Russian oil billionaire and owner of Chelsea Football Club, Roman Abramovich, is in talks to take a controlling interest in Italian freighter operator, Ocean Airlines. The airline has been suffering financial problems recently, following its decision to abandon an IPO flotation in August. Air Cargo News has learned that the delicate negotiations are at an […]
The Pianist
There is certainly much to be said about the woman who built up a $40 million foie gras business in a country where cheese whiz and peanut butter are the cracker toppings of choice. I, however, cannot say much at all, since the woman in question was unable to make the interview we had scheduled. […]
NYC’s Tiny Ninja Theater takes on Shakespeare: Ophelia Drowns in a Glass of Champagne
Dov Weinstein is the creator, producer, and lead puppeteer of Tiny Ninja Theater, a theater company comprised entirely of toy ninjas and complementary sundry plastic figurines. Since 1999 he has been touring the world in his one man and many ninja renditions of Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet, each a shortened yet faithful adaptation […]
Chowringhee : The Story of a Hotel
Some hotels have history etched all over them. The Imperial or the Maidens in Delhi, the Grand and the Great Eastern in Kolkata, the Cecil in Shimla for instance. Eminent personalities stayed in these places, delicate negotiations took place there and the history of many of us is shaped by papers and documents drafted […]
Possible Turkish Raids In Iraq Concern Petraeus
General Petraeus had explained that this is a very delicate situation. He is very concerned that Turkey might possibly cross over into Iraq to fight the PKK militants. However, the area where the PKK have bases is the most stable part of Iraq according to the United States. He explains that Turkey has taken some […]
Heard by a Bird
"My apple tree is going bananas." – Dave Channon Did you see the cloud shaped like an Australopithecus over Shandaken last Thursday? Our First Cartoon For the first time, this column is publishing a cartoon. Unfortunately, due to certain production limitations, you can’t actually see the image, but I’m sure you will visualize it perfectly […]
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