It used to take a weekend excursion to the tasting rooms up north or to west Michigan to round up a Meritage from Fenn Valley Vineyards, the dry reds from Chateau Chantal or Chateau Fontaine's Riesling -- because they weren't available anyplace else ...

Cousy fired from Celtics broadcasts - Boston Globe

PROVIDENCE - Bob Cousy will be at TD Banknorth Garden for the Celtics' banner raising Oct. 28, but he will not be involved in the television broadcasts this season for the first time in 34 years after Comcast SportsNet fired him. "I would have liked ...

NOL quits race to buy Hapag-Lloyd - Financial Times

dropped out of the auction to buy the Tui-owned shipping unit. NOL, controlled by Singapore sovereign fund Temasek, yesterday said it was pulling out of the bidding, leaving the consortium from Hapag-Lloyd's home town as the sole bidder. A person ...

Ghosts in the machine - Guardian Unlimited

Late in the 19th century, a Philadelphian named Frederick W Taylor toured the smoky foundries and clattering mills of his day carrying a stopwatch and a clipboard. Taylor measured the workers' movements and routines, and then came up with schemes to ...

DEUTSCHE BAHN SELL-OFF - Der Spiegel

Next stop the stock market: German lawmakers have voted in favor of privatizing nearly a quarter of Deutsche Bahn. After years of wrangling between Germany's two main political parties, the country's lawmakers have approved a controversial partial ...