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...Papale understands that, too. He also understands how appealing the new female barkeep (Elizabeth Banks) is - the hesitant romance of these two recently hurt people is very nicely managed in the film. But Papale also knows what his fans can only dimly imagine, which is just how big and fast and hard-hitting professional football players are, and he can't afford distractions. All he has to throw at the big guys - who do not exactly welcome him to their locker room - is heart: the ability to recover from their hits and keep on charging down the field. He spends...
...fight childhood obesity, which led to a deal in April in which the three biggest beverage manufacturers agreed to quit selling sodas in schools. Magaziner says that is just the beginning. Their next target is vending-machine snack foods and cafeteria lunches, and they are even in negotiations with fast-food companies to reduce the fat in their restaurant fare. And earlier this month, he launched yet another project, the Clinton Climate Initiative, which joins 22 of the world's largest cities to create an international consortium, in which they can share ideas and combine their purchasing power...
...Slowing down, however, is the opposite of what's happening in private banking in Asia, where the business of helping wealthy individuals manage their fortunes is growing so fast that there's a shortage of bankers. The industry's largest players are planning for a rosy future: Citigroup Private Bank, a division of U.S. financial-services giant Citigroup, says it has already captured half of Asia's approximately 88 billionaires as clients, even as it launches operations in the relatively untapped markets of China and India. Also expanding their Asia footprints are Swiss behemoths such as Credit Suisse...
...domestic products," says Citigroup's Sharma. In the next three to five years, he aims to have as many as 100 offices and roughly 1,000 employees across India, up from about 100 employees in the private-banking operation today. The next generation of private bankers had better learn fast. Asia's burgeoning band of millionaires will be counting on them...
...audience flummoxed. It wasn't until he was on stage, with his hand tapping the side of the didgeridoo, that they realized he wasn't a recording. But it's what Barton does with his buzzing mouth and lips that is revolutionizing the instrument. Barton has developed a fast-tongued technique that is taking the didgeridoo into new sonic realms, conjuring the spirit of a dingo or a crow with the brilliance of free-form jazz. He can also shift seamlessly between four different one-note instruments, all powered by his Herculean circular breathing (meaning he rarely needs to come...