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...Wizards would draw some free agents and a whole lot of fans. (For the moment, the Wizards aren't budging from their Sept. 4 deadline for season tickets, so if Jordan doesn't return, some fans paying to see him might get stuck with 41 games of Laron Profit...
Most people who shop online still buy off-line--Web sales are just 5% of the $217 billion domestic-travel market--but now sites are getting enough paying customers to turn a profit. Southwest Airlines sells more than a third of its tickets on southwest.com and rewards Web shoppers with double miles. With airlines beginning to draw customers to their own sites, online agents like Expedia are selling more vacation packages and cruises with fat profit margins of 15% to 20%--a far cry from the $10 commissions that airlines...
...week, is Li's surprising detour de France. It imagines that Liujian (Li), a detective from the PRC, has come to Paris to track down some very bad folks. He soon learns that the worst baddies are in the Paris police force. Inspecteur Richard (TchEky Karyo)?who kills for profit, for revenge and, sometimes, just for fun?frames Liujian for murder, then realizes that his patsy has a copy of a videotape showing whodunit. Liujian hooks up with an American, Jessica (Bridget Fonda), whom Richard has forced into prostitution and drug addiction, and whose daughter Richard is holding as collateral...
Public Citizen, a non-profit watchdog organization founded by Ralph Nader, vocally opposed Graham’s nomination and lobbied senators against...
...sports offer such a controlled environment where winners and losers are declared every day, they often provide clear insights into humanity. All of the insights involving the Expos’ position are depressing. French-Canadian natives are more than happy to sell out their team for a short-term profit. Boston natives take great glee in exploiting the Expos’ current situation while caring nothing about their future. Major League Baseball has shown no outrage at the possibility that Quebec, Eastern Ontario and Northern New England could be left without a local team, leaving the sport with fewer fans...