Facebook will be taking the wraps off some hush-hush news this morning at a press event scheduled for 10 a.m. PT. Tech writers will descend on the social network’s Menlo Park, California campus to “come and see what we’re building,” as Facebook’s invitation put it, ensuring a flurry of coverage.Wall Street certainly seems to be expecting a lucrative new product, judging...
HMV’s future seen as handful of stores and website
Label: LifestyleLONDON (Reuters) – HMV, the 92-year-old British music retailer seeking protection from creditors, is unlikely to have much of a future beyond a rump of stores and the internet, if other recent retail failures are any guide.After years of struggling as its core business of selling CDs and DVDs was hammered by competition from supermarkets like Tesco, online retailers like Amazon and download sites...
Personal Best: Training Insights From Star Athletes
Label: HealthOf course elite athletes are naturally gifted. And of course they train hard and may have a phalanx of support staff — coaches, nutritionists, psychologists.But they often have something else that gives them an edge: an insight, or even an epiphany, that vaults them from the middle of the pack to the podium.I asked several star athletes about the single realization that made the difference for them....
DealBook: Alibaba's Founder to Give Up C.E.O. Title, but Will Remain Chairman
Label: BusinessAfter 14 years of building up the Alibaba Group into one of the biggest Internet companies in the world, Jack Ma is taking a step back from the chief executive role of the Chinese e-commerce giant.But Mr. Ma isn’t leaving entirely; he will hold on to the role of executive chairman, he told DealBook in an interview on Monday. He plans to name his successor when his title change becomes effective on...
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An Anaheim woman demands respect for her neighborhood
Label: World Yesenia Rojas, vibrant in her purple shawl, sang with a voice so powerful it rose above the rest of the procession as they shuffled...
Live at Detroit Auto Show — Day 1
Label: Technology 7:44 AM PST Five new E-classes. E coupe. E convertible. E sedan. E wagon. And most importantly, 560-hp E63 AMG. In years past, Chrysler would kick off the Detroit show with some utterly outrageous spectacle.To introduce the new Ram, they corralled a few hundred head of cattle, marching them down Washington Blvd. in front of Cobo Hall, complete with cowboys leading the heard. The...
Famed Hollywood movie house renamed TCL Chinese Theatre
Label: Lifestyle(Reuters) – Hollywood’s landmark Grauman’s Chinese Theatre has a new name after a Chinese company purchased naming rights to the famous movie house and tourist destination.The one-time site of the Academy awards will now be called the TCL Chinese Theatre following a 10-year deal with Chinese TV maker TCL Corp, its owners said on Friday.Opened in 1927, the building had been named for Sid Grauman, a...
Well: Calling All Cauliflower
Label: HealthAt my house we eat cauliflower like popcorn. Using a simple recipe from Alice Waters, we slice it thin, toss in olive oil and salt, and roast. One head of cauliflower is never enough.This week in Recipes for Health, Martha Rose Shulman takes us on a trip to Sicily, where cauliflower is a favorite food. She writes:Every once in a while I revisit the cuisine of a particular part of the world (usually...
Aaron Swartz, a Data Crusader and Now, a Cause
Label: BusinessMichael Francis McElroy/The New York TimesAaron Swartz in 2009. One person remembered him as a “a complicated prodigy.” At an afternoon vigil at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Sunday, Aaron Swartz, the 26-year-old technology wunderkind who killed himself on Friday, was remembered as a great programmer and a provocative thinker by a handful of students who attended. And he was...
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