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...nations for investment. Alex Perry and Zoe Eisenstein file from Africa on the disparate development of Mauritius and Angola. In Denmark, Justin Fox analyzes the country's success amid high tax rates. Asia hand Kathleen Kingsbury examines China's push to land R&D labs. Latin America expert Tim Padgett assesses the surprising economic strength of Argentina, Brazil and Chile. And business writer Barbara Kiviat explains the significance of the WEF's country rankings. We are also launching on TIME.com an amazing Global Business section--a hub for up-to-the-minute business news, sorted by country. It features...
...Summoning Spirits? I was disappointed to see Brazil's President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, cast alongside Hugo Chávez - a clearly paranoid and delusional man - as simply another "leftist anti-Yanqui" South American leader [Oct. 8]. It seems that Tim Padgett is more interested in stirring the old ghosts of anti-commie sentiment, which in South America led to the disastrous and brutal rule of the U.S.-backed military juntas (from which many countries are still reeling), than in presenting us with an accurate account of current politics. Pedro Morais, Lisbon...
...succeeded to the office after her husband Juan died.) A veteran lawyer, legislator and stateswoman, as well as political fashion plate, Fernandez is often called The New Evita, after Argentina's most famous First Lady, Eva Peron. In a rare interview, she talked with TIME's Tim Padgett about her role in Argentina's return to the world stage after its disastrous financial crisis of 2001-02. Excerpts...
Among the spate of new movies opening Friday, on what is shaping up to be an especially competitive weekend at theaters, is The Last Mimzy, a family fantasy film based on the popular short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett. (The story is about a mysterious box of toys; the title is a line from Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky.") For New Line Cinema, the studio behind the project, the movie is also a family affair. Production President Toby Emmerich penned several early drafts of the screenplay and studio co-chairman Robert Shaye is both an executive producer...
...self-involved, and unable to naturally cultivate relationships does not set a good example for either group: Those who fall prey to personal stress and procrastination or those of us who have discovered how to lead normal lives while doing (nearly) as much work as everyone else. MICHAEL C. PADGETT ’07 Cambridge, Mass. January...