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...lovely wife (Rashida Jones) of cheating on him. Worst, Jimmy's daughter is getting married and he needs to produce $48,000 for the wedding. Even worster, a thief (mouthy Seann William Scott) has swiped the one precious item Jimmy owns - a 1952 Andy Pafko baseball card - whose sale was going to finance the wedding. The theft leads Jimmy and Paul to the drug lord Poh Boy (Guillermo Diaz, who's good within the narrow guidelines) and his kidnap victim, sultry Gabriela (Ana de la Reguera), who... but why continue to parse the plot? I don't care...
...first put the brand up for sale in 2008, hoping to raise as much as $500 million. The Tengzhong offer was estimated to be closer to $150 million. "We have since considered a number of possibilities for Hummer along the way, and we are disappointed that the deal with Tengzhong could not be completed," John Smith, GM's vice president of corporate planning and alliances, said in a written statement that was released on Wednesday. "GM will now work closely with Hummer employees, dealers and suppliers to wind down the business in an orderly and responsible manner...
...Over the past year, China has encouraged the sale of economy cars. As part of its stimulus efforts, the government halved taxes on vehicles with engines smaller than 1.6 L. Combined with the relative health of the Chinese economy, car sales soared. In 2009 mainland consumers bought more vehicles than their American counterparts, making China the world's largest car market for the first time. Even so, the Hummer was a little too big for their taste...
...modicum of disposable income. In 2009 he launched Hair Espresso outlets, offering cuts for a little more than $2. Costs are low, turnover high: a three-chair outlet in Mumbai recently churned out 186 cuts in one day. This month, Habib will launch hair-care products for direct sale on TV, "so that customers in Canada and the U.S. can buy them," in addition to clients of his academies in Mauritius, Singapore and Kenya. "If Indian doctors and IT experts are so popular throughout the world, why not Indian hairdressers?" he asks. "It's our turn to capture the glow...
...This month, the President also approved the sale of $6 billion worth of arms to Taiwan, which China considers part of its territory. That provoked further anger from Beijing. Three senior Chinese military officers were quoted in an official newspaper suggesting that the government should sell some U.S. Treasury bonds in retaliation...