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...instant-messaging service. Today, despite competition from Yahoo! and Microsoft, QQ boasts 74% market share in China. Profits rose 44%, to $40 million, in the first nine months of this year. But Ma hasn't abandoned his tech-geek lifestyle--except for one thing: "I don't sweep the floors anymore," he says with a laugh. --By Michael Schuman/Hong Kong
...gatherings but don't have room for the supplies that keep you party pretty. Cosmetics companies are coming to the rescue with packaging that supplies a single serving of makeup. Cargo's DailyGloss comes in individual-use bubbles, and with a mini-roll of blush paper that holds a sweep of color in each disposable sheet, Flirt! Rollerblush helps you do away with the need to carry a brush. Just tear and apply...
...stage door opens and iconic figures spill into the Soho street: a plump, old-fashioned bobby, who proceeds to direct traffic; a chorus line of chimney sweeps; and finally, a maroon-coated nanny who shivers on the sidewalk and seems in need of a little magic. The cause of all this commotion is a fire alert at the Prince Edward Theatre, which has interrupted rehearsals for the most eagerly awaited musical of this West End season - Mary Poppins. The nanny isn't quite ready to fly. During TIME's backstage visit a week before the Dec. 15 opening, co-producer...
...skin of their passion-filled bodies. His trademark zoom shots, while they still precisely cut through space, now move with the grace of an aged master. Like a Cartier-Bresson photograph, they reveal “the decisive moment” during which the emotions that threaten to sweep away the characters instantaneously come together...
Playing host to a pair of ECAC rivals this weekend, the Harvard men’s hockey team knocked off first-place Union, 4-1, Friday evening, then completed the sweep with a 2-1 win over Rensselaer on Saturday night, moving into second place in the conference standings and setting the stage for a six-game stretch that will feature at least five ranked opponents...