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...It’s not ever fun to come out with the tie,” senior Anna McDonald said. “We’re at that point in the season where we need to start getting the wins [and] not take away from all the hard work that we’re doing...
...portal and entertainment companies Sina and Netease; on-line, multi-user gaming company Shanda (which recently made an acquisition of an American gaming company and plans to expand to the United States); internet and mobile applications giant Tencent; and a host of others, some public, some still in start-up mode. (See the best business deals...
...frost starts coming later, though, she says, they can't un-evolve overnight. "The current forests won't immediately start growing taller and stronger," she says. Eventually, the evolutionary process will catch up, as new seedlings without the frost response take over. "In principle, however," says Kuparinen, "this process will take a long time. The rate of evolution is slower than the rate at which climate will change." The forests would thus get no benefit, remaining stunted until seedlings without early dormancy genes can take root and take over...
...year got off to a good start for Hollywood in Bollywoodland. As expected, the global success of James Cameron's Avatar is also playing out in India: it's slated to become the biggest Hollywood grosser of all time in the country. The 3-D extravaganza, also released in 2-D and dubbed in three local languages, has already grossed $15 million across the country, and is expected to edge out Columbia Pictures' doomsday epic 2012, which has made $20 million since its opening on Dec. 18. What's more, in a rare show of heft, the film continues...
...Still, buoyed by their increasing revenues, studios have not given up. Disney, which has a stake in Mumbai-based film and television producer UTV, is right now making two live-action films. Fox Star CEO Singh says he hopes to start making up to five Indian films a year. He is betting on the studio's first Indian co-production My Name Is Khan, to be released globally next month. It has all the right ingredients: Bollywood screen royalty, a hit director and the requisite hype. And if it clicks, it could be the script for the ultimate Hollywood-Bollywood...