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...otherwise essentially a rerun. The noirishly-named Max Skinner (Crowe) is a shrewd London banker who revels in conquering his competition through ruthless and unethical means. He’s also a stubborn misogynist, adding to our contempt. Upon the death of his uncle (Albert Finney), he inherits a ch??¢teau in France. Cue beautiful sunsets and rememberances of childhood. The movie alternates between flashbacks and the present day to establish how gentler moments of Skinner’s childhood influenced him. Romance enters the film when Skinner becomes reacquainted with the French countryside, his neighbors, and a hard...
...Ch??vez and Chomsky...
...find it ironic that the U.S. made such a fuss over Venezuelan President Hugo Ch??vez's speech at the U.N. General Assembly, in which he called President George W. Bush the devil [Oct. 2]. At last, Americans have experienced what other countries feel when Bush spouts off. The big difference? Venezuela hasn't attacked anyone...
...about how to avoid a damaging fragmentation between those who are doing well and those who aren't. "It's almost like a Latin American economy, some very rich and some very poor. This could cause a revolution," worries Pierre Lurton, who runs two of the most exclusive properties, Ch??teau Cheval Blanc in the St. Emilion region and Ch??teau d'Yquem, the world-famous sweet white Sauternes. Back at Ch??teau Pontet-Canet, Tesseron sits down for dinner with his wife Isabelle and a decanter of his house 1996. In the Bordeaux hierarchy, Pontet-Canet...
...status alone isn't enough. "I'm in a privileged situation, but it's not a given," he says. "I must continue aspiring to be the best." That means more investment as well as a lot of savvy marketing. This year, for the first time, Tesseron threw open his ch??teau doors to visitors, by appointment only, and hired three people to receive them. One of the three speaks Chinese. "Yes, there are new clients, but the real business still comes from our old ones," he says. "I'm sure in the next 20 to 30 years, people will...