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...brims with exceptional talent on which it relies to carry the production. ‘Show Boat’—which opened on April 24—chronicles one family’s journey on, appropriately, a traveling showboat in the South. Captain Andy Hawks (Trent Mills) directs the traveling troupe while his petulant wife, Parthy Ann (Shannon Martinous), keeps his compulsion and whims in check. Their 18-year-old daughter, Magnolia (Elizabeth Ann Berg), falls in love with Gaylord Ravenal (Adam Fenton Goddu), a handsome but incurable gambler who joins their troupe after misfortune strikes the company?...
...fixing the health system promises big savings over the long haul, it will take some big, up-front investments - in technology and preventive care, for instance - whose benefits will not begin to take effect for years. And most of the savings will accrue not to the Federal Government - whose direct costs for health care are felt largely through the Medicare and Medicaid programs - but to the economy writ large, where health care now accounts for about 17% of all spending, more than double its percentage in 1970. "Ironically, the things that may wind up being the most important...
...China Mobile Ltd. for $528 million, - the largest cross-strait business deal in over 60 years. The two companies also announced plans to partner in China and offer roaming services and technology upgrades for their networks, which will strengthen FarEasTone's position in Taiwan. This would be the first direct investment by a Chinese state-owned company in Taiwan in six decades. "It is especially significant," says Dr. Edward Chow, a professor at National Chengchi University, "as the communications industry has long been considered to have a bearing on the national defense...
...News of the telecom merger and the WHA entry sent Taiwan stocks up over 6% on Wednesday. Global economists responded by immediately upgrading Taiwan's economic outlook; Goldman Sachs added 1% to its forecast for next year's growth rate to 3.5%. JP Morgan also said that the direct flights, tourists, and recent financial agreements are a key to Taiwan's long-term structural growth. "This will also open up a wave or mergers and acquisitions between companies in Taiwan and China," said Chow. "The next industry to watch will be financial industry." (Read about Chinese tourists in Taiwan...
...Taiwan and China relations have warmed greatly since Ma Ying-jeou became Taiwan's president last May. Since then, China and Taiwan have held three rounds of unprecedented talks - the first in 60 years - to agree on milestones like establishing direct flights between Taiwan and China and opening Taiwan tourism to Chinese citizens. Last weekend, they agreed to enable each other's banks to set up branches on either side of the Strait, and more than double the number of weekly direct flights that started last year. Before Ma's time, passengers traveling from Taipei to Shanghai...