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...that stage will be dismantled - and AEG must deal with the financial aftermath. Jackson's death means the firm will have to refund $85 million in ticket sales. The company will also miss out on expected profits of $115 million from VIP packages and merchandising, and it will lose the chance at an additional $450 million from the three-year worldwide tour they hoped would follow the London gigs. (See the top 10 Michael Jackson moments...
...hedge-fund managers in Manhattan. He noted the power of big federal spending and expressed concern that Washington's largesse, if unchecked, would fundamentally alter America's competitiveness. But he also made clear his view that the latest rounds of federal spending have averted crisis and set the stage for a shallow economic recovery with modest inflation. Longer term, he believes the U.S. will be growing at only 1.5% to 2% a year, well below the historical growth rate of 3%, a shortfall resulting from ongoing consumer deleveraging and frugality and slow growth in business credit...
...general perception that you would consider a woman in Western formal wear more empowered than her more traditional counterparts," says Kriti Budhiraja, 20, a political science student at Delhi University. And to be fair, the sari industry is not exactly putting up a fight. It's exiting the stage slowly and almost imperceptibly, with the exception perhaps of Indian soap operas, in which every woman is dressed in an impeccably ironed and draped sari while she cooks and schemes against her mother-in-law. Of course, everyone knows that's not real life...
...targeting the right people in cracking down on drug dealing: "Street drug markets do not exist in a vacuum. The drama is played out on a very particular kind of stage, and it is the stage manager, not the actors, that must be addressed. The property in these areas is owned by someone, someone whose neglect of their property allows illicit activity to continue. Unlike the street addicts and gang members, this someone has something of value to lose - their property." See a graphic on addiction and the brain...
...Airport - and now he's the country's Foreign Minister. "It's a great land of opportunity," he said, smiling. In his spare time, he writes film screenplays. "It's a hobby," he said, refusing to reveal the plot to his current work. "This is something for the next stage in my life." Hollywood will have to wait...