A trio of post-9/11 novels (The Buffalo News)
If you can't tell a book by its cover, can you tell anything by the picture of the author on the book slip? Let's give it a try....more...Rogers' Crime Suppression Unit To Help Alleviate Gang Activity (The Morning News)
ROGERS -- Four officers approached the last known address of a known gang member Saturday afternoon to serve an arrest warrant for misdemeanor contempt of court, but they found the home abandoned and a "for rent" sign in the window....more... The castles! The culture! The shoes! (The Charlotte Observer)
When I first heard that my family was going to take a summer trip to olive and wine country, I have to admit I was mostly excited about the amazing leather goods, mainly shoes, that I anticipated finding....more... Innkeepers USA Trust Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2006 Earnings (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Innkeepers USA Trust , a hotel real estate investment trust and a leading owner of upscale extended-stay hotel properties throughout the United States, today announced results for the three and 12 month periods ended December 31, 2006....more... Submit your business (Observer-Dispatch)
Don?t see your company on this list? The O-D Business Guide is posted at www.uticaOD.com and maintained online throughout the year. Please e-mail this information to infocenter@utica.gannett.com : * Company Name....more... Skype wants Carterfone for wireless (USA Today)
Skype has now officially asked the FCC to apply the 1968 Carterfone Decision to wireless networks, not just the old wireline networks. For background on what that means, check out my January 30 column. This week, Skype filed a petition... ...more... The 2007 New York Times Travel Show Presented by American Express February 23 - 25 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----The New York Times fourth annual Travel Show will be held Feb. 23 - 25 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Presented by American Express, the Travel Show is the largest travel trade and consumer show in the United States with more than 400 exhibitors....more... Private Equity Players Hit the Big Time: An 'Out-of-Body Experience' (Knowledge at Wharton)
Stephen A. Schwarzman, CEO and co-founder of The Blackstone Group, was doing sit-ups and watching CNBC when he suddenly heard his name mentioned on air. It was a signal to him that the private equity business had gone "into a weird zone of visibility." Schwarzman, David A. Brandon, chairman and CEO of Domino's Pizza, and Timothy Draper, the Silicon Valley venture capitalist, examined the recent ......more... Travelport Cues Up Worldspan: One-On-One With CEO Jeff Clarke (Business Travel News)
JANUARY 22, 2007 -- Jeff Clarke, CEO of Travelport, owner of the Galileo global distribution system, this month spoke with Business Travel News senior editor Jay Boehmer about last month's agreement to purchase privately held Worldspan for $1.4 billion and integrate the two GDSs' technological infrastructures and salesforces....more... |