Jugnu Rani, a tiny firefly, ponders over her insignificance & witnesses the gradual distancing between trees & humankind. She observes the disciplined life of ants & the hard work of the bees, & feels that her existence is useless. But Suraj Dada, the Sun, reminds her that every creature has a place & purpose in the universe. ...

Comedy about the burgeoning sexual desires of three generations of women in a Mexican American family. The teenaged Blanca (America Ferrera of ' Ugly Betty' fame) abhors all the boys in her neighbourhood & begins a relationship with a guy (Leo Minaya) from another town in the hope that he'll prove different from the run-of-the-mill losers she's used to. Her mother, recently divorced Rosa (Elizabeth Pena), wrought with sexual frustration, finds herself getting involved with her best friend's somewhat sleazy husband (Steven Bauer), a man with a long history of infidelity. Meanwhile, Rosa's 80-year-old mother, Dona (Lucy Gallardo), to her daughter's great embarrassment, is reluctant to settle down into quiet old age. She buys a car & starts taking driving instruction from local gardener Don Pedro (Jorge Cervera), although, unbeknownst to the rest of her family, she's receiving more than just lessons from the old fellow... ...

With EU legislation, the increasing reach of the US economy, greater flexibility of financial instruments, & M&A activity across borders, financial markets are becoming ever more international. This book examines financial markets as they are today
- global &, for better or worse, interlinked & inter-dependent.
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