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...Search engine data reveals the extent of Fan Fiction demand. With Harry Potter's terminus, Potter fans dominate the fan fiction category. Surprisingly, the second most searched for "fan fiction term" was for a fan fiction website devoted to the 1960s series Bonanza (Gunsmoke came...
...billion duopoly of airplane manufacture, however, the question is: For how long? The two companies enjoy one of the more entertaining rivalries in business, never passing on an opportunity to slag each other's products. While many clients think the 787 is the best solution for the increasing demand in the point-to-point market, for instance, Airbus knocks the 787-8 as too small. Tinseth says Boeing initially wanted to make the 787 larger, but airlines talked the company out of it, trading size for range, so the new aircraft could replace the 767s in their fleets. "We still...
...Xtra Wide-Body" plane planned for rollout in 2013. The goal is to compete with the Dreamliner for new business while rendering the economics of Boeing's transoceanic 777 obsolete. Boeing is already headed for a larger plane, the 787-10, a potential 320-seater, primarily because of demand from airlines like Dubai-based Emirates and Australia's Qantas Airways...
...activity is driven largely by surging U.S. demand. With adoption in the U.S. still a bureaucratic nightmare, and with fewer babies available in distant places like China and Eastern Europe, Guatemala has become an increasingly popular adoption source for U.S couples. Almost 5,000 babies were adopted last year from the nation of 13 million - the world's highest per capita adoption rate - and 95% of them went to the U.S. Since 1990, in fact, more than 25,000 Guatemalan children have been placed in American homes...
...Late on Sunday five Iraqi politicians, representing the country's Sunni, Shi'ite and Kurdish constituencies, announced a deal to allow some former members of Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party to return to government jobs, which has been a key demand of Iraq's Sunni Arabs. U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker called the announcement a "positive and encouraging message...