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...word. Although Christian publishing is booming--according to the Book Industry Study Group, sales of Bibles and other religious books are expected to swell to $2.1 billion this year, a 10.5% increase over 2004--experts fear that sales of traditional Bibles may stall. Spurred by biblezines and surging demand for all things Christian, year-end profits for the $238 million company rose 23%, to $19.8 million...
...conditions are here to stay. Earlier this year European Commission researchers reported that while precipitation has increased in northern Europe over the past 100 years, it has decreased by as much as 20% in parts of southern Europe and the Mediterranean countries. The combination of diminished supply and increased demand for water is already causing scraps over who gets what. Last week the environment ministers of Spain and Portugal agreed on how to mete out scarce supplies. Portugal said it would use 15% less water from the Douro River, which flows from central Spain into the Atlantic at Porto...
...Daimler-Benz and Chrysler, the biggest between two firms in industrial history. The merger, he expected, would combine the strengths of the powerful, complementary automotive firms and create a competitive, international corporation. Since then, he's been criticized for expanding at a time of dwindling demand and stiff competition. Last week, DaimlerChrysler's supervisory board unexpectedly announced that the 60-year-old executive will step down at the end of 2005, more than two years before his contract ends. His successor, Dieter Zetsche, 52, who's credited with turning around the ailing Chrysler business in the U.S., will be hoping...
...year-olds what they want for their birthday, and the answers range from a puppy to a laptop to getting their belly button pierced to "my girlfriend's virginity." New ballet slippers. My own room. Cash. Thirteen-year-olds have more power than discipline, more weapons than shields. They demand more respect from their parents and show them less. The Motion Picture Association of America understood the nature of the age when it invented the PG rating--parental guidance suggested--as though it knew that from here on, parents can guide, they can suggest, but kids are making more decisions...
...scratching my head as to why the Asian demand would drop off the way it has,” he said. “Nobody’s making a lot of money...