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TOLL It depends on the neighborhood and price of the home. If it's in the $200,000 range and not in a particularly fresh neighborhood, you could see a drop of 7% to 10%. Buyers of these houses are on a budget, and higher rates eliminate a lot of buyers. But if you are in a $600,000 home, which is our range at Toll Bros., all you'll witness is cocktail talk...
...record for IMAX, pulling in an average $35,600 per screen--roughly six times as much as conventional theaters. Armed with those numbers, IMAX hopes it can convince Hollywood and theater operators that IMAX movies can draw big crowds at premium prices. For an industry stung by a 4% drop in attendance last year and probably steeper drops this year, according to box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations Co., it may be a compelling sales pitch. "We're ready for prime time," says IMAX co-chairman and co-CEO Richard Gelfond. "It's almost a no-brainer...
...touching the wheel. The heavy machinery takes the exact path every time it passes through the rows, also allowing him to minimize the amount of land that is compacted--a serious cropping problem. Since installing a GPS three years ago, the Mitchell Farm has seen a 30% to 40% drop in fertilizer costs and an 8% annual increase in yield over the rest of the county...
Geldof and other Africa activists, like U2 front man Bono, are wonderful advocates for the push to cancel the continent's debt and open up Western markets to Africa's farmers. But I suggest they change their tune and come up with a hit demanding that the West drop its agricultural subsidies, cancel more debt and urge Africa's worst leaders to go. How about something like...
Detractors point to the $27 billion drop in portfolio value between 2000 and 2003 as evidence that the CalPERS board has been distracted. However, the portfolio has gained $32 billion since 2003. Dr. Keith Richman, a Republican legislator, last week proposed privatizing the state-employee pension system and gradually abandoning the defined-benefits fund that CalPERS oversees...