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...climax, someone tells Lucian that it's finally over. "No," he insists, "this is just beginning." Is that a promise or a threat? The weekend box office will determine the fate of the Underworld series - and whether Sheen continues as his wolfish man-god or goes on to make the planned sequel to The Queen, in which Tony Blair hooks up with Bill Clinton. Now, if he were to play Blair as the lapdog to George W. Bush, that would be a horror comedy to cherish...
...ravaged by oil shocks. Year of the Ox almanacs sold in Shanghai subways counsel patience and hard work in order to overcome 2009's potential market woes. Both virtues are considered attributes of those people born under its symbol. In fact, one of the leaders on whom the fate of the global financial system may well depend was born in a Year of the Ox: Barack Obama...
Just keep in mind that real estate is still, to a great extent, a local phenomenon, and renters in some markets will benefit more than others depending on regional economics. Take, for example, Manhattan, the main borough of New York City, whose fate is largely aligned with finance firms. Following mass layoffs, the local apartment brokerage CitiHabitats has already seen a fall-off, with the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment dropping 2.5% in the last three months of 2008, compared with a year before. PPR's one-year forecast show rents dropping in 39 of its 54 markets...
...economic challenge, that we must not set to one side the challenge of global warming, but instead resolve to meet it and put the world on path to a sustainable future." Wise words - though easier to say once out of office - and a reminder that the final fate of renewables will be decided not by economic capital, but the political kind...
...payment. The fence will effectively place 800 acres of the peninsula south of the wall, including equipment sheds, management offices and the preserve's on-site warden's home. Several small, organic farm plots leased to locals will also be in the no-man's-land. A similar fate is facing an adjoining sabal plam preserve owned by the Audubon Society. Huffman fears that the endangered palms, prized as garden totems, will be susceptible to poachers. (See the top 10 green ideas...