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...Kenya will shrivel as quickly as a discarded rose. And while agriculture exports remain the great hope for poor countries, reducing trade barriers in other sectors also works: America's African Growth and Opportunity Act, which cuts duties on exports of everything from handicrafts to shoes, has proved a boon to Africa's manufacturers...
...animal-based gel created in the lab (bovine collagen is made from cow tissue), it doesn't cause allergic reactions, as collagen does in a few patients. That means no waiting six weeks for allergy-test results before you can try it. "It will be a boon for the patient who says, 'I have a wedding in two weeks,'" says Dr. Rhoda S. Narins, a New York dermatologic surgeon who conducted some of the tests of Restylane. Beauty enthusiasts are downright giddy. "I've yet to hear anyone say anything negative about it," says Wendy Lewis, a cosmetic-surgery consultant...
While the decline of the two-parent family in Germany may worry traditionalists, it has proved a boon for a growing number of biotech companies specializing in paternity tests. "Since 1998 the number of orders has increased tenfold," boasts Kirsten Thelen, co-founder of Wiesbaden's ID Lab, which prepared 4,000 DNA fingerprints last year. Says Thelen: "The demand has existed for a long time, but now word has got around that there is an affordable way to obtain proof of parenthood...
...that's the case, life in Singapore is tougher than the tourist brochures admit. Hardworking Ang Boon (Joshua Ang), dreamy artist Liu Kok (Shawn Lee) and spoiled Terry (Huang Po Ju) get grief from their family and scorn from peers for ending up in the slowest class in school. That shame extends to their parents, who have parallel problems. Terry's father (Richard Low) fears his company will be destroyed by foreign competition, while Liu Kok's father (played by Neo) loses out at work to an incompetent expat because his English is lacking. His wife (the anguished Xiang...
...There are about 20 online DVD-rental services, but what makes Netflix by far the most popular is its recommendation system. Rate each movie you rent, and Netflix will match you up with movies you're likely to enjoy that you might never have heard of. This is a boon for independent movies like Nice Guys Sleep Alone--which couldn't get distribution but did get picked up by hbo after its success on Netflix. "Where we're really powerful is the non-Top 100 films," says Hastings. "We're trying to stay...