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But there is another Macau, one the high rollers never visit, that sounds plaintive rather than prosperous. Take a taxi from the dancing fountains in front of the Wynn Macau hotel to the working-class neighborhood of Hac Sa Wan, where you can meet Ng Iat-keong, one of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Split Personality | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

Marsh, in his director's statement, adds a certain amount of tosh about this being some sort of "mythic quest," in that Petit claims to have dreamed about doing his trick well before the Trade Center was built or even imagined. But Petit was a Paris street performer (and an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High-Wire Act | 7/24/2008 | See Source »

The largest communications deal in American history might never have come to pass last week if Bell Atlantic chairman Raymond Smith and Tele-Communications Inc. president and chief executive officer John Malone had not got stuck on a boat off the coast of Maine. The merger talks were going nowhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WIRED! | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

Scientists have hypothesized other health consequences of climate change before, some better supported by evidence than others: heat waves that kill, new breeding grounds for mosquitoes that spread deadly malaria or dengue fever, and stagnant warm air pockets that trap disease-causing smog. But in this study, says lead researcher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warmer Temps, More Kidney Stones | 7/15/2008 | See Source »

What could end all this bad blood? One possibility is that Gazprom might buy out the Russian billionaires, then take control of TNK-BP. Given the acrimony between BP and its partners, it's not hard to see why the Brits might welcome Gazprom. Likewise, Gazprom may be more attuned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Another Fine Mess in the Oil Business | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

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