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...Bunce (Hugo Guinness) and Bean (Michael Gambon) are brilliantly realized. Stop-motion is clearly a laborious business, but what shows in Anderson's film is not the work, but the joy derived from a craft used to maximum effect. If Fox Searchlight wanted to double its box office, they need only set up a booth selling models of Anderson's Fox family right outside the door of the theaters; they're as appealing as any stuffed toy Steiff has ever made. As for Mr. Anderson, he, like Mr. Fox, has dug himself out a hole by going deeper into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fantastic Mr. Fox: Wes Anderson's Return to Form | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

Today, there are bigger obstacles to its implementation. First, there are the tax's tricky practicalities: Which financial transactions and institutions do you target? And who pays, administers and regulates it? But possibly more importantly, every major financial center would need to be on board for the levy to be effective. Investment banks wouldn't likely leave Britain for cheaper foreign currency-trading in Macedonia, but they might well if that opportunity was in Manhattan. Advanced economies imposing the tax unilaterally "would see their financial markets decimated," Howard Wheeldon, senior strategist at BGC Partners in London, wrote in a note...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain's Idea to Tax Financial Transactions | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...this has retailers nervously wondering how much they'll need to discount prices this season. "I think virtually every retailer has some level of anxiety about what Walmart is going to do in terms of pricing," says Ken Perkins, president of Retail Metrics, a retail research firm. "They've had so many category killers over the years, and everyone is cognizant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retailers Gear up for Black Friday | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...addition to its historical significance, water on the moon holds prospects for the future. If humans are ever going to establish a long-term presence on the moon, they will need water to drink, and tapping a local supply would be a lot more convenient than lugging it from Earth. Beyond that, water can be split into hydrogen and oxygen - the former makes pretty good rocket fuel, and the latter is useful for breathing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now It's Official: There Is Water on the Moon | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...past that never existed; “The funny thing about getting old in a country is people always want to hear that from you,” Archie muses. “They want to hear it really was once a green and pleasant land. They need...

Author: By Candace I. Munroe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Towards a Post-National Novel | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

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