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...Alexander epic. An Oliver Stone-directed version of the tale is also on the table, potentially starring Colin Farrell. Luhrmann's secret weapon: Moroccan King Mohammed VI, who, Variety reports, will lend 1,500 soldiers to the film. If Luhrmann needs a break from filmmaking, he can invade Spain...
nationwide, compared to Dunkin' Donuts' 3,500. Nevertheless, confident that its deep-fried, sugary confections will also find favor elsewhere, the Winston-Salem, North Carolina company has begun an international expansion: the first European Krispy Kremes should open in Britain and Spain in early...
...executive vice president for worldwide development. Waugh says the company is already eyeing other European sites, but the first two beachheads were obvious ones. Britain is always high on location lists when American retailers venture into Europe, mainly because of supposed cultural similarities and a somewhat common language. And Spain is known for having a particular taste for doughnuts - of Dunkin' Donuts' 59 European outlets, 23 are there...
...meltdown in Latin America continues to take its toll much farther afield. Case in point: Spanish companies, which are feeling an ongoing pinch from their investments in the region. As if Argentina's collapse and Uruguay's wobbles were not worrying enough, some of Spain's biggest names are also taking a clobbering because of their exposure to Brazil. Over the past 10 years, Spanish firms have poured more than €50 billion in Brazil - double the amount invested in Argentina - particularly across the telecom, banking and energy sectors. But the Brazilian real has gone into a downward spiral...
...Last week, however, the Spanish got both fussy and fisty over a place that got its name from the plant, a tiny island called Perejil - or Leila in Arabic - that lies a short swim off the Moroccan coast. The "capture" of the long-uninhabited outcrop by Morocco and then Spain's sending its navy to retrieve it seems a soft summer story more Waugh than war. London's Daily Telegraph ran a page-wide headline: "Naval might defeats boys' slingshots." But it's not really so funny. The political waters beneath Perejil are deep and dangerous. If Spain and Morocco...