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...have come up with a rowdier, more penetrating exposé than this one. The film registers decently on the amuse-o-meter, and its offensiveness has a tonic value, but it's deficient in shape, propulsion, urgency. Look at almost any Michael Moore movie, and you'll find the sharp personality and editorial skills that are missing in Religulous...
...second day of existence, the site attracted about 2,000 accounts. The market value of all shares has already passed $300,000. And if the site remains successful, sports marketers might want to pay attention. The price paid for an athlete's synthetic share could be a pretty sharp measure of fan perception. With an estimated 30 million people now participating in the $800 million fantasy sports industry, sports stock just might fly. After all, in our sports addicted society, one should never underestimate the desire of fans to find a new competitive arena to play in. "There are bragging...
...biggest threat appeared to be inflation - running at double-digit rates in countries including Indonesia, India and Vietnam - which led Asian central bankers to hike interest rates, hoping to cool off overheating economies and keep a lid on rising costs. But inflation worries have eased with recent sharp declines in the prices of oil and other commodities. Now policymakers are opening the money taps again. In September China's central bank lowered its key interest rate to 7.2%, the first cut since 2002. More central banks are expected to follow. "We're going to move from monetary tightening to monetary...
...could set M*A*S*H in the Persian Gulf, which would be interesting. That show was always a very sharp commentary on American foreign policy. But it was often undermined by that terrible laugh track they used to have on it, which would fool you into thinking the show wasn't as incisive or clever as it actually...
...company's diagnostics unit, which Schwan oversaw before taking on the top job last year. Perhaps more than any of its rivals, Roche sees diagnostic machines and test kits as crucial to assessing and treating disease in the future. That belief, in turn, has led to a laser-sharp focus on "personalized medicine." So, for example, an oncologist will use a genetic test to pinpoint the exact kind of cancer her patient has and then proceed with a highly specific treatment course of Roche drugs. "For a long time, we acted as if all cancers are homogeneous," says David Heimbrook...