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...gets stuck with a lot of self-important strutting and moping and as result, he fares the worst. The movie veers between silly and scary, but ultimately, its tone and level of violence seem inappropriate for either a typical PG audience or Funke's original intended 9-12 target audience...
...while profits are down at nationwide retailers like Walgreens and Target, Khubani says the number of TeleBrands products purchased in those stores are "way up," with TeleBrands' overall sales in 2008 nearly doubling since 2007. Of course, because such products are often manufactured overseas--the Snuggie, for example, is made in China--prices tend to be more consumer-friendly in a recession...
That was in 2007. By 2008 people were reading Still Alice. Not a lot of people, but a few, and those few were liking it. Genova wound up getting an agent after all--and an offer from Simon & Schuster of just over half a million dollars. Borders and Target chose it for their book clubs. Barnes & Noble made it a Discover pick. On Jan. 25, Still Alice will make its debut on the New York Times best-seller list at No. 5. "So this is extreme to extreme, right?" Genova says. "This time last year, I was selling the book...
...ways to sell securities and lend to the burgeoning middle class. Mitchell, who became president of the bank in 1921, built City into the first financial supermarket. When everything financial turned toxic in the early 1930s, he became the most prominent scapegoat for the disaster. He was the main target of the famous Pecora hearings in Congress, was arrested for--but not convicted of--tax evasion and resigned in disgrace. The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 put an end to the blending of banking and securities businesses that Mitchell had championed. City lived on as a chastened, smaller bank...
...would be a perfect target for investigative reporters curious about the ongoing relationships between the very rich and the very powerful politicians who make and enforce the laws...