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...didn't win, it didn't release a film.) Pixar movies are not, however, the mammoth generators of box-office revenue that they used to be. The 2003 Finding Nemo earned $867 million worldwide - still tops for a Pixar feature - on a reported $94 million budget. WALL-E, which cost about twice as much to make, took in about 40% less. In worldwide ticket sales, the 1995 Toy Story, the studio's first feature, made more than 10 times its budget; WALL-E, about three times...
...Future cost projections are even more chilling, since money to meet those projections is dwindling fast. In 2007, GM and the union estimated that it would require an investment of $57 billion to provide future health care for GM's blue collar retirees, even after trimming some benefits. GM's VEBA is more than a little shy of that number. It had $14.4 billion in the middle of 2008, and now has only $9.4 billion in assets, which is beyond the reach of creditors but would barely last three years in the face of escalating health-care costs. Gettelfinger describes...
...senior season like this. But I think that we worked harder than the previous oh-so-talented teams.” The Crimson continued its ride of a season into the CSA tournament with a 5-4 win against Cornell. But two losses against Trinity and Rochester cost the team any form of a top-three medal. “Next year is going to be interesting,” Hrdy said. “I think the team has great leadership. Outside of that, I think kids are going to need to step up, especially with [team captain] Verdi...
...analyst at Deutsche Bank, said he thought two-thirds of all commercial real estate loans due in the next few years - hundreds of billions of dollars' worth - could go bust. Jeffrey DeBoer, president of trade group the Real Estate Roundtable, fretted that problems in the lending business could cost the nation thousands more construction and real estate jobs. Next up, Congressman Jerrold Nadler of New York expressed worry that the country was headed for a lost decade of economic stagnation...
...were to develop advanced dementia - a progressive, fatal, neurological condition that often follows years of Alzheimer's disease or a series of strokes, and kills patients three to six years on average after the onset of symptoms. Typical options for end-of-life care include prolonging life at all cost, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and mechanical ventilation; limited care, including admission into the hospital and the use of antibiotics, but not resuscitation; and comfort care, including treatment only to relieve symptoms, but not prolong life...