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...estimates for Saturday, and for Sunday they use a combination of exit-polling, comparison of their movies with others in the same genre, bracketology and tea leaves. In other words, they guess. Sometimes they guess wrong. On the first Sunday of June last year, Warner Bros. announced that its new comedy The Hangover had taken in $43.3 million, which made it second to Pixar's animated feature Up, at $44.2 million. The final count showed that The Hangover had surged on Sunday to earn $1.6 million more than predicted, which made it that weekend's champ...
...DreamWorks 3-D animated feature. But it fell only 34% in its second weekend, and for its third time around, it dropped just 12.6%. In 17 days the movie has taken in more than a quarter-billion dollars worldwide. Also, as Clash quickly fades, and with no new 3-D movie opening until Shrek Forever After (also from DreamWorks) on May 21, Dragon will retain those thousands of screens that charge higher ticket prices. And that's something to roar about...
...definition of "people" - in order words, India' vast middle classes - has transformed in the last two decades. In January 2010 sales of the M800 were down 55% over the same period the previous year as Indians opt for cars with features like power steering, more contemporary styling and new technology like fuel efficient engines. The scooter, meanwhile, has lost its appeal among the younger generation for not being macho enough. The two-wheeler has always been associated with teachers, professors and government clerks and is considered too "serious looking" for young people, says Rahul Bajaj, chairman of the Bajaj group...
...will end in India when shiny new Chetaks and the Maruti 800 disappear from India's streets - an era that marked the emergence of a modern India struggling to align its traditional values with modern aspirations. As Singh put it: "It was good while it lasted, but now its time to move...
Under the constitution, new presidential elections will have to be held, and replacements will also need to be found for the chief of Poland's military and the deputy minister of foreign affairs, as well as scores of other officials who were on that flight. How the tragedy will effect relations between Poland and Russia will depend a lot on how Russia handles the investigation of the crash alongside Polish authorities. For his part, Putin is traveling to Smolensk on Saturday to help oversee the inquiry and meet with Tusk, who has also said he is coming to the scene...