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...have stolen four years earlier from the Louvre. The anonymous thief turned out to be a bisexual con man named Honoré Joseph Géry Pieret. He had once served as "secretary," and perhaps other roles, for Guillaume Apollinaire, the poet and art-world polemicist who was Picasso's constant supporter in the public skirmishes over modern art in the French press. Before long, Pieret had implicated Apollinaire in the thefts. When police arrested Apollinaire, he admitted under pressure that Pieret had sold the pilfered works to none other than Picasso. Thinking they had found their way into a crime ring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art's Great Whodunit: The Mona Lisa Theft of 1911 | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...constant business updates, go to 24/7wallst.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Swine Flu Unlikely to Affect the Economy | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...Gannett (GCI) is the largest newspaper company in the U.S. which makes it the subject of constant speculation and financial media interest. Its short interest as of April 15 was 63.8 million shares, down 7% from two weeks earlier. The company has a very high 28% of its float sold short, which is equivalent to six trading days of volume based on the current daily average. As concerns about the fate of the newspaper industry mounted, Gannett's shares plunged from over $9 in mid-January to $1.85 in mid-March. Two weeks ago, Ariel Investments announced that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Top 10 Stocks for Short Sellers | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...play’s illusions. The set design under the direction of David Reynoso is precise and meticulous in its details, and most importantly, it works. A string of mutilated doll parts hangs ominously over the milieu of the stage. The rubble of the setting is a constant reminder of war’s devastation. Significantly, this scene of ruin is not specifically Greek or Trojan, modern or ancient. The set instead pays homage to the play’s presentation of personal history.As Evans writes in her Playwright’s Note, “Inside the driest desert...

Author: By Lillian Yu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Barbie’ Revives, Revises Tragedy | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

...drive to diversify doesn't only flow from the end of the global settlement. The independent research industry is influenced by plenty of other forces, too, especially a constant onslaught of new competition. "There are low barriers to entry, and with a lot of people on Wall Street out of work, it's pretty easy for an analyst to say, let me try my hand at that," says Mark Fichtel, a former president of the New York Mercantile Exchange and one of the Securities and Exchange Commission consultants who picked which independent research shops to use in the settlement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wall Street Stock Research: Soon, Less Independent | 4/25/2009 | See Source »

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