| Enjoy winter's stark beauty in shades of gray
It can be hard to appreciate the stark beauty of winter. Storms sweep in with whirling snow on howls of wind broken only by occasional days of frozen silence. For many people, these gloomy weeks seem depressing and endless. But for anyone who loves taking black-and-white photographs, this winter has been a rare gift. Nature's elemental forces are revealed in a way they aren't during milder winters. .
How a Pro Thinks About Investing in New Markets
A good example is Mitsubishi UFJ, Japan's largest bank, which has a price-to-earnings ratio in the high single digits. Management is reasonably good and improving; it's just that investors have become despondent with the domestic economy and the prospect for rising interest rates. But we see that as a cyclical setback, not a permanent one, so we're buying in now at a low valuation. You're also buying in at a time when Japan's currency is hitting new highs against the dollar. Does that play into your strategy, too? Every one of the target prices for the stocks we follow closely is dependent on currency changes. So big currency swings can change our holdings. Take Yamaha Motors, which we think is a great company; they make motorcycles, ATVs, and outboard motors. As the yen recently strengthened, we saw investors selling the stock on the expectation that it would impact overseas sales, which gave us an opportunity to add to our position.
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Whether truth or posturing, it's part of the American narrative to believe that, even as we live through the curse of interesting times, tomorrow's another day. Don't stop thinking about it, we sing _ it's always a day away. Beware, however. These days in America, tomorrow is something else, too, something more forbidding: It's yet another news cycle waiting to happen. .
Panasonic to present its 'Living in high definition' theme at GITEX ...
The company to showcase its 103 inch plasma display, Blu-ray high definition home cinema and the LUMIX DMC-L1 digital camera for the first time in the Middle East. 'High definition has been heralded as the biggest thing to happen to television since colour, and Panasonic has capitalised on this development by going a step further and launching end-to-end high definition solutions beginning with HD content creation using HD broadcasting equipment and extending to home viewing, recording, editing and storage, using HD plasma display and home theatre system,' said Yasuo Kimoto, Product Manager, Panasonic. The world's largest 103 inch plasma display that Panasonic will be showcasing at GITEX Dubai is full HD and offers crisp 1920 x 1080 resolution (1080 progressive) for unsurpassed clarity and detail.
Upcoming films
Be Kind Rewind" (PG-13): Jack Black and Mos Def make their own versions of famous movies in this imaginative comedy from Michel Gondry. "Charlie Bartlett" (R): Anton Yelchin is a high school kid who plays psychiatrist to his classmates; Robert Downey Jr. is the principal who can't control him. "The Signal" (R): An electronic transmission from somewhere begins interrupting everything in this horror flick. .
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