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...TIME WARP TRIO...
...more than a generation, the country has existed in a time warp--and in a state of solitary confinement. Since 1962, when General Ne Win seized power in Burma, foreigners have been unwelcome, borders have been tight, private business has been discouraged, and development has all but halted. Staff Writer Pico Iyer recently made his second visit to the largely closed society. His report...
Competitors are worried that China is so eager to do deals that it will warp the market. Western oil majors are concerned that "they won't be able to compete," according to Gary Ross, CEO of Petroleum Industry Research Associates, because the Chinese companies, most still state owned, are "willing to accept a lower rate of return." Those concerns may be overwrought. To acquire Unocal, CNOOC (whose market capitalization is about $22 billion) would have to offer more than $17 billion, plus pay the $500 million breakup fee Chevron booby-trapped to its Unocal bid. "It's all about money...
...catalog of the things Hollywood does best, found its perfect showcase in the Lumiere. Of course the audience of 2,400 exulted when the Star Wars logo first appeared; that happens any time one of the six films is shown. But they remained enthralled, clung tight through the time-warp space ride of thrills and despair, sensations and special effects, in part because of the glorious visual presentation. This is a handsome movie, but it will never again look so good as it did today...
...carries that puppy as if it were her child, but soon Britney Spears, 23, will be exquisitely aware of the difference between the two. The news that Spears and her hubby Kevin Federline, 27, are expecting a baby moved the celebrity press into warp drive, and it's a safe bet this gestation period will be more closely watched than an endangered panda's. Among the first into action: Parents magazine, which released a poll it took before the pregnancy became public, in which more than half of parents said the couple should wait to start a family. What...