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...Oscar time, and it's not as if he shows any signs of caring about industry recognition. Maybe people in Hollywood think of him as just another tough guy, wise-ass and cocksure, and figure that star acting is something that lucky people are born with and get well paid for. But think of some signal films of the past decade or so: Pulp Fiction, M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, Robert Rodriguez's Sin City. The Die Hard series, for that matter. At the center, there's Willis, playing men wracked with more psychic pain than...
...smaller banks have been able to raise money on their own. Since the end of June, at least 15 small or regional banks have together raised more than $1 billion in stock offerings, without the assistance of the government, according to research firm SNL Financial. Some banks have already paid back the money they got from the government with interest. That's raised the question of why the Treasury's signature financial-assistance program is continuing...
...wind farm for Cambridge also makes good financial sense. Instead of purchasing and burning fossil fuels to produce energy and greenhouse gas emissions, Cambridge can receive clean energy indefinitely with no fuel costs. In fact, the city of Hull’s initial investment in a wind turbine was paid off in five years—in large part through savings in fuel costs. Cambridge will save money in the long term by investing in an offshore wind farm...
...Silva says. “I trust him to give me the right training that I need.” Saretsky is extremely pleased with Silva’s performance on Saturday, noting that the rookie’s hard work has paid off. “I knew she was talented, but she exceeded my expectations,” he says. “She never holds back in workouts, and she always wants to push herself harder.” Saretsky, however, concedes that there will be many challenges to overcome. “There?...
Well, were you paid for it? Was I paid? No. I welcomed the opportunity to get to know their product on an up-close and personal basis. Unfortunately, everything I had to offer was everything they didn't care about. I had the wrong car, I had the wrong watch, I had the wrong shirt, I had the wrong shoes. In the process of doing that research I figured out how ill equipped I was to interact with that very narrow sliver of American society...