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Robert Toll "has been an astute investor and has opportunistically sold stock" in the past, says Bob Curran, managing director at Fitch Ratings. "Many have suggested that they think the [homebuilding] stocks might be ahead of themselves." (See pictures of Americans in their homes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Insider Selling at Toll Brothers Concerns Investors | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, and Bob Dylan formed The Travelling Wilburys, a popular but unremarkable super-group with no cultural legacy to speak of. Likewise, Monsters of Folk—a super-group comprised of My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, and M. Ward—are stacked with talent, but even after several years of live collaboration and half a year’s worth of hype, their self-titled debut lacks coherence and originality.“Monsters of Folk” oscillates between Oberst?...

Author: By Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Monsters of Folk | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...legislative solution to Dallas-area civic leaders. The legal fight would be expensive for both sides, Glasheen told them, and the fundamental question was one of fairness. This past spring, state senator Rodney Ellis, a Houston Democrat and a longtime champion of the Innocence Project, and state senator Bob Duncan, a Republican and - like Cole - a Texas Tech alumnus, sponsored the Tim Cole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas: The Kinder, Gentler Hang 'Em High State | 9/19/2009 | See Source »

Inevitably, one Grossman act inspired the other: PP&M recorded "Blowin' in the Wind," the first Bob Dylan song to become a hit, and lent a mellow rue to his "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," thus spurring a small industry of Dylan covers and easing the singer-songwriter's emergence as his own wiliest interpreter. They had hits with new compositions (John Denver's "Leaving on a Jet Plane") and reworked folk tunes (Hedy West's take on "500 Miles"). Other groups had recorded these songs, but PP&M sold them best, with artfully simple musical settings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Folk's Beloved Princess: Mary Travers Dies at 72 | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

...able to purchase insurance on the so-called exchanges even if they could pay for it in full. The plan also tightens the rules for some legal immigrants to qualify for government subsidies on the exchange. Both points have angered Latino lawmakers, such as Representative Luis Gutierrez and Senator Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, who are seeking to modify the provisions. Health-policy experts say it makes absolutely no sense to prevent illegal immigrants from purchasing insurance, since taxpayers end up covering the costs anyway when the undocumented inevitably go to emergency rooms to get medical care. But with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 Things Dems Don't Like About the Baucus Bill | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

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