By LEE LAWRENCE Despite its sweeping title, “Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution” showcases a single 20th-century artist, Fu Baoshi—painter, seal carver, teacher and art historian. Although he is well known in China, this is his first big retrospective in the U.S., and the tightly focused approach proves effective. Fu comes across as someone [...]
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By ROBERT FRANK Who says the rich always get richer? Despite heated rhetoric emanating from politicians and pundits, the top 1% is hardly a fixed group that enjoys consistent income gains. To the contrary, the wealthiest have become the most crash-prone group in our economy. How High Is Your Wealth Beta? To find out your [...]
By CHERYL LU-LIEN TAN You’ve mastered the art of hosting a dozen friends for dinner, and you’re getting ambitious. How hard will it be to ramp up to throwing a large dinner party for 18 or more? Erin Kunkel for the Wall Street Journal Some of chef Michael Mina’s strategies for a large dinner party: [...]
Iran’s oil sector has been targeted by fresh sanctions from the US, while the EU is in talks over what extra restrictions it will place on the country’s economy. A number of sanctions have targeted Iran’s energy sector, prompting analysts to ask what impact restrictions could have on the oil market. The Obama administration announced [...]
The Artist director Michel Hazanavicius has clinched top honours at the annual Directors Guild Awards. The Frenchman was barely known in Hollywood prior to the success of his silent era movie The Artist, which has dominated this year's awards season. "It's maybe the highest recognition I could hope for," said Hazanavicius, who beat household names [...]
Story By: by Scott Hensley University of Central Florida wide receiver Ereck Plancher died in 2008, after taking part in voluntary strength and conditioning drills. A lawsuit by his family claimed his death was related to complications from sickle cell trait that weren’t properly treated. The university is appealing the decision against it. If you’re [...]
Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:08pm EST TAIPEI, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Taiwan stocks rose 2.06 percent on Monday, led by heavyweights such as smartphone maker HTC, as investors were encouraged by good performances on Wall Street and European markets during the long lunar new year holidays. The main TAIEX index opened up 149.03 points at [...]
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Por MIKE ESTERL e JOANN S. LUBLIN Onde está Micky Arison? O presidente e um dos donos da Carnival Corp. vem em grande parte mantendo a si mesmo e a Carnival longe dos holofotes, desde que um dos navios da companhia naufragou depois de bater em rochas no litoral da Itália, no dia 13 de [...]