| Blood on the big screen!
Movies are supposedly a reflection of society, which is why the fact that more and more violent films are making hay at the box-office is a scary thought! Take the current spate of Hollywood movies like Apocalypto, 300 and Babel, which are violent to the core. But while some chose to sit through these movies with their eyes shut, no one actually walked out of the screening room. Closer home, Bollywood has also displayed a strong shift in showcasing violence. Audiences have come of age, says director Anurag Kashyap, whose movie Black Friday faced flak for the true to life depiction of the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts. The problem with our moral guardians is that they think whatever makes people uncomfortable should not be shown. Thats warped logic. Model-turned-actor Aryan Vaid says that though he has enjoyed movies like Silence of the Lambs, he does not enjoy watching violence on screen.
Ohio Police & Fire pick independent fiduciary
REAL ESTATE - Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund has selected Robert A. Stanger & Co. as its real estate independent fiduciary to look at a portion of the pension fund's real estate portfolio. Ohio Police & Fire made this decision at a board meeting on March 26. The pension fund had conducted an RFP search for this assignment. Stanger & Co. made a presentation at the board meeting. This was conducted by George Wilson and Kevin Gannon. The other two finalists for the RFP were Real Estate Fiduciary Services and Duff & Phelps. The pension fund was helped in the final decision by input from its real estate consultant, The Townsend Group. Frank Blaschka, a principal with Townsend, works on the Ohio Police & Fire account. Stanger & Co.
Genocide and the United States
Adam Sterling, executive director of the Sudan Divestment Task Force, first became involved with ending the genocide in Darfur two and a half years ago when he was a member of a student group at the University of California, Los Angeles. "One of our faculty advisors was involved with the divestment movement in South Africa during the apartheid," he says. Sterling is one of many alumnae and current students involved in the international divestment movement, which takes on a distinct character in four different countries – the United States, Canada, England and Ireland. Divestment is when individuals remove their money from certain financial institutions who indirectly fund the genocide occurring in Darfur, Sudan. Prior to divesting, their money is invested in various companies, some of which operate in the Darfur region.
ChinaCast Education Corporation Announces Full Year 2006 IFRS ...
SINGAPORE, April 2, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- ChinaCast Education Corporation (OTCBB:CEUC) ("ChinaCast" or "the Company"), one of the leading e-learning services providers to educational institutions, government agencies and corporate enterprises in China, today announced the financial results of its subsidiary ChinaCast Communication Holdings Ltd. ("CCH") for the year ended December 31, 2006. .
Financial Tips by Carl Mook
A: A home equity line of credit can be put to good use as a convenient source of cash for things such as home improvements, a child's college education or even the rare emergency. As with any major financial decisions, it is important to consider the advantages as well as the disadvantages before moving forward.One of the major advantages is that homeowners are generally free to use the home equity line of credit for anything they wish. Another nice characteristic is that interest is not usually charged until the line of credit is actually used. Also, in order to minimize the homeowner's initial cash outlay, the financing costs associated with the line of credit may actually be built into the line of credit. Two of the greatest benefits of the home equity line of credit are that interest is generally tax deductible up to a certain point, making other debt that would have no tax deductible interest become deductible if the line of credit was used to pay off this other debt.
Finning plans stock split
VANCOUVER -- Heavy equipment dealer Finning International Inc. plans to split its stock on a two-for-one basis for the fifth time in company history. Shareholder approval will be sought at Finning's annual meeting scheduled for May 9. Vancouver-based Finning said approval would mean the stock could be divided by the end of May. The stock closed down 43 cents at $53.42 in Thursday trading on the TSX.
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IRIS Senior Management Presents Long Range Growth Plan to Analysts ...
CHATSWORTH, Calif. & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IRIS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NASDAQ: IRIS) President and Chief Executive Officer César Garcia, along with Chief Technology Officer Dr. Thomas H. Adams and Iris Diagnostics President Thomas Warekois, told analysts and other select members of the investment community at a luncheon meeting today in New York that the Company has initiated and is actively engaged in the execution of its five-year plan, encompassing new platform technologies and strategic initiatives designed to complement its already established and growing core urinalysis business, with release of new products that will result in a minimum tripling of revenues in five years. "IRIS is leveraging its core competencies of morphology analysis, chemistry, and ultra-sensitive protein detection," Mr.
Former Long John Silver’s structure may soon be razed
Witmer said he would have liked to get a Denny's restaurant to move into the former Long John Silver's building, but was not successful. He said the offer from 5M came at a time when he was looking for options for this property."I really think it will improve Lincoln Avenue and make it a little nicer for people to come into Charleston and see nice new buildings," Witmer said. He added he hopes this will spur additional development along Lincoln Avenue.Devonshire executive Tim Harrington said he hoped to start construction on the retail center in May and have the building completed by the fall."We don't have any signed leases, but we are in the final negotiations of several," Harrington said.Harrington said 5M would likely follow a similar timeline for its Walgreen, but he did not know the developer's demolition and construction schedule.
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