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...Whether McCain gets an opportunity to fix to the economy depends heavily on solidifying his own economic situation. In a conference call on Thursday, McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, released new fundraising numbers, showing that McCain had grabbed $22 million in June, his highest monthly haul ever. (By comparison, it matches Obama's May total, the Democrat's lowest of 2008.) That leaves McCain with $27 million cash on hand, which can be added to another $67 million from the Republican National Committee. Davis also dropped this claim: Between April and the end of June, the McCain campaign...
...Bank Job Directed by Roger Donaldson; rated R; out July 15 Based on the 1971 robbery of a London bank, this savory heist film adds spicy photos of aristocrats to the haul. Jason Statham, ever the East End Bruce Willis, leads the amateur cracksmen as they get tangled in about 56 subplots involving MI5, good and bad cops, porn dealers, black radicals and jealous wives. A burly, burrowing pleasure...
...Nonetheless, the coffee company has a long haul ahead. Resizing its footprint to better fall in line with demand is a step in the right direction, but hardly a cure-all. Morgan Stanley's Glass points to "deteriorating underlying trends," such as the slowing economy and stepped-up coffee competition from the likes of Dunkin Donuts and McDonald's. Steven Kron, an analyst at Goldman Sachs, pointed out in a research note that while short-term investors may be enthusiastic about store closings, long-term investors still need to know more about how broader business trends play...
...Karamoja is pretty typical. After years of drought, the soil is little more than sand. Goats and cattle are gaunt from lack of grazing and the sorghum crop is failing. Armed cattle rustlers roam the region, making the roads too dangerous for most travel. Commercial transporters refuse to haul in WFP goods, despite escorts from Uganda's national army. Yet the biggest challenge the Rome-based agency has ever faced, executive director Josette Sheeran announced in April, came this year: the exploding price of food...
...ferocious, giant-size family drama in which the gathering for Dad's funeral turns into a donnybrook of revelations, recriminations and extreme combat. It may be the best American play of the new century. It has snagged nearly every honor in sight, from the Pulitzer Prize to a likely haul at this weekend's Tony Awards...