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...recommend making better use of France's intangible assets, such as its patents and brands. Isn't that a bit hard to explain? Yes, especially in a country like France where the wealth has traditionally come from the land. Anything that touches on services, money or trade is suspect. But matters are starting to evolve. People know there is a difference between a fake [Louis] Vuitton and a real one. And politicians can see that the immaterial world can have very positive effects on jobs and wealth...
...lucky producers are the ones who make animated films like Shrek. Mike Myers gets paid handsomely for a few days' work as the green ogre's voice, but the creature himself doesn't demand profit participation. Thus Shrek the Third could cost less than $100 million. In sequel land, that's practically a Sundance-movie number...
...travel gets even more turbulent. Starting Jan. 23, passengers to and from the Caribbean, Canada and Mexico will need a passport. Similar land- and sea-travel rules will follow by June...
...minister regarded as one of the nation's most successful Governors. "At this point, if there is a candidate out there that has a chance to come out of the weeds as the dark horse, it wouldn't surprise me at all if it was Governor Huckabee," says Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's policy arm. Huckabee says he senses that conservatives feel "a need to coalesce around a person whose record matches his rhetoric...
...southward incursions by Shi'ite death squads using cars. Platoons patrol the area in Humvees and on foot as well trying to deter both sides from fighting. But the patrols can only cover so much ground, and gunfights often erupt along the streets, marking Ghazaliya's no-man's land...