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...right degree of dorkiness to be relatable for comic book fans and lovable for the rest of us. In the first Pirates movie, Johnny Depp's sexually ambiguous, Keith Richards-inspired Captain Jack Sparrow became a new comic icon. Aware of their worth to their franchises, Maguire and Depp demand bigger fees to stick around. It?s a safe bet that the $17 million Maguire got for Spider-Man 2 is at the very least matched this time around...
...While passengers are frustrated, so are airlines, which are starting to lose money despite brisk demand. The problem? Air travel has blossomed so quickly in India that the country's superannuated airports have been overwhelmed. After the government opened India's skies to greater competition four years ago, the annual number of domestic and international air passengers has nearly doubled from 48.8 million in the year ended March 31, 2004, to 95 million. Meanwhile nine private airlines have started up in recent years. Some, such as Kingfisher Airlines, are full service, but most are low-cost carriers that have wooed...
...Indeed, air carriers find themselves in a peculiar bind. Demand is high: the number of domestic air travelers is forecast to grow by at least 25% a year through 2010, according to Sydney-based Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA), an industry consultancy. Yet due to the air-transportation system's capacity constraints, carriers are being forced to fight for new business by engaging in profit-destroying fare wars. Air Deccan, for example, advertises a special fare of just $6.60 plus taxes for a flight from New Delhi to Jaipur. Add in higher fuel prices...
...ticket is "more like trying to figure out a prisoner's dilemma than it is about trying to sell a can of paint." (Guess who's the prisoner?) Compare JetBlue's walk-up fares with Delta's advance-purchase fares, he says, and you'll see little difference. Still, demand is unusually high this year, meaning travelers should expect a summer of shoulder-to-shoulder flying. "If people are complaining, they're also buying tickets," he says...
...Minami Uonuma City continues to age, Saito's programs may be overwhelmed by demand. His hospital is already $1.2 million in the red, and while the Yairo-en nursing home actually makes money, it's well overbooked, with more people on the waiting list than in the superbly equipped home. The national government has been squeezing health-care subsidies, and Saito worries fears the consequences of millions of Japanese baby boomers reaching retirement age this year. "People like us in the outlying areas are suffering now," he says. "But this will be a major problem in the big cities soon...