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...Stuart,” the story she read at the Barker Center, a cheap shirt is “less subtle about body excretions,” and the guy who owns it “has a hard time with clothes in general; buying them, getting into them, getting out of them...

Author: By Lily X. Huang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Zadie Smith Tells of Success, Story-writing | 2/28/2003 | See Source »

...willing as the next guy to debate whether it's smart to invest in foreign stocks--but not now. Time is wasting. A weakening dollar and an abundance of cheap foreign pickings have whipped up a tail wind that U.S. investors can't afford to ignore. Yes, you can argue that the diversification benefits of foreign investing aren't what they used to be now that the world's economies are so intertwined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Investing: Float Your Bucks | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

...CHEAP EUROPE Germany is especially attractive; its stocks have been among the hardest hit because so many are economically sensitive. Volkswagen, with a P/E of 6, is one of Perkins' favorites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Investing: Float Your Bucks | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

...deflation hawks still fundamentally misunderstand the nature of Japan's economic stall. Companies here make more than can be consumed, and the Japanese customer simply does not want what is on offer, however cheap it may be. What still is required is a national commitment to structural reform. Revising corporate-governance rules would be a good start. Right now, for example, bank managers need never fear for their jobs no matter how poorly they perform; that's because extensive cross-ownership between banks and affiliated companies minimizes publicly available shares, making corporate takeovers, especially by foreigners, exceedingly difficult. Shielded from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's Deflation Dogfight | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

...News Corp. officials decline to disclose ad revenues. But Davis insists Starry Sky will be profitable in three years. For one thing, he argues, co-producing shows locally is relatively cheap. In addition, Mandarin content could attract a huge global market that has yet to be tapped. "We're building a library that will become the backbone for channels in Chinese-speaking markets around the world," Davis says. He also expects the company will ultimately be granted the wider distribution rights it needs to reach a larger audience. "If I thought we'd be in Guangdong forever, it wouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dose of Reality | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

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