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...Finally, the Vogue doc The September Issue opened in six theaters to a very glamorous $240,000. Its per-screen average was the highest of the weekend - and why not? Vogue editor Anna Wintour, whom Streep parodied in The Devil Wears Prada, has a fearsome reputation in the fashion world. Whether in horror films or art films, audiences flocked to see killers with style. And that's a dream Hollywood would enjoy having over and over...
...Scandinavian countries with strong welfare programs. Finland, for example, saw suicide rates drop steadily between 1990 and 1993 despite a 13% rise in unemployment. Sweden saw a drop in suicides during a recession in 1992. "What we found was that when spending on active labor-market programs exceeded $190 per head per year, rises in unemployment had no adverse effect on suicide rates," Coutts explains. "When you think that governments are spending hundreds of times that much to bail out banks, it would seem to a prudent investment." (Read: "In Hard Times, Olympic Plans Go on a Budget...
...Given its population size, the day China's per capita GDP is on par with that of the U.S. will be the day that this world collapses, due to depleted natural resources and accelerated global warming. These nations must take active steps toward reducing the effects of their commendable growth within the next 20 years or so. What's the point in getting rich if there is no world left to sustain your life, let alone enjoying your new gains? Yes, China can indeed help save the world: by not walking the same mistaken path that the supposed First World...
...Without incentives, loan modifications would not get done. "The programs are well behind where the government thought they would be at this point in time, and part of [the reason] is probably the amount of remuneration that these entities receive on a per loan basis," he says...
...Muntari began the monthlong fasting ritual of Ramadan on Aug. 22. Abstaining from food or drink during daylight hours is challenging enough for the average person, but for the Ghana-born Muntari, a professional soccer player with Italy's Serie A team Inter Milan, running more than six miles per game on an empty stomach might have proved to be too much. In his first match after the start of Ramadan, the midfielder was removed from the game after just half an hour of play. (See the top 10 most colorful religious festivals...