrier faced collapse within 20 days unless unions agree to cost cuts and layoffs. But downsizing has consequences: British Airways (BA), which has chopped 13,000 jobs since 9/11, last week grounded more than 100 flights...