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...poets are Randolph Henry Ash (Jeremy Northam), a 19th century literary light with a famously serene marriage, and Christabel LaMotte (Jennifer Ehle), a less renowned word magician. Imagine an affair between Robert Browning and Christina Rossetti and the scandal that would have rocked the 1860s--or the literary furor it might stoke today if the news were finally to come to light. That's the notion that drives two modern scholars, the American Roland (Aaron Eckhart) and the British Maud (Gwyneth Paltrow), deep into a long-submerged cache of love letters and finally into their own furtive embrace...
...LATEST COVER STORY The Green Century September 2, 2002 Past Issues Asian Journey Aug. 19-26, 2002 ----------------- 9/11: The Secret History Aug. 12, 2002 ----------------- Plastic Surgery Aug. 5, 2002 ----------------- Korea's Pop Scandal Jul. 29, 2002 ----------------- Pakistan's President Jul. 22, 2002 ----------------- Vegetarianism Jul. 15, 2002 ----------------- Understanding Anxiety Jul. 8, 2002 ----------------- Being Tom Cruise Jul. 1, 2002 ----------------- Asia's World Cup Jun. 24, 2002 ----------------- China's Labor Problems...
ENERGY This industry has been scalded by the Enron scandal. The most compelling values are in natural gas (where Buffett has been buying). Typically, gas-company P/Es are slightly above the S&P multiple. Today the group trades at a 50% discount, Manley notes. Big oil companies don't look cheap, but domestic producers are trading below the market average, including Amerada Hess. Electric utilities are best valued by their dividend yields. Secure yields of 4% to 6%--as with FPL and Public Services Enterprises--are out there...
Italian and U.S. officials last week fingered Tokhtakhounov, 53, a bull-headed Uzbek long linked with the Russian Mafia, as the mind behind the skating scandal at last winter's Salt Lake City Olympics, when tumble-down Russian pairs skaters Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze won gold over Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, the Canadian duo who gave a demonstrably superior performance. Now implicated in the mess are the gold-winning French ice-dance team of Russian-born Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat. Anissina and her mother are the two women believed to be caught on tape talking with Tokhtakhounov...
...There's More WorldCom, already the biggest U.S. corporate scandal in history, said an internal audit has found a further $3.3 billion of improperly reported earnings, taking the total to more than $7 billion...