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...film opens with a lightning fast exposition, compressing the first 58 pages of the book into what could hardly be more than five minutes of screen time. Yates soon relaxes his pace, but not once does he allow a bit of slack. His cuts are broad, but his work is seamless, and for once, a “Harry Potter” film feels neither rushed nor uneven...
...than double the amount forecast at the start of the year. Remarkably, this makes it likely China will generate more IPO money in 2007 than any other major market in the world did in 2006. This year, says Richard Sun, a partner at PWC, only London is on a pace to outstrip the Chinese markets in total capital raised through IPOs...
...encouraging IPOs, the government is also trying to manage a troublesome side effect of the country's rapid economic development. China's citizens have few investment options. Interest rates on savings deposits don't even keep pace with inflation. So many have dumped their growing savings into real estate, resulting in speculative property bubbles in major cities that have driven house prices beyond the reach of average people. The fact that property prices in places have declined while stock prices have soared is not an outcome that displeases the government. "If the new listings diverted some savings that were otherwise...
...spreading for months that the government is on the verge of collapse. He's going to be ousted by fellow Shi'ite partisans, said one. He'll be overthrown by a CIA-led military coup, according to another. The White House has never hidden its frustration with the slow pace of change under Maliki. Indeed, e-mails shot around last fall listing a full slate of potential cabinet ministers in a fantasy government headed by former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. But it's been over a year since he took office and Maliki hasn't budged. How has he kept...
...main office in New Orleans throughout the oil bust of the 1980s and the following decades of industry consolidation, when dozens of energy firms all but abandoned New Orleans for greener pastures on the Texas coast. In the nearly two years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city, the pace of exodus has accelerated, complicating New Orleans' halting recovery; according to the local business weekly CityBusiness, the metropolitan area has lost 12 of the 23 publicly traded companies headquartered here, taking white-collar jobs, corporate community support and sorely needed taxpayers with them - and threatening to leave the city even more...