Like most gentlemanly pursuits with their origins in a past era, fine dining has its own set of conventions some men have never entirely managed to adopt. Dining etiquette extends to more than just which fork goes where – sitting at a table and sharing a meal is a social, personal experience, an... Read more...
Merlin, the independent label master rights licensing agency that refers to itself as the fifth major, has reached a global licensing deal with YouTube. Terms of the deal were not released, but the deal points have been published to its members, which have to opt in to be included under the agree... Read more...
AT&T apparently has God on its side for the coming regulatory investigation surrounding its merger deal with T-MobileUSA. A faith-based service provider said the Louisiana Rescue Mission supported the merger between T-Mobile and AT&T, according to a report by The Nonprofit Quarterly. The ... Read more...
An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit. Director: Ronny Yu Writer: Stel Pavlou Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle and Emily Mortimer Read more...
By: Abdul-Kareem Johnson Statistics constantly point out that the black income median is so much below the white. Less attention is paid to how much wealth is owned by blacks as compared to how much whites own in the country. The reasons for the disparity, of course, are clear and need not be... Read more...
A 'Grand Bargain'--for Surrender [col. writ. 8/6/11] '11 Mumia Abu-Jamal The recent debt-ceiling kerfuffle, which was 'resolved' at the 11th hour amidst political and economic chaos, was less a deal than a defeat. For deals are made when both sides succeed in getting what they want wit... Read more...
Mubarak In the Dock [col. writ. 8/3/11] '11 Mumia Abu-Jamal The spectacle was so without precedent that it seemed surreal. An Egyptian ex-President, in power for almost 3 decades, is wheeled into court atop a gurney in a cage, and facing charges from the violent chaos that rocked Tahrir Sq... Read more...
Two years ago, a Stanford business school student named Tristan Walker sent Foursquare cofounders Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvaduraian email out of the blue, asking for a job. Today, Tristan is Foursquare's director of business development. During his tenure, he's built partnerships between F... Read more...
Via: Data wonks have been hinting at this sort of statistic for years. And now, mobile music firm Music WithMe has published a report saying that 81 percent of personal iTunes collections never get played - not once. "The average iTunes library has 5,409 songs of which 4,195 have never been ... Read more...