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...season when studios typically start unfurling their Oscar fare, the success of mindless chow like Beverly Hills Chihuahua may not bode well for more serious-minded films due in coming months. "Anything with a dark theme this fall, I'm questioning," says Mason. "People are rejecting war and politics as a subject...
...trumpeted today, however, was How To Make A Laptop Stronger, Lighter and Cheaper By Carving It Out of A Block of Aluminum. This technological feat was pioneered on the earlier superlight MacBook Air and from this day forward (until we reach the Glass Singularity, I guess) will be standard fare on all Mac laptops. Jony Ive, design boss and Apple's second-most important man, explained: "Rather than start with a thin piece of aluminum and add multiple parts for structure, we start with a thick piece of aluminum." The frame, or "unibody" that results after much drilling, cutting...
...says his company, which makes coats for export, is in solid financial shape and will likely fare better than low-cost competitors. But securing credit remains a major problem for Hong Kong's small business community. "Right now we're facing trouble," he says. "The banks are advising us that they may have to tighten our credit. They're giving letters to warn us they may cut our credit in the future...
London Calling. London's Stansted Airport, a low-fare airline hub, has been approved for expansion, which will increase its yearly flight capacity by nearly 10%, from 241,000 flights to 264,000 flights. The airport, located 45 minutes from London by express train, currently has one runway; plans to build a second one may get off the ground as early as 2009. (Also, in a few months, the U.K. government will determine whether Heathrow gets a third runway...
...latest economic outlook, published on Oct. 8, the IMF predicted that the U.S. economy will grow just 0.1% next year, its worst showing in 18 years. Europe is expected to fare no better, and China, India and other emerging economies that have been critical drivers of global economic growth over the past five years are also expected to slow markedly. That means nobody will be able to take over for the U.S. as the locomotive of the world economy, and everyone will drag down everyone else. Overall, the IMF expects world economic growth to slow to 3% in 2009, from...