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...naive, and our message is simple and without cynicism," she says. "It's the belief in the virtue of hybrids, of mixing what at first wouldn't seem to go together." Teodori weaves her tale by drawing on age-old themes - the clashes between high and low culture, and the upper and working classes...
...insanely pretentious Moulin Rouge! - than he is here. But this movie, appearing at the beginning of the season in which movies ranging from Milk to Revolutionary Road go all sober and morally instructive on us, puts us back in touch with our giddy side, with that old-fashioned, low-minded desire just to know what happens next. There is some elemental human desire - lately largely denied at the cinema - to see pretty people in handsome landscapes assuaging our need for epic romance. On that level, Australia delivers with real panache...
...more shares, existing shareholders will be diluted - in other words, every shareholder now owns a smaller slice of the business. On the upside, the government's involvement has already sent the stock on a mini tear, to $5.95 at Friday's close, up from last week's low of $3.77 (about the cost of an ATM fee at one of Citi's branches, as one commentator pointed out). (See 10 things to do with your money...
...partner at McMillan Doolittle, a Chicago-based retail-consulting firm. That half-billion-dollar acquisition is currently up for sale, but no one is biting. Meanwhile, outdoor-apparel shop Eddie Bauer emerged from bankruptcy in June 2005 with a $450 million bank loan, which left it highly leveraged and low on cash. "While their same-store sales are down only 1.1% and they're performing pretty well compared to the rest of apparel retailers, it's difficult to do a turnaround in a bad market," says Stern...
...After Thailand's currency collapsed in 1997, the government directed its tourism officials to market the country as a hot destination for plastic surgery, hoping to boost revenues. Thailand quickly became the go-to country for comparatively inexpensive sex-change operations, where patients faced fees as low as $5,000, as well as looser requirements for pre-surgery psychological counseling. Thailand is now a destination spot for all types of plastic surgery as well as a host of routine medical procedures. Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok is probably Thailand's best-known mecca for medical tourists, boasting patients from "over...