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When the words Snakes on a Plane hit�the Internet, you could almost hear the hisses of delight. Net users celebrated the old-school cheesiness of the movie's premise and urged the studio, New Line Cinema, to amp up the film's violence. But like snakes, Internet hype can't be tamed, and like flying, it's not that easy to get right. When Snakes finally opened, it was box-office venom, taking in a mere $34 million, not even half of cheapie horror flick...
...building his own firm, buying up steel plants in countries ranging from Algeria to Kazakhstan, Ukraine and the U.S. His timing was brilliant: worldwide demand for steel has been soaring because of massive demand from China and other fast-growing economies, and with it so has Mittal's net worth. By 2005, his personal fortune was estimated to be $25 billion - more than twice the size of Luxembourg's annual budget. Before the takeover, Mittal Steel was based in the Netherlands (as a result of the merger, the headquarters is moving to Luxembourg), and quoted on the London Stock Exchange...
...clock for 10 seconds beyond the three-point line before starting his move on guard Dannie Powell. Staring down his opponent, Housman dribbled in with the right hand, gave several quick stutter-steps and pulled up from behind the arc. After the long jumper found the bottom of the net, the 1,298 fans in attendance started filing for the exits.“I was looking to drive the whole time,” Housman said. “But he [Powell] kept backing away, because his coaches must have told him ‘don?...
...uncertainty in the lineup extends to the net, where neither senior Justin Tobe nor rookie Kyle Richter has been able to nail down the starting job. Although Tobe has been more consistent recently, he has yet to post the kind of impressive performances that Richter has produced on occasion, including the Crimson’s only shutout of the year in its upset victory over the Eagles...
What do Larry Summers, Gap CEO Paul Pressler, and personal computer mogul Michael Dell all have in common? Pressler may be better dressed, and Dell, with a net worth estimated at $17.1 billion, is a whole lot wealthier than the former Harvard president. But all three men have made BusinessWeek magazine’s “worst of” 2006 list. In its current issue, the weekly says Summers, who jumped from Treasury secretary in the Clinton White House to the top job at Mass. Hall, is the “worst crossover” of the year...