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However they each prefer to get their jolts, there's no evidence yet that Kerry's presidential prospects have got one from the addition of Edwards to the ticket. The latest TIME poll, conducted over the three days of media frenzy that followed the Edwards announcement, shows it did little to budge the race from the margin-of-error territory where it has been pretty much stuck since Kerry secured the nomination in March. He now leads Bush 49% to 45% among likely voters; in early June, the margin was only slightly tighter, with Bush leading...
...performers, Aboriginal rockers and fireworks artists from five continents became the most watched TV program in Aussie history - but the Athens Games are stressing the video image as never before. With less than a month before the Games begin, the Athens heat and terrorism jitters have conspired to leave ticket sales well behind schedule. Just 2 million have been sold so far out of a total of 5.3 million; that's only 34%. By contrast, at the same stage in the run-up to the Sydney Games in 2000, organizers had sold 50% of their total. Hotel bookings are also...
...event will present the currently red-hot Avril Lavigne, along with the Beastie Boys, Green Day, N.E.R.D. and Sum 41. Finally, the more underground True People's Celebration (www.organicgroove.com) will finish up the summer festival season in early September, with reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff headlining. Check the websites for ticket and transport details...
...choked highways and convincing many to travel more often. Laykha Boonlerd, a 26-year-old bank employee in Kuala Lumpur, could never before afford to fly to Bangkok to see her family and instead made an excruciating 24-hour pilgrimage by bus and train. But with a one-way ticket on AirAsia costing only $26-much less than the price she says she was quoted on national-flag carrier Malaysia Airlines-she decided to fly to Bangkok for the first time in July. "I will travel much more with AirAsia," she says. Omar Jaafar, a 51-year-old professor waiting...
...Their success at containing costs means that major airlines can afford to routinely sell some tickets at prices that are competitive with those of budget carriers. Overall, Fernandes says his airline charges about half as much as major competitors, but only about 30% of his seats are sold at the lowest advertised price. Fares increase as the plane fills up, especially on very popular routes, so passengers need to buy early to get the dirt-cheap fares. Sam Chan, a Singaporean trader, found this out on a June business trip to Malaysia. He purchased a one-way ticket from Kuala...