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...that frame Murdoch's often tragic vignettes. The downfall of Sukie in the Graveyard gleefully stomps along to borrowed Mick Ronson guitar and David Bowie vocals while White Collar Boy is a chain-gang romance played out to the glam swagger of T. Rex and even a hint of Marc Bolan vocals. But it's the less cool, neglected hits from the mid-'70s that most enthuse Murdoch, who still sings in his local church choir. "People really think you are taking the piss when you say you liked Hall and Oates more than the Velvet Underground," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Belle on the Ball | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

...prestige North American properties? In part, foreign hoteliers hope to lure nouveau-riche travelers from their own countries. A weak dollar and a low-supply lodgings cycle that analysts expect to last until 2008 help. "The broader trend is private-equity interests in hotel assets," says Deutsche Bank analyst Marc Falcone. So far, shareholders are the biggest winners. Fairmont's stock has jumped 57% over last quarter. Next for the prince: an ipo for another of his hotel companies and the opening of his Four Seasons flagship hotel in Toronto. - By Coco Masters Power Pointer Business presentations can be nightmarish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Briefing | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

...prestige North American properties? In part, foreign hoteliers hope to lure nouveau-riche travelers from their own countries. A weak dollar and a low-supply lodgings cycle that analysts expect to last until 2008 help. "The broader trend is private-equity interests in hotel assets," says Deutsche Bank analyst Marc Falcone. So far, shareholders are the biggest winners. Fairmont's stock has jumped 57% over last quarter. Next for the prince: an IPO for another of his hotel companies and the opening of his Four Seasons flagship hotel in Toronto. TIME BUSINESS PODCASTS Subscribe directly using these popular podcasting tools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Checking In | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

...parents, the cooped-up, dark days of winter can feel like close encounters of the worst kind. But cinemas in cities around the world have created an alternative to being chained to your DVD player after Junior's arrival: movie matinees that welcome babies. Marc Allenby of Picturehouse Cinemas, which offers the Huggies Big Scream in 18 U.K. locations, says, "In one sense it can seem like hell on earth-you have people changing nappies in the aisle, shaking rattles and coo-cooing. And then Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Wail Of A Time | 2/17/2006 | See Source »

...sometimes, the issues take on a personal edge. When José Manuel Barroso last month became the first European Commission President ever to address the French National Assembly, many Socialists and Communists booed and heckled. "Europe has more need for builders today than for accountants," Jean-Marc Ayrault, head of the Socialist deputies - many of whom believe Barroso worships the false gods of the marketplace - said at the time. You'd hardly guess that Barroso, appointed President of the Commission in 2004, took office with a substantial reservoir of goodwill to draw upon. Only the second Commission President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Man and his Times | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

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