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According to Wrinn, any use of the text message system would involve members of the Crisis Management Team, which is chaired by the Provost and is at the highest level in Harvard’s management structure...
...Apple iPhone site. The iPhone, an amazing device in its own right, is also one of the most expensive cell phones on the market; its 8GB model topped the scales at $599 when the iPhone was released in June. Yet as of last week, the income segment with the highest percentage of visitors to the iPhone site was 18 to 24 years of age, earning less than $30,000 per year. Could Steve Jobs have been aware of that when he lowered the price of the 8GB iPhone to $399 on Wednesday? We can only guess. But in this case...
...however. The brothers intend, as they always have, to bring what they describe as "Western sensibility" and "Western storytelling techniques" to their productions - but in so doing, critics say, they sometimes homogenize what should be distinctively Asian work. Miramax bought the 2001 Stephen Chow movie Shaolin Soccer - then the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong's history - only to recut, dub and delay the new version's release for almost two years. When it finally emerged, many fans of the original thought it ham-fisted. In the Jackie Chan pic Armour of God, the brothers excised a narrative back story...
...their defense, the Weinsteins can point to considerable success with Asian productions. In fact, if you name an Asian hit in the West, the brothers are probably responsible in some way. Chungking Express, Farewell My Concubine, and half of the eight highest-grossing American showings of Asian pics, including Zhang Yimou's Hero, were released under their auspices. Harvey Weinstein also claims a genuine penchant for Asian films, picked up, he says, through his friendship with kung fu-movie fan Quentin Tarantino...
Global tourism is thriving, and the luxury segment, the top 15% of the market by price, is driving it. With rates as high as $25,000 a night, these are the most profitable rooms in a hotel, and they consistently have the highest occupancy rates. Revenues from luxury rooms grew more than 10% from 2005 to 2006, outpacing overall room revenue, which gained 8%, according to Smith Travel Research...