Martha's world 2006-03-01 Staff Writer Things have not been going well for Martha Stewart lately. Forget the time she spent in jail last year for lying about her role in a stock deal. Her latest book, “The Martha Rules,” released in October of last year, is enjoying tepid sales—it is currently number 6,533 o
3 min read · 23 January 2013
Oslo affords 2006-03-01 Staff Writer Norway has a lot to be proud of these days. Though the country's highly regarded biathlete— highly regarded, at least in Norway—Ole Einar Bjoerndalen failed to repeat his record-setting feat of four years ago, when he captured four gold medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics,
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Say goodnight to Bowery 2006-03-01 Staff Writer New York City is known throughout the world for the music it has produced: be it Phil Spector, The Velvet Underground or the numerous genres created in the outer boroughs during the 1970s, from LL Cool J and Run-DMC to the New York Dolls and the Ramones. It was
2 min read · 23 January 2013
On the contrary 2006-03-01 Staff Writer In his book, <italic>“Letters to a Young Contrarian,”</italic> Christopher Hitchens pens advice to a fictional protégé, offering a series of dispatches on how to “live at an angle to the safety and mediocrity of consensus.”<br /> <br /> Today,
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Los Angeles-based Leonard Green & Partners has agreed to buy The Sports Authority, offering $1.3bn to take the sporting goods retailer private.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Mountains of lava and temples of doom 2006-02-01 Staff Writer Mammoth Mountain, one of the largest ski resorts in the Western US, does not owe its existence to snow, but rather, strangely enough, to fire. Approximately 200,000 years ago, a series of eruptions along the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada range
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Illinois TRS moves towards the head of the class.
1 min read · 23 January 2013
As private equity firms increasingly invest in businesses with valuable real estate assets, the sale-leaseback is becoming an increasingly handy—and popular—financing tool. By Aaron Lovell
8 min read · 23 January 2013
High above London, four real estate bankers recently gathered to discuss the events of 2005, the key trends in today's market and whether the future holds boom or bust. By Jonn Elledge
10 min read · 23 January 2013
As rising commodity prices and labor shortages push construction costs to 20-year highs, private equity firms are grappling with today's inflationary environment. By Paul Fruchbom
7 min read · 23 January 2013
