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...Granted a moment in the spotlight, Hu beams as if his life has actually been spared. As for Tarantino, he's clearly having a ball. When the movie is released, audiences might not catch all of the allusions in this loving ode to Asian films, especially to the kung fu genre. And will Hollywood-reared audiences really appreciate the absence of horror-film blood in Kill Bill's Samurai-style scenes? Tarantino isn't worrying about that. "I'm making this film for me," he grins. "Everyone else is along for the ride...
...nation to make a living as "a safe haven for tax evaders." A British treasury minister, Paul Boateng, has attacked Swiss banking secrecy as an obstacle to fighting terrorism. And E.U. officials say privately that they expect pressure on Switzerland to build this fall as more politicians direct the spotlight toward Swiss morals. "The Swiss will inevitably be portrayed as profiting from the proceeds of what everyone else thinks of as a crime," says a senior official closely involved in the discussions. Quips Michel Y. Dérobert, secretary-general of the Swiss Private Bankers? Association in Geneva...
What is it about the wireless Internet that brings out the worst in otherwise advanced economies? First there were the Internet phones in Europe that used wireless access protocol, or WAP. They flopped spectacularly. Then the spotlight turned to Japanese mobile operator DoCoMo's wireless Internet service, i-mode. DoCoMo dazzled at first, but average usage and revenue per subscriber are falling in Japan, as in Europe. The U.S. can barely deliver reliable voice service, much less wireless Internet, which would seem destined to be another techno-dud service...
...Editor's Note: Daily Briefing is a new feature we're trying at Time.com. The idea is to spotlight five or so stories each day that say something interesting and important about our world. Got any comments, suggestions or story ideas? Email them...
When the WorldCom scandal broke, Martha Stewart must have smiled. Here, surely, was deliverance--a fresh spectacle that would shift the fickle spotlight of the tabloids and TV shows away from insider-trading allegations against the Diva of Domesticity and onto some other supposed villain...