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...like Singapore, others have remained relatively buoyant, especially India, where StanChart has the largest branch network of any foreign bank. Its breadth across some of the region's fastest-growing economies gives it an enviable profile. StanChart "is one of the best-placed banks in the world," says Alex Potter, banking analyst at brokerage Collins Stewart in London. "It had high profits in its home markets and didn't need to chase high-risk products...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Position Player | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

...three installments of The Lord of the Rings were nominated, and the last one won; but no episode of the Harry Potter series has been recognized, though they reside in popularity and quality just below the Tolkien trio. Judd Apatow has created his own genre, reviving comedy with his species of bromance; should that not have got some official nod? I might've slit my wrists if Mamma Mia! had been nominated last year, or Twilight. But why not give notice to a wider range of movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Oscars Need 10 Nominees | 6/25/2009 | See Source »

Participants in the rally rejected the anticipated 30 percent decline in the University's endowment for this fiscal year as an adequate and honest justification for the layoffs. A recurring slogan used by protesters in recent months has been "Harvard has the money—no layoffs," and Tom Potter, a faculty secretary at the Law School and a participant in Thursday's rally, said he doesn't think Harvard has "any financial justification [for the layoffs...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Staff, Activists Protest Layoffs | 6/25/2009 | See Source »

...which in its fourth weekend amassed another $21.3 million, for a domestic total thus far of $224.1 million. In no time Pixar's alter-kocker comedy will pass Star Trek, yet another no-star wonder, as the year's top-grossing film - until, that is, the Transformers or Harry Potter sequels overtake it. See a trend, folks? Stars don't sell movies; brands, genres and word-of-mouth sell movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box-Office Weekend: Bully for Bullock | 6/22/2009 | See Source »

...have had that kind of source material are the ones that motivated me to get off my ass and make them, because I thought there was yet another interesting point of view to the material. I think my friend Elvis Mitchell put it really well when the first Harry Potter book was made into a movie, that it was a book on tape on film. I have no interest in doing that. With Lemony Snicket, the studio wasn't so much excited about making the film as they were in launching the franchise. I mean, if you really think through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brad Silberling: Behind the Scenes of Land of the Lost | 6/5/2009 | See Source »

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