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...Indeed, direct links appear to be boosting profits. Eric Kuei, general manager of Fruit Taiwan Corp., says the time to transport his pineapples and other produce to Shanghai from Taiwan has been cut from seven days to three, which means more time on Chinese store shelves and a 20% increase in profits. "After Ma got elected, everything's more convenient for businessmen," says Kuei. In a recent survey conducted by Taiwan's CommonWealth magazine, 60% of the CEOs questioned said that liberalized cross-strait relations were improving Taiwan's economic competitiveness. This positive outlook has helped fuel a 40% surge...
...Brad Pitt's tail in Inglourious Basterds, thanked the film's "unique and inimitable creator," Tarantino, because, he said, after 30 years in the business, "You have given me my vocation back." Later, the press asked both actors what they'd think if some of their scenes were cut for international release by their respective directors. Said Waltz, impishly, "I think they are planning to cut them together...
...ready to budge on any of the issues on the table, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev made the point exceedingly clear. "The Russian Federation has not given any assurances and will not give any," he said after requests from the European side that the January gas crisis - when Russia cut off supplies to Ukraine for over a payment dispute - not be repeated. Although smiles abounded and the talks were held at the Musical Comedy Theatre, just off Khabarovsk's main Karl Marx Prospekt, the tone was one of disagreement. (See pictures of Russians celebrating Victory...
...McGovern said he thought Young would be a good fit because “he wants to be here.” Young will be taking a $30,000 pay cut to come to Cambridge...
...Although images of Rakhmon pictured alone will stay put, crews taking down images of local politicians standing or sitting next to the leader have their work cut out for them, with hundreds of enormous billboards casting shadows over roadways and blanketing buildings across the country. They might soon wish that all they had to do was pull down a rotating golden statue...