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Even after that, though, Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli was still pretty steamed. He knew, he says, that the Post was developing an events and conferences business, as a way of "extending our franchise." He knew there would be events at Weymouth's house. But he didn't know the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Media Morass: The Great Washington Post Unvite | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, is the very definition of "anything," although in this case, since the movie is being released in 3-D, it's a more expensive anything. It is the third in a series of stories revolving around a mammoth named Manny (Ray Romano) and his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Frozen Stereotypes | 6/30/2009 | See Source »

So the best character in the third Ice Age is a shameless rip-off of one of the most tried and true characters in recent cinematic history. Given the rest of the franchise, the limited creativity is not surprising. But what's really frustrating about the movie is how little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Frozen Stereotypes | 6/30/2009 | See Source »

Confidence in its financial position has allowed StanChart to take advantage of crisis-created opportunities. As competitors retrench to repair tattered balance sheets, the bank is expanding its market share in key areas such as trade finance. It has boosted lending to small enterprises in Asia at no risk by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Position Player | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

There's a professor at Oxford University who makes a compelling argument that if humans survive long enough to create conscious computers, it's likely that all of us, right now, are simply historical simulations the computers created for their amusement. After playing with The Sims 3 - the latest sequel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sims 3: Getting Real | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

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