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...Bernanke could install a mechanism that makes the cheap money provided by the Fed go only into the real economy, not into the speculation of Wall Street he could become man of the millennium. Alfred Feldmann, BREMEN, GERMANY...
...Washington who after 15 years of studying financial-literacy programs has come to the conclusion that current methods don't work. A growing number of researchers and educators agree that a more radical approach is needed. They advocate starting financial education a lot earlier than high school, putting real money and spending decisions into kids' hands and talking openly about the emotions and social influences tied to how we spend...
...worldwide ticket sales: at an estimated $1.836.1 billion, it's just $6 million behind Titanic's $1.842 billion. And it will reach that number tomorrow, unless the world ends tonight. Of course, there has been inflation in the past dozen years; Avatar still has to top Titanic's real-dollar domestic gross of $943.3 million, as adjusted by Box Office Mojo. (Another calculation has the real-dollar Titanic take at about $800 million.) Either way, though, Cameron's doing fine. (See the best movies, TV, books and theater of the decade...
...Moscow's drive isn't just about real estate and nationalism. Critics say the government is also trying to bring back into the fold the congregations that broke with the Russian Orthodox Church during the Soviet era to join a rival Orthodox branch, the Patriarchate of Constantinople - as the faithful in Nice did in 1931. Many of these overseas congregations have started to restore their ties to the Russian Orthodox Church in recent years, though Gueit says this is only in response to the government's putting the squeeze on their churches...
...ways. Critics claim that his Mediaset network slants its TV news coverage to favor Berlusconi's political fortunes. At the same time, his parliamentary allies are accused of using the levers of government to give a boost to the gran capo's business interests (which also include publishing, real estate and financial holdings beyond the core television company). Indeed, critics say that Mediaset has relied on favorable legislation in its recent efforts to undercut the Sky Italia satellite TV network set up by Berlusconi's rival, Rupert Murdoch. (Read "Berlusconi vs. Murdoch: Italy's Real Reality...