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...worse than expected so investors can abandon their holdings a week or two earlier than they would if the company waited to put out results on its normal schedule. It is a perverse practice which is probably due to concerns by the SEC that a public corporation should not sit on really bad news any longer than possible. There have been very few warnings this quarter, which is some evidence that companies took what they believed was the worst case and encouraged investors to believe...
...teaches a class on the “History of Dietetics, noted the “immense popularity of food porn,” attributing the increased interest in ingredient origins to the media’s recent focus on the culinary world. “Fewer people sit down for a meal or cook every day, and thus are concerned about what they are eating when they are not at home, like at restaurants,” he said. At the same time, television shows have made food preparation “exotic, fascinating, [and] with a touch...
...help the panhandlers get off the crate and turn them into taxpayers,” said Eileen Richardson, executive director of Downtown Streets. “We had one man who used to sit in a wheelchair panhandling outside a store and is now working in the jewelry department of a high-end department store. It’s not just a handout, it’s a hand...
...doughy, the Gansevoort Turks & Caicos' Exhale Spa is offering monthly Core Intensive Weekends, starting May 14-17, to help get you back to buff. You'll endure daily Pilates-style fitness classes, plus one 60-minute massage for recovery purposes. If you want to stay on and just sit like a slug on the beach, the hotel has a special opening rate of $295 per night, which includes an oceanview suite, breakfast, a daily fitness class and 35% off at the spa. Rates for the fitness weekend, start at $1,600, including all meals. Grace Bay Beach, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos...
...Four - will likely have a nice time in spruced-up Detroit. But it's a stretch, Zimbalist says, to figure they'll suddenly think of Detroit as a repeat destination - and even more of a stretch to hope that television viewers will be impressed. "People aren't going to sit there and think, 'Oh my God, I'm going to Detroit for my next vacation,'" says Zimbalist. "Corporate executives aren't going to say, 'I need to open an office in Detroit...