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...summit of multipart movies - more sprawling if less artistically ambitious than The Lord of the Rings, more consistently intelligent though less original than the six Star Wars films. By the time the series is completed with a two-part telling of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, due to open in November 2010 and July 2011, its release cycle will be nearly as long as the 10 years Rowling took to publish her books. (See pictures of the excitement surrounding a Harry Potter book release...
...Sundberg says that with the IRS intensifying its hunt for alleged tax evaders, Swiss banks, fearful of potential legal problems, are closing the accounts of resident Americans and refusing to open new ones. Both UBS and Switzerland's second largest bank, Credit Suisse, have told Americans to move their money into specially created units registered in the U.S., or lose their accounts. Many smaller Swiss banks are simply turning away Americans. (See pictures of the top 10 scared traders...
...minivans, has grown in recent years, but the previous version of Equinox underperformed against Toyota's Highlander, Honda's Pilot and Mazda's CX9. The 2010 Equinox has a better, functional interior, more power and significantly better ride and handling than the old version, but it is an open question whether the improvements are enough to motivate motorists to trade in their Japanese or Korean models, which still dominate this segment...
...simmering and families spending summer days at the shore, most customers aren't exactly in the Christmas spirit. So what convinced Sears, which has seen nothing but annual same-store sales declines at both its namesake and Kmart stores over the past four years, that skeptical shoppers want to open up their wallets for Christmas gifts now? "After the last holiday season, customers told us that they wish they had seen some of our merchandise earlier," says Natalie Norris-Howser, a Sears spokeswoman. "People are buying earlier today. Also, customers have grown accustomed to the Christmas-in-July terminology...
While tourists do come by the walls to stare inside, the place is not open for sightseeing. The compound has a more important function for the Iranian government. The regime's shock troops, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, referred to as Sepah in Farsi, use the main building - which resembles a high school gym in shape and size - to train its members. For the past month, they have participated in the government's brutal response to mass demonstrations by beating protesters in the streets with truncheons and overseeing the notorious Basij militia, a paramilitary group that has been accused...