Much of the budget was raised in the name of Cantopop star Andy Lau Tak-wah, who acted as producer.
Enter the Avis Budget Group, whose corporate name sounds nearly like a parody of a plodding, if well-capitalized big competitor.
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Razer had to change more than Project Fiona's name to stay under budget, of course -- the prototype's handlebar controllers have migrated to an optional gamepad dock.
Kemp, who has been critical of compromising on tax cuts in the name of balancing the budget, said that he will meet with House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott to talk about the tax bill.
The call to shift the cost of healthcare to the people that need it, and cannot afford it, while protecting industry profits, in the name of balancing the budget will devastate the health of this country as a whole.
So in a climate where both viewers and networks executives have twitchier fingers than ever, why do broadcasters continue to reach for big name--and big budget--talent?
Europe's low-budget carriers, unlike some of their bigger name rivals, have thrived by operating slimmed-down, low-cost operations.
Emphasizing growth also means the Republicans will have to stop advocating spending cuts in the name of achieving an ephemeral balanced budget.
Frank Raines, the Budget Director, pre-emptively took his name out of the running, but Clinton is said to be pressing him to reconsider.
So why do studio executives continue to hire big-name--and big-budget--talent?
It was nearly eliminated by the Newt Gingrich-led GOP House in 1995 as one more government agency meddling in the practice of medicine, but managed to survive with a change to the current name, an altered mission and a 20 percent budget cut.
"Considering the Chancellor of the Exchequer is yet to even deliver his budget, it would be both unwise and premature to put my name to what is still speculation".
Britain's budget airline Easyjet was angered by the recent decision to leave the domain name easy-jet.com with its holder, a small printer cartridge retailer.
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Blizzard, as one half of the Activision-Blizzard colossus, is a much bigger company than Runic Games and Diablo 3 had a larger budget (in terms of both development and advertising) and a lot more name recognition than Torchlight 2.
For the first time the president singled out Mr. Romney by name, unprompted, to highlight the former Massachusetts governor's support for the GOP budget.
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