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...When Magnolia took on the films, they had a difficult choice: Package the two works together - like last year's Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino double feature Grindhouse - or find a way to release them separately. Ray Price, who oversaw marketing and distribution for Wang's films, was charged with developing a strategy for the two movies. "We've already seen that the market is not friendly to double bills," he said, referring to the low $25 million box office total for Grindhouse. "People don't want to watch double bills, and it forced us to be innovative ... we wanted these films...
...measure of how volatile investors reckon markets will be in the short term, the sharp sell-offs seen in recent months have sent the VIX to its eye-popping highs. The index is calculated from the price of options - a deal to buy or sell an asset at a fixed price and time - linked to the S&P 500. As the value of that index plummets - the leading benchmark of U.S. stocks has lost about a third of its value this year - investors are scrambling to pick up options in order to hedge against those losses. That, in turn, drives...
...productive use. Low interest rates and easy access to funds encouraged reckless lending, the infamous interest-only, no-down-payment, no-documentation ("liar") subprime mortgages. It was clear that if the bubble got deflated even a little, many mortgages would end up under water - with the price less than the value of the mortgage. That has happened - 12 million so far, and more every hour. Not only are the poor losing their homes, but they are also losing their life savings...
...monthly premium tends to come with a higher annual deductible. Humana's Monogram plan, for instance, pairs its $30 premium with a staggering $7,500 deductible. And the preventive-care coverage in these plans may not extend much beyond an annual physical. So consumers who don't look past price per month--a more traditional individual plan might charge a $400 premium and a deductible closer to $500--may find themselves shelling out thousands more dollars down the line. "So many of these policies can be really shoddy," says Barbara Anthony, executive director of Health Law Advocates, a nonprofit...
...Rising mortgage rates could also put downward pressure on housing prices, which have already dropped 20% since their peak in July of 2006, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price index. The increase in mortgage rates means that the average borrower will pay $1,296 a month in mortgage payment for a $200,000 loan. That's $100 more a month, and $1,200 more a year, than the same loan would have cost them a few weeks ago. For buyers on a budget, that means they can afford less house for the same amount of money. Conversely, sellers would...