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There you have it, the utterly improbable central trauma that "explains" the rest of Dewey's life: his drive for the fame that can never compensate for his terrible guilt, the self-destructive drinking, drugging and sexual outlawry that sully his path to pop icon status, the bum musical trips - his adored brother may have been an authentic musical prodigy that Dewey dimly needs to emulate - that threaten his career. You've been here before, of course, with Walk the Line and Ray, to name only the most recent biopics about the trials and triumphs of pop-music icons. These...
...strategy aimed at forging a regional alliance comprising India, Japan, Australia and the U.S. To that end, last September, India held joint naval exercises in the Bay of Bengal with the U.S., Australia, Japan and Singapore, soon after China's military exercises with Russia and the Central Asian members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. China has also been protesting against India's refusal to allow Chinese direct investment in Indian ports, telecommunications and other sectors for security reasons...
...budget, the Belgian troop presence in Lebanon, and the rise in food and fuel prices. Last Saturday, about 20,000 people took part in a demonstration called by unions to protest against the political state of paralysis and the aforementioned price hikes. Last week, the Belgian central bank said inflation would speed up next year to its highest rates of the decade, while economic growth will slow more than previously projected. On top of that, the European Commission has also warned that the political paralysis is beginning to affect Belgium's economy...
...below its June 2007 listing price of $31, costing CIC more than $1 billion. That pratfall appears to have prompted CIC to rein in its ambitions. Instead of making splashy investments in the U.S. and Europe, the fund is now looking closer to home. It recently bought into Central Huijin Investment Co., a government agency with stakes in several of China's biggest state-run banks and brokerages, and will reportedly plunk an additional $66 billion into the Agricultural Bank of China. To the extent that CIC looks for investments abroad, its chairman, Lou Jiwei, said in a late-November...
...Industry and Energy and the Federal Customs Service to give the go-ahead to build its planned factory in the Alabuga SEZ. Wang, the Great Wall Motor president, says her company "cannot lose the Russian market," partly because Russia is seen as a stepping-stone to Eastern Europe and Central Asia. But if Moscow decides to throw up roadblocks, Chinese carmakers - and Yelabuga - could be stuck in neutral for years to come...