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...occurring on screen. "Everything's drawn and super 80s," croons the singer when the woman first enters the comic (the technique used here is one called rotoscoping, which essentially draws over footage of actual people; Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was one of the first major films to use rotoscoping, while more recent examples include A Scanner Darkly and Waking Life). "I'm going to kick some ass with my own pipe wrench," when the leather-clad dude pulls out his weapon (where the hell was he hiding that one?). And, the most brilliant line...
...Last week, the Big Fear gripped Silicon Valley big time. The always-optimistic entrepreneurs who thrive out here came down with a major case of the Pessimism Flu. The contagion was traced to a special meeting called by Sequoia Capital - the blue-chip venture firm - whose brains and money are behind just about any start-up of consequence. The message the VCs gave their young start-ups? Get profitable...
...Markets may feel better about a joint European commitment announced Sunday to guarantee certain bank loans and recapitalize banks. Unfortunately, disappointment in the markets, the failure of another major bank or other dramatic events may yet produce another early-morning FDIC board determination that the American financial system as a whole is at risk...
...says his company, which makes coats for export, is in solid financial shape and will likely fare better than low-cost competitors. But securing credit remains a major problem for Hong Kong's small business community. "Right now we're facing trouble," he says. "The banks are advising us that they may have to tighten our credit. They're giving letters to warn us they may cut our credit in the future...
...Finding a balance between secrecy and disclosure is a tricky business, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid discovered on Oct. 1. After the Democrat from Nevada emerged from a luncheon on Capitol Hill, he spoke briefly to reporters about the financial crisis, mentioning that another insurance company was in danger of following AIG into failure. "One of the individuals in the caucus today talked about a major insurance company - a major insurance company, one with a name that everyone knows - that's on the verge of going bankrupt," Reid said. The senator stopped short of identifying the company, which might...