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...Number bumped per 10,000 passengers on Northwest Airlines, which had the highest rate of any major carrier...
...that ended with Britain's Channel 4 purchasing rights for a reported $800,000 an episode. The antihero appeal of craggy-faced actor James Woods, coupled with crisp writing and storytelling, has made CBS's new legal drama series Shark desirable to foreign broadcasters this season, commanding seven figures per episode, which was unheard-of even four years ago. "Every country has crime issues. And even though legal systems are quite different, it's more about the pursuit of criminals and preventing someone who is guilty of getting away with a crime," says Sony Pictures Television International president Michael Grindon...
...aggressive lobbying by auto-safety advocates--have helped push 45 states to adopt some form of graduated driver licensing, or GDL, which lengthens the waiting period before teens can obtain a full "go anywhere, anytime" driver's license. Slowing down the process has slowed down the accident rate. Per-capita crashes have fallen 23% among 16-year-old drivers in California since its strict GDL law was enacted in 1998, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reported in August. The state's late-night crashes were down 27%, and crashes with teen passengers were down 38%. Similar drops have...
...also a chance, the officials agree, for Panama's ruling class to shed its notorious reputation for brazen malfeasance by managing the new canal wealth responsibly and finally doing right by the 40% of Panamanians living in poverty. The country's GDP per capita is $4,318, which still makes it No. 2 in Central America. Serious doubts about income redistribution are a big reason that only 22% of respondents to a recent poll said they thought the expansion would bring real economic benefits to Panama and its population of 3.2 million. Some 64% of Panamanians said they support...
...prices have plunged by almost $20 per bbl. since August--good for drivers but bad for OPEC. So its members, which pump 40% of the world's crude, plan to cut production by 1 million...