Archive for November 2011

Small-business owners tell Occupy Wall Street: You’re hurting the 99 percent.

Small-business owners tell Occupy Wall Street: Youre hurting the 99 percent. Many small-business owners across the country are demanding Occupy Wall Street protesters pack up and leave, saying the protesters are driving business away. By Gloria Goodale,Staff writer / November 10, 2011

Steve Jobs Biography Examines How Rule-Breaker Tied ‘Artistry to Engineering’

Welcome to you. WALTER ISAACSON, Steve Jobs: Good to be here again. JEFFREY BROWN: You write at the end — Im going to start at the end of the book, because its kind of interesting to go to what — the thing you say near the end. WALTER ISAACSON: Most people never get there. (LAUGHTER) [...]

Don’t see space for myself in Bollywood: Tarsem Singh

US-based Indian origin director Tarsem Singh, who has managed to carve out a niche with his visual artistry in films like The Cell and The Fall, doesnt see himself fitting into Bollywood and has seen only one Hindi film in 25 years. Am I interested in portraying Indian stories or folk? Yes. But unfortunately what [...]

Oscar de la Renta to receive Artistry of Fashion Award

The Couture Council of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) will honor Oscar de la Renta with its 2012 Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion on Wednesday September 12, 2012 at a benefit luncheon at the David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, New York City. As has become the tradition, this [...]

Spare Times: For Children, for Nov. 11 — 17

PUPPETS ON FILM

Antique shops roll out Christmas merchandise

Khristi Zimmeth: Trash or Treasure? Antique shops roll out Christmas merchandise Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas in area antique stores and malls. While the seasons official kick-off used to be after Thanksgiving, Dawn La Belle of La Belle Antiques and More in St. Clair Shores says preparing has become a year-round pursuit. [...]

Pipeline decision signals US not open for business

So much for the US being the bastion of free enterprise and respecting due process. With the State Department announcing Thursday it wants to explore alternative routing for TransCanadas Keystone XL pipeline, after the project has been subject to 36 months of review – dutifully following a prescribed process that resulted in thousands of pages [...]

Fork Dork: Blue Martini to Open at The Shops at The Bravern

Fork Dork: Blue Martini to Open at The Shops at The Bravern National bar chain will open at The Shops at The Bravern while the existing tenants anticipate a new owner.

Shops fail to meet fire safety rules

More disasters could be waiting to happen, unless the government cracks down, said a Federation of T Nagar Residents Welfare Associations member. In September 2008, when a fire raged through Saravana Stores on Ranganathan Street, rescue services personnel had to go via Madley Road and Natesan Street to douse the flames. Saravana Thangamaligai on Usman [...]

Consignment Shops Give 2nd Life To Used Goods

SALEM, NH — Do you have a basement full of old toys or bins of old clothes? Maybe boxes of old CDs and DVDs? There may be a hassle-free way to turn those unwanted items into cash. If youre not up for having a garage sale and dont want to try to sell those items [...]