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...next July, the DPJ would be hurt a lot worse at the polls by higher unemployment than a higher deficit. What Japan needs today is fiscal stimulus that stresses the DPJ program to shift Japan to consumer-led growth. Once the economy truly recovers, that will be time to focus on deficit reduction. If Hatoyama gets the order right, hopes that the DPJ's historic election victory might bring real change to Japan might be justified...
While the Crimson lost focus in the last period, Harvard’s rookies generated some solid offense at the beginning of the game. Freshman Louis Leblanc, who launched a team-leading five shots, slammed in his second goal of the year off of a pass from junior Michael Biega, putting the Crimson on the board with 5:30 left in the opening frame. The Big Red tied it up at the beginning of the second, but Harvard regained the lead only 74 seconds later, as sophomore Ryan Grimshaw launched a pass to freshman Conor Morrison, who put the puck...
...political divide between West and East has barely decreased since 1989. Ukraine is the only non-NATO country to be rated “free” in Freedom House’s most recent analysis of the former Soviet Socialist Republics, and even democratic Ukraine is the focus of Russian attempts to influence its presidential election in January. Although Western brand names are making inroads in many of these countries, opening stores and making goods available that would have been unheard of in communist days, democratic elections and free speech are often still lacking...
Update: An earlier version of this story was inadequately sourced and Universal was not given an opportunity to respond to speculation. In addition, Focus Features' new film slate for 2010 and its global distribution capabilities are competitive strengths that should have been noted. We sincerely regret the errors...
That funding model is now dead. One reason is the foreign presell market has dried up - foreign governments now prefer to focus on their domestic film industries. Another reason is that U.S. films are often priced too high for investors to make money on, a problem that has intensified with dropping DVD sales around the world. Without being able to presell foreign territories, everything falls apart. "Imploded is the word I would use," says Roger Smith, senior motion-picture analyst at Global Media Intelligence...