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...account for the huge reductions in dividends at most big banks which occurred at the end of last year. Citigroup (C), Wells Fargo (WFC), Bank of America (BAC), and JP Morgan (JPM) have already made cuts or are candidates to do so. Firms in media from The New York Times (NYT) to newspaper chain McClatchy (MNI) are low on income and high on debt. Any company with dwindling cash will be on the list of firms which are likely to need dividend reductions to preserve their balance sheets...
Adoration. Over at the St. Regis in New York, chef Alain Ducasse is offering a three-course tasting menu at Adour for $145 per person, and a five-course truffle menu for $290 per person. At his Washington, D.C., outpost, the menu is slightly less dear, with a four appetizers and four entrees to choose from for $95 per person. And you get cotton candy to top it off. Who knew that was an aphrodisiac? New York: 2 East 55th Street, 212-710-2277; Washington: 923 16th Street at K Street...
...offering a four-course $85 prix fixe, but if you dare go on Friday the 13th, you'll get 20% off. There is also a champagne-and-roses brunch on Saturday and Sunday for $35. 133 East 61st Street, 212-813-2121 (See 10 things to do in New York City...
Relax. If you can't find time to get away for the whole weekend, the Chopra Center & Spa in New York City is offering the "Cupid's Kiss" package starting with a Navina Sensory Bath - filled with herbs and essentials oils to detoxify and replenish the skin - for two. Once waterlogged, you start an 80-min. Odyssey Ayurvedic treatment with five therapies - among them, a Garshana exfoliating treatment, an Abhyanga tension-dissolving massage and a Vishesh treatment, during which technicians use firm, precise hand strokes to deepen the healing process. The tactile adventure finishes off with a Marma treatment...
Such criticisms are not confined to temporal seats of power. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has called on the BBC to carry the appeal. John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, argued that the BBC should focus on humanity, not impartiality. "The situation is akin to that of British military hospitals who treat prisoners of war as a result of their duty under the Geneva Convention," said Sentamu. "They do so because they identify need rather than cause. This is not an appeal by Hamas asking for arms but by the Disasters Emergency Committee asking for relief. By declining their...