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...York" movie was filmed in either Vancouver or Toronto. But the Canadian exchange rate doesn't favor Hollywood anymore, and Michigan's tax rebate of up to 42% for productions that hire locally is the most generous in the country. Nearly 70 movies - including Clint Eastwood's 2008 hit Gran Torino - have been shot or been scheduled to be filmed here since the state passed its tax breaks last April. In 2007 film crews spent about $4 million in Michigan. Last year that figure was more than $100 million, and it could quadruple in 2009. (See pictures of Michigan...
...lighting for the out-of-work construction workers and electricians. Car-rental companies, caterers, hotels, carpenters, dry cleaners and other service providers are all getting a needed boost. In the suburb of Troy, 20 miles (32 km) north of Detroit, one hotel was getting ready to cut staff when Gran Torino came to town. Instead of laying people off, the hotel ended up hiring 15 additional employees. (See the 100 best movies of all time...
...Aquila on Monday morning, perennial questions were already brewing over the sometimes slipshod building standards in Italy and the latest methods used for trying to predict when the earth will shake. Indeed, a little-noticed controversy had erupted the week before, after Giampaolo Giuliani, a seismologist at the nearby Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Abruzzo, predicted, following months of small tremors in the area, that a much bigger jolt was on its way. The researcher had said that a "disastrous" earthquake would strike on March 29, but when it didn't, Guido Bertolaso, head of Italy's Civil Protection Agency...
...euro-to-$1.35 exchange rate. The hotel will also accept the one-to-one rate on food, drink and spa treatments. Rooms start at 134 euros, which will save you more than $45 a night by this deal's reckoning. Through Dec. 20, use the promotional code "dollar." Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 559, Barcelona...
Paying It Forward. For each three-night stay you book with the Sol Melia hotel group - which includes Paradisus Resorts in Costa Rica, ME by Melia Hotels in Madrid and Gran Melia Hotels & Resorts in Cancun - you'll get a free night's future stay at any property. Rates vary but start at about $199 to $279 per night. 888-95-MELIA...