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Many analysts believe that the Merrill deal, while risking the solvency of Bank of America, will end up being a boon for the bank. Merrill still has a strong investment-banking franchise, and even in the depth of the financial crisis, its wealth-management business continued to be profitable. Nonetheless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rise and Sudden Fall of Bank of America's Ken Lewis | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

Surrogates, which industry handicappers had touted to win the weekend with a gross in the $20 million-plus range, just didn't have the legs to beat the spread. The new movie's intriguing premise - of a world in which people stay at home while their lifelike robots do all...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box-Office Weekend: Bruce Willis Gets Meatballed | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

The movie's main flaw is its brisk pacing, which limits how much we engage with the cast. Parents always complain that their kids grow up too fast; well, these kids are in and out of this four-year program in under two hours. Why not have more faith in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fame: More Kids Who Want to Live Forever | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

If you had asked me when I was little what my concept of vampires was, I would have said something combining Tom Cruise’s portrayal in “Interview with the Vampire” with the goth kids that hung out at the piano-store end of...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The New Hot Topic: Vamps Don’t Really Suck, Per Se | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

Nevertheless, the team behind our local outpost of Herrell’s wants to reassure the community that they are here to stay. “This is a metamorphosis,” said Jeffrey Stannett, president of Leamil Corporation, which owns the franchise. Taking Herrell’s place...

Author: By Stephanie M. Woo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Despite Loyal Fans, Herrell's Milkshake Licked by JP | 9/23/2009 | See Source »

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