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...James and his elder half-brother Victor (Liev Schreiber) are fleeing the Northwest Territories, itching for a fight. Canada has plenty of brawling hockey players but not nearly enough bloody conflicts, so the lads head to the Lower 48 to fight in the Civil War, both World Wars and Vietnam. Logan can channel his aggressions into wartime heroism; Victor just likes killing and maiming people. It's a little twist on the role of the stern, violent brother Schreiber played in Defiance a few months back, except this time he's got fangs and great big claws and his enemies...
...coffee can cost over $4, is still a luxury, albeit a modest one. But, if the company is doing relatively well, then discretionary spending has not disappeared. Same-store sales at Starbucks for the period were down 8% in the US, but only 5% was due to a lower number of transactions. The rest was because people who did come into Starbucks spent less. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...actions on a local level - closing schools, having employees work at home and limiting public gatherings, where the flu can spread easily. Such methods worked during the deadly 1918 Spanish flu - cities that acted quickly to close schools and theaters early in the pandemic had peak death rates 50% lower than cities that acted more slowly. Today doctors could also prophylactically administer antiviral drugs to the close contacts of any swine flu patients, a strategy that has been shown to help prevent the spread of the flu. "Until you start to see really massive clusters, that can be a really...
...Commission (FCC) can fine networks for "fleeting expletives" that appear during live broadcasts. The case, FCC v. Fox Television Stations, arose from awards shows in which Bono, Cher and Nicole Richie uttered passing profanities. The question of whether such fines violate First Amendment rights, however, was left to a lower circuit court...
...have company. Sales in the once recession-proof vacation-time-share sector have plummeted, and inventory has surged to new highs over the past six months. "It is a buying opportunity," says Mark Lunt, principal of real estate and hospitality transaction advisory services at Ernst & Young. "People are demanding lower prices, and sales folks are slashing prices [by] double digits and offering incentives...