Word: cheaping
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...foreign audiences to queue round the block. "France's sense of humor and comedies just don't seem to globalize," says Leconte, "unless the Americans decide to remake them." Les Bronzés in particular, Jugnot adds, is an inside joke "about how we French are ugly, mean and cheap." That's a good reason why Les Bronzés will probably remain pop heroes only their countrymen can love...
...Oscar this year, cheap is chic. Four of the five films nominated for Best Picture cost under $15 million to make, less than a fifth of the average Hollywood budget. Of them, the very cheapest was Crash, which cost $6.5 million and earned six Oscar nods, including three for writer-director-producer Paul Haggis. Yet the film's domestic box-office total ($56 million) was higher than that of any of its laureled rivals when the nominations came out last Tuesday...
...crisis over Iran's nuclear ambitions is evidence that there are issues that directly impact the national interests of the U.S. that Washington cannot solve alone. So what are the forces that will shape our uncertain world? Here are some that were on view in Davos. THE END OF CHEAP ENERGY At Davos, oil-company executives were quick to point out that the doubling of oil prices has not led to chronic shortages. Industries, families, whole economies (like that of Japan) have learned to be far less profligate in their use of energy since the price shocks of the 1970s...
...Italy in 1861 - though the capital soon shifted to Rome. During the 20th century, Torino was Detroit on the Po, the home of auto giant Fiat. The company brought modern production methods to Mussolini's Italy and after World War II helped fuel a flourishing middle class with its cheap and stylish small cars. Today, the city is known chiefly among sports fans as the home of Italy's perennial soccer powerhouse Juventus - which doesn't even put Torino in its name...
...dyed-in-the-wool value investor whose Muhlenkamp Fund is one of the few that has outperformed the legendary Bill Miller at Legg Mason Value Trust over the past 15 years. ?As long as people think I?m crazy, I?ll own [these stocks]. That?s what keeps them cheap...