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...Spain's phenomenal building spree is not merely froth. It is grounded in a number of demographic realities: Spain had its baby boom relatively late, from 1965 to 1975, says José Antonio Herce, chief economist of Grupo Analistas, a private consulting firm in Madrid. He attributes the flourishing real estate market in recent years in large part to that population joining the housing market. "We also discovered divorce, which has contributed to a big jump in the number of households," says Herce. "And we've seen the arrival in the last five years alone of some...
...however, most analysts TIME contacted contend that Japan?s stock market, its economy, and the financial reporting controls are fundamentally strong. In fact, Peter Tasker, an economist at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Tokyo, maintains that the ?Livedoor Shock? could be seen as a long-overdue correction to the speculative froth that powered the Japanese stock market to a 40% increase last year. With additional reporting by Ilya Garger/Hong Kong and Toko Sekiguchi/Tokyo
There are several unhappy marriages onscreen in Laws of Attraction, a movie about divorce lawyers in love, but none of them have anything to do with cheated-on plaintiffs or weasely defendants. The first is the unfortunate coupling of Julianne Moore with this formulaic froth. The second, the marriage of product placement and movie making. The offspring of that particular happy union is this movie, an extended advertisement for Pepsico, various other snackfood products, and the Ireland tourism board, with some half-hearted cosmetic surgery humor thrown in for good measure...
...after landing elsewhere on the Continent, the Seattle-based retailer is taking France's coffee-drinking traditions - either standing up at the tabac or stretched out after a long lunch - head on. With its first outlet set to open early next year, the company is confident it can sell froth to the French. "France has a very special relationship with coffee," says Franck Esquerré, managing director of Starbucks Coffee France. "The country is a natural home for Starbucks." Sure. But the French café is also a natural home for the cigarette. Starbucks insists its non-smoking policy...
...back; expats and tai tais alike can order wholesale-priced wines straight from the rack. Just as popular is Restaurant Ember at 500 Keong Saik Road, an eager-to-please newcomer in Chinatown that is both affordable and satisfying. Its cream of mushroom soup is topped with a white froth of truffle oil, and the shelled escargots are slathered with butter and served on thick toast. Reservations are a necessity for weekends; call...