| Strathmore Unveils 2007-08 Lineup
La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra will make its area debut in October at the Music Center at Strathmore, the center announced yesterday. The Italian orchestra is one of the highlights of Strathmore's 2007-08 season, its third in the concert hall. The programs range from the 5 Browns, a family of Juilliard-trained pianists, to the Argentine performance troupe Tango Buenos Aires. .
TBS shares up 11 pct as Rakuten seeks bigger stake
TOKYO, April 20 (Reuters) - Shares of Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. (9401.T: Quote, Profile, Research) jumped by their daily price limit of 13 percent on Friday after Rakuten Inc. (4755.Q: Quote, Profile, Research) said it planned to buy additional shares in the broadcaster. TBS stock jumped 500 yen to 4,340 yen in early trade and was still up 12.8 percent at 4,330 yen at the midday break. Rakuten, Japan's biggest online shopping mall operator, said late on Thursday it planned to lift its stake in TBS to above 20 percent from the current 19.9 percent in a move that could push the broadcaster to use its "poison pill" defence measures. An executive at TBS told Reuters that the TV broadcaster considered Rakuten's move "hostile" and that it would prepare to use its anti-takeover steps, which include issuing equity warrants to dilute an acquirer's stake.
True Religion Apparel to Open Two Branded Stores in North Texas ...
VERNON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--True Religion Apparel, Inc. (Nasdaq:TRLG) today announced the signing of two lease agreements to open new stores at NorthPark Center in Dallas, TX, and at The Americana at Brand in Glendale, CA. Both stores will carry the entire True Religion line of apparel. "There are few malls bigger in square feet or fashion labels than NorthPark Center, and we chose this location for the union of architecture, design, art and high fashion, all of which attracted us to open a branded store in Dallas," said Michael Buckley, president of True Religion Apparel, Inc. "We also chose Glendale for its appeal as the next big shopping destination for Los Angeles with the increasingly popular open-air retail shopping and urban living environments that Southern Californians gravitate toward.
It's always easy to tell when the weather improves in Burlington ...
Weird clothes, weird hairdos, weird tattoos and piercings in weird places are unveiled in a furious geyser of individuality once the permafrost of a six-month winter begins to give way.
Out of deference to everyone's wish to get out and get weird in weather like we're having today, I won't bog you down with lots of heavy reading.
Instead, I'll give you some photos to muse over as you head outdoors.
As any seasoned Vermonter knows, the first warm days of spring can mean only one thing: Cold weather is about to return, and with it, Christmas.
In preparation for the rapidly approaching Yuletide season, this festive artificial Christmas tree appeared late last week at the intersection of South Union Street and Shelburne Road .
Those are the sorts of scenes that can induce cases of Vermont vertigo among visitors who haven't kept current on their Vermont Acclimation Vaccines.
Block to sell subprime Option One unit
Kansas City's H&R Block Inc. this morning said it has reached an agreement to sell its Option One mortgage subsidiary to a new unit of Cerberus Capital Management LP. After rising about 8 percent in premarket electronic trading, Block shares were up 83 cents, or 3.80 percent, at $22.66 at midday on the New York Stock Exchange. Shares traded as high as $23.62 in heavy volume of more than 5 million shares. Block, the nation's largest tax preparer, said the deal does not include Option One's H&R Block Mortgage Corp. subsidiary. Cerberus' OOMC Acquisition Corp. unit will pay the cash value of the tangible net assets of Option One Mortgage Corp. when the deal closes, less $300 million, Block said in news release. The company will take a pretax charge of as much as $320 million in the fourth quarter, which ends on April 30, to reflect the lower value of the assets, it said.
Study: High-tech jobs grow here
A report meant to shine the spotlight on Dane County's high-tech economy shows that technology jobs increased in the Madison area by 5.5 percent from 2005 to 2006. The 2007 Greater Madison Wisconsin Area Directory of High-Tech Companies, released this week, lists about 500 technology firms with combined revenues of $5.5 billion. The report has been compiled annually for 20 years by Madison Gas & Electric. According to report architect Jim Mohrbacher, business development manager with MG&E, Madison's technology businesses have been growing rapidly for the past several years. .
Pinnacle Hills Promenade Getting More Stores
The perimeter of Pinnacle Hills Promenade is getting another business, this one to sell panini presses, bread machines and fancy flatware.Tanja Huni of Burlingame, Calif., submitted plans April 18 to the Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services for Williams-Sonoma Grande Cuisine.The store will be at 2203 Promenade Blvd., Suite 2170, at the shopping mall with nearly 1 million square feet in Rogers.Preliminary plans submitted to Rogers building officials indicated the new store will cost $740,000 to build.San Francisco-based Williams-Sonoma Inc. (NYSE: WSM) reported $3.73 billion in revenue for the fiscal year ended Jan. 28, a 5.3 percent increase from the prior fiscal year. .
More malls becoming ‘family friendly’
Although Laurel's Sawmill Square Mall was the first regional shopping center in the area to have a formal policy on teen behavior, malls across the nation are beginning to take the risk of upsetting young people in favor of making malls more family friendly. .
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