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...even clear whether we are playing chess or perhaps Monopoly." Werner Seifert, CEO of Deutsche Börse, on merging Europe's exchanges "These are excellent results." Chris Gent, CEO of Vodafone, on the annual report that included a record $19.8 billion loss "The cult of the guru analyst is less prominent here." Howard Davies, chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority, on the difference between European and American investment banking
...thegardenhelper.com This homegrown website isn't much to look at, but the advice from garden guru Bill Beaurain is indispensable, especially for beginners struggling with their houseplants. And don't miss the handy month-by-month guide to what you should be doing in the garden right...
DIED. INDRA DEVI, 102, early "yoga ambassador" to the West whose students included China's Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Gloria Swanson and Greta Garbo; in Buenos Aires. After persuading globally renowned guru Sri Krishnamacharya to teach her (his first woman student), she traveled the world teaching her gentle brand of yoga, even prompting Russia to legalize the practice after she met with leaders...
Minority Report (June 21): As if to clean up the fiasco that was A.I., Steven Spielberg’s latest jaunt into sci-fi goes all-out, Indiana Jones-style. Based on the short story by science fiction guru Philip K. Dick, Minority Report is set in 2054 Washington, D.C., where a psychic method called Pre-Crime witnesses, verifies, arrests and convicts murderers before they even commit their crime. But when the head of the Pre-Crime division (Cruise) is accused of the murder of a man he hasn’t even met yet, he finds himself being stalked...
...monk made more headlines last year than Phra Issaramunee, abbot of Thammaviharee Temple and a personal guru to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Accused of having an affair with a female follower, he was disrobed, although he still insists he is innocent. The same can't be said for former abbot Phra Thammathorn Wanchai. Two years ago, he was caught by a television news crew in an army colonel's uniform holding a tryst with two prostitutes. Disrobed and sentenced to six months in jail for impersonating an army officer, he was unrepentant and threatened to expose other monks...