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...that qualified it then as the most expensive painting in the world. He also didn't mind selling off a Van Gogh and a Rousseau to help cover the cost, which got him into a public feud with the press over the notion of museums selling their treasures to buy new ones. The controversy brought on an investigation by the New York state attorney general, who concluded in the end that, if nothing else, no actual wrongdoing was involved in the transactions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thomas Hoving: The Man Who Made the Modern Met | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...fraction of the cars GM has sold have come back to dealers, Docherty notes. "We've sold 300,000, and we've had 163 physical returns," she says, making a pointed comparison with the old GM: "What's different from the old GM is we had a tendency to buy our market share. We're going to earn our market share. That's where the difference is," she says. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GM's New Leaders: Ambitious for Change | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...which features clothing that won't be available in stores for another six months - is that designers can close the six-month gap between the show and the products' availability. Ideally, consumers who watch a show online would then be able to click on a product they see and buy it immediately. "Now we can serve the industry and our customer simultaneously," says Lauren, "which is critical to the survival of this industry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Fashion's Biggest Names Kiss the Runway Goodbye? | 12/10/2009 | See Source »

...works with bulk distributors and a stand at the Harvard Farmers’ Market to buy ingredients. Along with the communal labor, these deals allow the Co-op to offer a significantly lower board cost than the traditional Harvard meal plan. Board was $750 this past semester, according to Robin S. Bellows ’11, while eating at a dining hall cost over $2000 per semester, according to the Financial Aid Office website...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dinner at the Dudley Co-op | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

...arise. For someone who offers life advice to children, who aims to accomplish things in golf that no one has before, and who has the most recognizable face in sports, his personal actions and transgressions are vitally important. If he intends for fans to donate to his foundation and buy clothes from his personal line of golf apparel, he must act in appropriate ways in all aspects of his life...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tiger Trap | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

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