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...council has improved its accountability and planning in recent times, but it is far from perfect. Last semester, the council had to pass an emergency bill to borrow money from the council’s Grants Fund (money set aside for student groups) to pay for some of its Spring Fest projects...
...Summer Olympics, swimming phenomenon Michael Phelps has been--to borrow a phrase from Visa, one of his sponsors--everywhere he wants to be. Since the 19-year-old became the first person to break five individual world records at a single meet last summer, his mighty fine physique has graced a slew of magazine covers (including those of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, ESPN and TIME), thousands of credit cards (Chase started issuing them in April) and an unprecedented six national TV commercials that feature the hydrophilic Olympic hopeful doing everything from racing a dolphin (for Argent Mortgage) to swimming laps across...
...Investors want to see a reversal of the deteriorating conditions." Nobody expects the economy to suddenly implode and the government to default as Argentina's did in 2001-02. But if the Philippines' debt burden continues to grow, Manila's creditworthiness could come under pressure, impairing its ability to borrow and ultimately making it necessary for the government to beg creditors for new terms. In a worst-case scenario, the consequences could be severe: a weakened currency, stalled investment and higher unemployment. How much time the Philippines has before this happens is hard to determine, but Arroyo's new government...
...personalities: a guy who wants him to invest in a pizza restaurant; a middle-aged Arab who wants to be reimbursed for part of the $10,000 he just lost in blackjack; a singer who wants Maloof to hear his act; a scary-looking guy who needs to borrow $500 for 24 hours. Not only does the guy not pay him back the next day but he also pops up on FOX's The Casino the following week. His name is Ernie, and he got kicked out of the Golden Nugget after convincing a young blond to work with...
...horror film 28 Days Later by adding an alternate ending (shot earlier but discarded) weeks after the film opened. But in Napoleon's case, the company actually flew the cast and crew back to Idaho and shot the epilogue after the movie opened. "We thought, Why not borrow something from the DVD playbook?" says Nancy Utley, Searchlight's president for marketing...