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Even though today is forecast to be slightly warmer than yesterday, meteorologists are predicting that today’s cold will smash a record low set in 1920. As of last night, about 300 schools across Massachusetts had cancelled classes, rather than have children risk frostbite...
...pegged at $8.75, with a 100-share minimum. The IPO, which is set to end Feb. 10, aims to raise $7.9 million. In theory, investors will be able to trade shares over the counter, but the market is untested, to say the least. If the film is a smash--the vast majority of films are not--investors get back their initial investment and then split profits with the filmmakers. Even the prospectus says not to count on a happy ending: "You should purchase shares only if you can afford a complete loss." Says Civilian Capital founder Barry Poltermann: "This...
...Bourne first hit the big time when his 1995 reworking of Swan Lake - which cast men as the swans - became a smash, transferring to the West End for a record-breaking 21-week run. Broadway followed, as did international tours and more than 25 major awards. Next came Cinderella, set in the London Blitz, and Car Man, a film noir treatment of Bizet's classic. Both had major West End runs. But the critics were not entirely impressed; many dismissed Bourne as a showman rather than a dance man, a label that has stuck. The Mail on Sunday has called...
...didn’t have a smash hit single, or you know, a song to break us,” adds guitarist and lead singer Yan. “It’s been a real gradual buildup, and that’s basically been because we played live a lot. We’ve always thought we had a good thing live. It was just getting a lot of people to see it, and it grew...
When times are good, life is good for the shoe salesman. When times are bad, life is good for the shoe repairman. In the network-TV business, times are not so good. Its biggest hits are aging and atrophying, with no breakout smash among the fall's new shows. So the networks have hung on to several high-profile series, each with a potentially fatal flaw, to see if they can buff them up and get a few more seasons' use out of them...