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...evolution is so central to a global economy facing a slow-down - or possible recession. And as this week wound down, observers of both markets and wider economies seemed uncertain whether to applaud or cry. Following dismal sessions Wednesday and Thursday, activity on Asian indices Friday was mixed, with Toyko's Nikkei up 2.2% aside more modest gains in Singapore and China. Hong Kong's Hang Seng remained flat, however, while South Korea and Australia slightly slumped. Inspired by that trend - as well as Wall Street's rebound from early losses Thursday to finish 4.7% up - European markets began Friday...
...says.What followed was a month-long effort of online research, phone calls and inquiries at designers’ stores in Korea.“We had criteria that included the designer having to be high-end and have had a showing at a fashion week like New York, Toyko or Paris,” Parent says. “The first call we got came from Issey Miyake, which is a very successful brand with beautiful stuff.”The show will include seven collections from professional designers, including Gemma Kahng, Chris Han, and Twinkle by Wenlan...
...vandalism did not stop there. At about 7 a.m. some 50 activists, wearing masks and armed with steel pipes, stormed into the Asakusabashi station in the center of Toyko's wholesale district. They threw Molotov cocktails, torching and seriously damaging the platform and the stationmaster's office...
...film features a so-so B-list cast with Sarah Michelle Gellar starring as Karen, the non-vampire-slaying, non-mystery-solving exchange student in Toyko, Bill Pullman as Peter, an ill-fated professor and Grace Zabriskie as Emma, an elderly woman who’s either a heavy heroin addict or a precog. Except for Zabriskie reinventing the doped-up old woman role, the rest of the cast disappoints—especially Gellar. Sure, she can wield a wooden stake, seduce her brother and spot Scooby Doo like no one else, but Gellar just can’t handle...
...Stamford, Conn., Waltham, Mass.; and Washington, D.C. European offices are in Oxford, Glasgow, Paris, and Frankfurt. PRTM's Asian offices are in Toyko and Hong Kong...