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...happen to be in a not-so-hit period for movies, and an excellent one for long-form TV drama. Shows like Mad Men and Big Love in America, and Sex Traffic and Little Dorrit in Britain, are deft where feature films, even the highly hyped Oscar contenders, can be coarse - one a whispered revelation, the other a shock-therapy harangue. For a handy compare-and-contrast, check out the small- and big-screen versions of State of Play. You'll see the difference between a vital work of popular art and a patched-up retread. It's almost enough...
When Google (GOOG) reported earnings, earnings which were extraordinary during a poor economic period, for the first quarter, the company's chatty CEO Eric Schmidt said "Google had a good quarter given the depth of the recession - while revenues were down quarter over quarter, they grew 6% year over year thanks to continued strong query growth. These results underline both the resilience of our business model and the ongoing potential of the web as users and advertisers shift online." What he did not bother to mention is that no business model is any good at all without customers. Google...
Google reported revenues of $5.51 billion for the quarter ending March 31, 2009, an increase of 6% compared to the first quarter of 2008. It is important to remember that the economy was considered to be in reasonable shape a year ago so Google's results in the period were based on a relatively robust business environment. Even with a collapse in the overall economy Google's results barely changed. The DJIA was 60% higher than it is now. Google's share price was only 15% higher. The market's perception of Google's prospects has changed very little...
...subjected to frequent obscenity-laced screaming sessions by staff members; students were deprived of sleep; a group of girls emerged from one group-therapy session with bruising on their arms after they were ordered to clasp their hands in front of them and pound a mattress for an extended period," according to the Bend Bulletin. The Oregon DHS cleared the program following the investigation...
...significant advance for the field, which has essentially been stymied since President Bush's 2001 policy forbidding federal money to be used for the creation or study of any new embryonic stem cell lines. The NIH draft policy will not be final until after a 30-day public comment period. "We strongly support the development of unambiguous, ethically sound regulation of the field of embryonic stem cell research, and will carefully consider these proposed guidelines and offer detailed response during the public comment period," the Harvard Stem Cell Institute said in a statement responding to the announcement...