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Ugly duckling stories really do not get any better than this. And Britain's Got Talent milked them for all they were worth, cutting away to eye rolls and snickering by the audience and judges before the two wow-inducing performances. (Eye rolls and snickering, of course, can be taped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Susan Boyle: Not Quite Out of Nowhere | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

There are extraneous scenes - namely Lopez's wrestling with a backyard raccoon problem - and an obviously fabricated character, Mary, who is simultaneously Lopez's editor, his ex-wife and his romantic interest. Thankfully, she's played by Catherine Keener, so the implausibility almost doesn't matter. Downey approaches Lopez as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Soloist: Elegy for Cello and Newspaper | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

China's economy expanded 6.1% on annualized basis in the first quarter, its slowest pace since 1998. Singapore's GDP contracted an astounding 19.7% in the same period - after shrinking 16.4% in the previous quarter. Hong Kong has yet to report first-quarter numbers, but its economic performance in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asian Stock Markets: Betting Big on Recovery | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

What does all this mean to personal investors? Be cautious, and don't chase dazzling performance numbers. Economic recovery may indeed arrive early in China, or at least before it appears in the US. But government stimulus does not naturally translate into sustained private investment, so there will likely be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asian Stock Markets: Betting Big on Recovery | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

Nearly a century ago in Paris, the world premiere of Stravinsky’s ballet “The Rite of Spring” with the Ballet Russes was met with such an intense riot that the performance had to be stopped in an attempt to quell the uproar. The...

Author: By Matt E. Sachs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Rite’ Isn’t Quite Right Without Innovation | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

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