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    Americans are at their most optimistic since 2007 according to a Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment. The preliminary index has shown optimism increased to 83.7 in May as stocks surged and real estate climbed. With record stock prices boosting household wealth and unemployment down in some areas, consumers were able to see their way through the effects of ...

  • Will Angelina Jolie Help End Climate-Change Denial And Help The Republican Party

    Angelina Jolie , by announcing her preventative double masectomy, will likely have significant influence well beyond women's health. By modeling how to think with data when data do not tell us what we would otherwise want them to say, she displayed a level of decision-making courage that business and political leaders should strive to emulate. For example, her leadership just may end up ...

  • Michael Jacksons Neverland Contents Almost Up For Sale

    "60 Minutes" will air a segment on Michael Jackson's legacy and personal possessions. Jackson accumulated a half-billion in debt at the end of his life says a CBS news website promoting the show. But now it seems The Michael ...

  • The New Yorkers Epic Fail On Innovation

    The New Yorker is my favorite mainstream magazine. Week after week, its polished writing is a sign that maybe after all, civilization is not yet quite extinct. So when The New Yorker devotes the whole of its current issue to innovation, I should be very happy. But I'm not. That's because the entire issue hardly talks about innovation at ...

  • Will Obamacare Reduce the Crazy Variation in Hospital Prices

    price problem . Walk across the street from one hospital to a competitor hospital, and you could easily find yourself facing a $30,000 increase in your medical bills. At one extreme for ...

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The Mummy [DVD]

The Mummy [DVD]

If you're one of those who despises the idea of modern filmmakers remaking classics of the Hollywood Golden Age, don't be worried about The Mummy--outside of the title and the barest plot outline, it has little or nothing to do with the 1932 original. It's not so much "based on" as "vaguely inspired by." Writer/director Stephen Sommers dispenses with the deliberate, ominous pacing and ... ...

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  • Obama partisan battles in Washington holding back US economy

    President Barack Obama told students at Morehouse College: 'My whole life, I've tried to be what my father wasn't for my mother and me.' Photograph: Erik S ...

  • Inside Greenwichs $190 million Copper Beech Farm

    Copper Beech Farm, named for the large copper beech trees populating the property, occupies 50 acres on Long Island Sound, including two offshore islands, a private beach and a 13, 500-square foot Victorian mansion. It is listed publicly for sale for the first time in more than a century. Price tag: $190 ...

  • Cousin Vinny Gambini Theres Nothin To Worry About...

    "bring their shovels" in a week which saw record highs yet again. For the week, the Dow registered gains of +1.6%, the S&P +2.1%, and the Nasdaq Comp +1.8%. Gold put in another weak performance, with the GLD ETF off -6.2%, while the dollar recorded ...

  • Forbes Style File Archive

    Forbes writers have the ability to call out member comments they find particularly interesting. Called-out comments are highlighted across the Forbes network. You'll be notified if your comment is called ...

  • Billy Hunters Lawsuit Against Derek Fisher And The NBPA Could Be Worth Millions Of Dollars

    Billy Hunter, former Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association (R) has filed a lawsuit that includes Derek Fisher, President of the National Basketball Players Association, as a defendant. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) The very first issue that National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) Interim Director Ron Klempner addressed on Saturday at the annual ...

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