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...title. A genuine star who makes hit movies, Hanks has headlined 14 films with a domestic gross of more than $100 million - more than Will Smith (12) and Julia Roberts and Adam Sandler (10 each); only Tom Cruise can match that haul. But Hanks' films usually don't open with a big bang; audiences discover them over time, and by the end, he has a Forrest Gump. At 52, Hanks is not the ideal age for a teen kid's movie icon; his one starring role since Da Vinci, in Charlie Wilson's War, brought in only $65 million...
...Though the placement of nutrition facts is a very serious issue, one place where they should have remained in the open is at the dessert table. Common sense dictates that desserts should be consumed in moderation. Placing calorie counts next to desserts should not be observed as a paternalistic action of imposing guilt upon diners, but rather a disclosure of nutritional content of an extra meal option...
...Form 13F requires institutional investment managers that oversee more than $100 million in exchange-traded stocks and closed-end companies to report those holdings. Companies are “closed-end” if they sell a fixed number of shares that are traded on exchanges, whereas open-end companies, such as mutual funds, collect public money and invest the funds in stocks, bonds, and other securities.Harvard also invests extensively in foreign stocks, private equity, fixed-income bonds, and real assets not listed on the filings. External investment firms currently manage 70 percent of the endowment. According...
...Meanwhile, the work necessary for averting a GM bankruptcy remains undone. Although the automaker is reportedly making progress on negotiations with the United Auto Workers (UAW), open issues remain, and GM even got into a public spat with the UAW over importing cars from China and Mexico. The union is now demanding more assurances as to what cars GM plans to build in the U.S. in the future. (See portraits of autoworkers...
...Indeed, Indian mass-merchandisers over the last several years expanded frenetically, trying to get a jump on foreign chains should Indian politicians eventually decide to open up the market to direct competition from overseas. Reliance Industries built 940 stores across the country in 18 months. Aditya Birla group has opened 548 stores since 2007. Today, with India's economy slowing and with losses piling up, the domestic retailers have shut some outlets and laid off employees, partly because of difficulties in keeping large chains supplied with goods. "When you start opening stores and then work backwards, even we get scared...