Shortage of Snow Aside, China Jumps Into Bid for 2022 Winter Games
CHONGLI, China — Out here, in the land of China’s Winter Olympics ambitions, there is more propaganda than snow. Some traces of white cling to the brown hills like dandruff,…
Cost of getting a show dog to Westminster
Advertising your dog: A winning dog needs press. Canalizo estimates you could spend $1,000 a month on ads to promote your dog in the trade magazines that show judges receive….
With Lunar New Year Show, Another Link to China for a New York Fireworks Family
Viewed from one angle, a hopeful tableau of Chinese-American relations unfolded over the weekend on a pier in Red Hook, Brooklyn: American and Chinese pyrotechnicians loading three barges with equipment…
Meet the man who wants the world to drink Indian wine
India has produced wine throughout its history, but its popularity waned after phylloxera, a pest which also heavily affected European wine production in the 19th century, ravaged many of the…
Men Seeing ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Have the Same Reason as Women: Curiosity
The romantics, the film aficionados, the ones left holding their girlfriend’s purse outside the ladies’ room. Though they were far outnumbered, they, too, were submissive to the hype. They were…
Has world’s biggest democracy got a Big Brother problem?
Opposition National Congress Party lawmaker Mani Shankar Aiyar wrote an opinion piece claiming the magazine was “virtually inviting a reaction week after week.” Kiran Bedi, a politician and former senior…
HBO signs up John Oliver until 2017
“We are incredibly proud to have John as part of the HBO family,” said HBO president Michael Lombardo. “His unique ability to deliver socially significant commentary week after week, along…
Hot tech stocks: can they last in 2015?
“This is a fresh break out…I think this group continues to head higher,” Parets said. Related: Apple said to be redesigning stores Show me the money: Perhaps the biggest plus…
Super-sneaky malware found in companies worldwide
“The U.S. government calls on our intelligence agencies to protect the United States, its citizens, and its allies,” NSA said in a statement to CNN. The Kaspersky report is the…
Lance Armstrong’s Ugly Detour From Redemption
Sports of The Times By JULIET MACUR Lance Armstrong once told me that it would take maybe six months to a year for him to rebuild his reputation after he…
Arnaud de Borchgrave, a Journalist Whose Life Was a Tale Itself, Dies at 88
Arnaud de Borchgrave, the son of a Belgian count and a storied foreign correspondent who cabled back bell-ringing scoops throughout the Cold War decades, often from the battlefield, died on…
New frontier in apples: Red or golden but never brown
“This is really huge. It’s what we’ve waited almost five years for with regulatory approval,” says Neal Carter, founder and president of Okanagan Specialty Fruits, the Canadian company that engineered…
2016ers could face a bumpy road to Wall Street cash
The ruleapproved in 2010 by the Securities and Exchange Commissionbans financial firms that do business with state and local governments from receiving state contracts for two years if employees donate…
West Coast port shutdown: Oranges rot on the dock
That’s because retailers planned in advance “to make sure that it didn’t interrupt the holiday shopping season,” said Jason Brewer of the Retail Industry Leader’s Association. But “they’re sort of…
Nokia is paving the way for driverless cars
Unlike Google (GOOG) and Apple (AAPL, Tech30) Maps, Here isn’t all that well known to consumers. That’s because most of what it does is behind the scenes for other firms….
Opinion: Why the selfie stick must die
But wait, there’s already a selfie stick company called exactly that, because it’s witty and ironic, right? And not painfully honest. More and more museums in New York are announcing…
Chris Christie in New Hampshire: Bring it on
“There will be times where I will say things that will make you shake your head,” he said. “But what you’ll never say is that I don’t know who he…
Canadian Rail Strike Ends as Parties Agree to Arbitration
OTTAWA — A strike by about 3,000 locomotive engineers and conductors at the Canadian Pacific Railway unexpectedly ended on Monday, its second day, as both sides agreed to arbitration. The…
Karl Rove: Elizabeth Warren Could Give Hillary Clinton A ‘Scare’ In 2016
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) would present a credible threat to presumptive Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton should she decide to run for president in 2016, Karl Rove said Monday…
Jewish leaders rebuff Netanyahu’s call for mass migration
But members of the Jewish community in Denmark and some leading Jewish advocates around the world rebuffed Netanyahu’s unabashed call on Sunday for Jews to leave Europe, which come as…
Suspect’s confession played at ‘American Sniper’ trial
The man accused of killing Chris Kyle, subject of the hit film “American Sniper,” and Kyle’s friend said he didn’t have a choice. “I had to kill men today. It…
Cheap oil killed this CEO’s $14 million job
A slew of energy companies have also announced major layoffs, including Halliburton (HAL), Weatherford International (WFT) and Schlumberger (SLB). The Transocean shakeup makes Newman one of the highest-profile CEOs to…
Naomi Campbell Graces Fashion Week With Her Presence, Internet Bows Down Accordingly
Sorry, everyone at New York Fashion Week. Naomi Campbell just stole your thunder. With good reason, of course. The gorgeous, ageless beauty closed out Zac Posen’s show Monday night in…
Lesley Gore, Teenage Voice of Heartbreak, Dies at 68
Lesley Gore, who was a teenager in the 1960s when she recorded hit songs about heartbreak and resilience that went on to become feminist touchstones, died on Monday in Manhattan….
Anti-Semitism in Europe: Will it cause Jews to leave?
“Extremist Islamic terrorism has struck Europe again, this time in Denmark,” he said Sunday. “We are preparing and calling for the absorption of mass immigration from Europe. To the Jews…
Opinion: Anwar imprisoned, Malaysia rights in free fall
After his appeal was denied on all counts, the sentencing hearing startedand Anwar took the gloves off, declaring the incident was a “complete fabrication” and a “political conspiracy” and attacking…
Explosion and oil spill after train derails in West Virginia
One home was destroyed, but there were no reports of injures, according to Lawrence Messina, spokesman for the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety. – “We’ve had…
NSA Has Ability To Hide Spying Software Deep Within Hard Drives: Cyber Researchers
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency has figured out how to hide spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital,…
Inside Man in Paris Jewelry Holdups Admits to His Role, and Stupidity
PARIS — When diamond thieves struck a Harry Winston jewelry store with clockwork precision, it appeared to be a perfectly executed $100 million heist. But a video of their 2008…
Homeless Man Arrested In Arson Fire At Houston Islamic Center
HOUSTON, Feb 16 (Reuters) – A homeless man has been arrested and charged with arson for a fire that destroyed a building at an Islamic institute in Houston, fire officials…