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...inspiration. Bottega Veneta designer Thomas Maier pays homage to the gold-leaf look with his latest collection of shoes (right). And at Fendi, Deco shapes grace the Vanity handbag (left). In October, Cartier will bring "Cartier Design Viewed by Ettore Sottsass" - an exhibit of mostly Art Deco jewelry - to Houston's Museum of Fine Arts...
...rappers and singers play 15-minute sets and DJs perform ridiculous skits. It was a three-day event, but since we could only afford tickets to one night, we had to miss R. Kelly, D12, and Twista in favor of an incredibly awesome lineup featuring Ma$e, J-Kwon, Houston, Jojo, and the Ying Yang Twins. I picked Juice up at the train station around 5:30 and we gunned it straight to Taco Bell, where a group of short-skirted 14-year old girls asked us if we were into doing horse...
...memoir with sportswriter Ric Bucher, Yao: A Life in Two Worlds, Houston Rockets center Yao Ming reflects on straddling two cultures...
...designer Thomas Maier has paid homage to the gold-leaf look with his fall collection of shoes, below. And at Fendi, Deco shapes are reproduced in the Vanity handbag, above. Next month, Cartier will bring "Cartier Design Viewed by Ettore Sottsass"--an exhibit of mostly Art Deco jewelry--to Houston's Museum of Fine Arts...
...narrow the field is to look for markets primed for consolidation. Texas is booming with cross-border business but remains a fragmented market. When Citigroup was circling before it grabbed First American, the rumor was that either Houston-based Southwest Bancorporation of Texas or Texas Regional Bancshares, based in McAllen, Texas, might get poached. Both remain available. To the east, Florida is hot with deposits from transplanted retirees. In June Wachovia, based in Charlotte, N.C., announced it would buy SouthTrust, based in Birmingham, N.C., which has a major Florida franchise. Many banks have already seen their stock prices...