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...They asked for our obedience [following 9/11], and they asked for our trust, and we gave it to them. I resent that rip-off,” he said. “When I see the consequence of us shutting up on our ability to express our freedom of speech, our freedom of dissent, and say, ‘Wait a minute, what proof do you have?’...Those questions weren’t asked...
...someone out of a tree. Now I can make my imaginary uniform a reality thanks to the efforts of Nicolas Ghesquiere, the boy wonder behind venerable fashion house Balenciaga. In his fall collection, the school uniform blazer is back with a vengeance. Balenciaga’s version of the trust-funded prep-schooler wears a fur trimmed blue piped blazer (complete with gold crest) as well as jodhpurs, an accessory that feels like the child of a Boer War sergeant and a 15-year-old Prince William. I doubt the typical Harvard co-ed will go as far as donning...
Even Entertainment Properties Trust, a publicly traded REIT that owns movie theaters, recently ventured into the vineyard business, purchasing at least three vineyards, all focusing on upscale grapes. Chief executive David Brain believes demographics will drive that sector for the next 10 to 15 years, and he expects average annual returns of about 10%. The demand has pushed the price per acre in Napa Valley's premium vineyards to between $200,000 and $300,000, up from between $125,000 and $180,000 in 2002, according to Tony Correia, president of Correia-Xavier Inc., a property appraiser in Fresno, Calif...
Even now, it's not all wine and roses. Vintage Wine Trust, a private REIT formed in San Rafael, Calif., in January 2005, is already looking at alternatives to taking the company public. Chief financial officer Tamara Fischer says finding buyout targets and persuading wineries to sell through sale-leasebacks have been tougher than expected. "We thought we'd have $300 million invested in 18 months," she says. "But at 28 months, we only have $165 million...
...Policy Board chairman has some latitude to launch studies into issues that concern him, and some Democrats, including many who have put great trust and hope in Gates, have suggested that Hamre's appointment represents an important changing of the guard at the Pentagon...