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...decades he has been the anti-Bernard--a craftsman so light, lithe and likable he almost disappears into his best films. He was Debra Winger's unworthy husband, coasting on amiability, in Terms of Endearment; the -er half of Dumb & Dumber, with Jim Carrey; the Pleasantville soda-shop owner who is turned from a black-and-white cipher into an artist painting in glorious Technicolor...
...opening. Last year, for example, the Wall Street Journal announced with fanfare that it would launch an Indian edition with a local partner. The publication has yet to hit the newsstands. "We certainly hope to publish in India," says Suman Dubey, chief representative in India for the WSJ's owner Dow Jones & Co, "but only if our product can be attractive to Indian readers and economically viable...
...aren't more deals being done? The 26% ownership restriction is one problem. Tariq Ansari, managing director of Mid Day Multimedia, owner of the popular Bombay newspaper Mid Day, says that most foreign investors want the cap to be higher?at least 49%?before they'll invest in Indian papers. Supporters of the cap point out that many countries have restrictions on foreigners entering their newspaper market?why shouldn't India? Then there's the claim that without the cap, illicit money could enter the local industry. "Would you want funds that have terrorist linkages to enter the media?" asks...
...stage. This has instilled a new confidence in the burgeoning entrepreneurial class, emboldening its members to demand solutions to problems like the 17.9% unemployment rate, stifling bureaucracy and spiraling government spending. "I'd like to slam all those politicians in the head and shake them!" shouts Andrzej Kuzmicki, 40, owner of an underwear company in the northeastern city of Bialystok. "We need real change." Tusk and his Civic Platform say they're offering just that. He's been campaigning hard on promises to bring in a 15% flat tax on corporate and personal income, ease the rules for hiring...
...Some business owners, like Gregg Reggio, owner of 11 restaurants in the New Orleans area, say the obstacles are huge. He's swept up, thrown out rotting food, and hopes to reopen his place Zea Rotisseries Grill in the French Quarter soon. But now he's facing the real headaches: Where will he find customers? No tourists are allowed in the city. Where will he house his workers? That is, if he can get them back from Tucson and Dallas and other cities where they have scattered. Will he find willing workers with the construction business paying top dollar...