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Match PointDirected by Woody AllenDreamWorks4 1/2 starsBy the looks of the trailer, “Match Point” seems like an intense romance/thriller hybrid, in the vein of “Fatal Attraction” or “Basic Instinct.” While the preview overplays the suspense, the taut and enthralling film is certainly a thrilling return to form for Woody Allen.After his 10 years of mediocrity and outright disappointment (with 1997’s “Deconstructing Harry” his only saving grace), in the phenomenal “Match Point...
...Francisco can't pick her own car. For security reasons, congressional leaders are required to ride in vans or sport-utility vehicles driven by Capitol Hill police. Pelosi, worried about environmental impact, is no longer content to ride in a gas-guzzling black Chevy Suburban. "I want a hybrid," she told TIME last week. A few Governors and mayors have already switched to hybrid cars for their official use. But so far, Pelosi says, security officials have yet to find her a sufficiently up-armored hybrid. U.S. Capitol Police declined to comment on the required specifications...
...raised $84 million over 11 years, doesn't make much business sense. "There isn't a real clear link, at least in my mind," says Kellie McElhaney, a business professor at the University of California, Berkeley, "between breast cancer and automobiles." After missing out on the early hybrid-car opportunity, which was seized by Toyota and Honda, McElhaney says Ford is now reallocating a growing portion of its CSR resources to alternative energy--something that makes good business sense...
Making a difference and profiting from the experience have never been more popular. According to Morningstar, the amount of money invested in SRIs has grown 321%, from $9.5 billion in 2000 to $40 billion today. That growth rate easily outpaces the 21% asset growth for all stock, bond and hybrid mutual funds. Why are investors suddenly willing to put so much money where their morals are? Solid returns are key, says Walden. "When clients know they're going to get a strong return, they're much more willing to have their portfolio synch with their politics...
...start as a presenter on the “Eleven O’Clock Show.” Well, thanks to Courtney Cox and David Arquette, she’s got a show all her own on TBS.It’s a sort of reality-comedy hybrid. Daisy is traveling from New York to L.A., and trying a series of careers and experiences along the way, the first being that of a bounty hunter. The setup is very similar to Cohen’s “Borat” character sequences from...