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...those of you who don't follow foreign and art films (eh, to each his own) or haven't consulted TIME.com's daily Cannes entries (shame on you!), the handicapping of the Palme d'Or may seem no more vital or fascinating than the morning line on a race for alderman in Liechtenstein. But it's fun for us over here. And if all the predictions I list below prove to be false when you read our next blog Saturday, you should get a giggle too. The award show, which can often be endearing in its gaucherie, is broadcast across...
...absolutely scandalous election ploy." Dieter Hundt, president of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations, fears the debate will prove "extremely damaging" to the country's international image. "What's happening currently makes me want to vomit," he told one TV interviewer. Business argues that foreign investment is vital for the economy and that short-term investors, while sometimes uncomfortable for management, keep them on their toes. But unions adore the locust comparisons, and are urging the government to introduce measures to discourage short-term speculative investment - a ban on funds acquiring and then breaking up companies, for example. Following...
...this isn't just a story about Microsoft. It's also a story about a sea change in American culture, which has embraced video games, formerly a despised hobby, as a vital force in pop culture. Gates and his team have spent the past 3 1/2 years working in obsessive secrecy to build the greatest piece of game-playing hardware the world has yet seen. And they don't want to sell it just to a niche audience: they're gunning...
...long Danube kicks off in Germany's Black Forest and flows eastward through 10 countries to the Black Sea. Once part of the Roman Empire's border against barbarian hordes to the north?and of vital strategic importance to contending armies during the two World Wars?the Danube is now a more lighthearted place. On any given Sunday, whole stretches of it are abuzz with dog walkers and horse riders as well as runners...
...region's best-kept recreational secrets. The 2,850 km-long Danube kicks off in Germany's Black Forest and flows eastward through 10 countries to the Black Sea . Once part of the Roman Empire's border against barbarian hordes to the north - and of vital strategic importance to contending armies during the two World Wars - the Danube is now a more lighthearted place. On any given Sunday, whole stretches of it are abuzz with dog walkers and horse riders as well as runners. Avoid the sections of the river that run parallel to the noisy, traffic-clogged autobahn...