Super Bowl reignites New York-Boston rivalry
By Daniel Trotta and Daniel Lovering NEW YORK/BOSTON | Wed Feb 1, 2012 10:08am EST NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) – The rival camps have been infiltrating each other for centuries. New Yorkers head to Boston for an education. Bostonians follow their career paths right onto Wall Street. In the struggle for supremacy, curses are exchanged, aspersions [...]
Proposals, raised spending to mark Valentine’s Day
NEW YORK | Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:52am EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Consumers will be digging deeper into their pockets to buy flowers, gift cards and chocolates on Valentine’s Day with average spending expected to rise eight percent over last year to nearly $200. And along with their expanding wallets 4 million Americans are [...]
Chardonnay marks 100th birthday of growth in U.S.
By Leslie Gevirtz NEW YORK | Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:56pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chardonnay, the world’s most popular white wine, dates back centuries, but it owes much of its history in the United States to a winemaker who planted the grape in California 100 years ago. Ernest Wente, of the family-owned Wente [...]
Jennifer Lopez unsure on marrying again
Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:07pm EST (Reuters) – Three-times married Jennifer Lopez said on Monday she doesn’t know if she’ll wed again after splitting up with her Latin pop singer husband Marc Anthony last year. “Let’s see, I don’t know. It’s not time to think about that yet, do you know what I mean? Like, [...]
Madonna plans 10 schools in Malawi with new partner
Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:41pm EST (Reuters) – Madonna on Monday announced plans to build 10 new schools in Malawi with a new partner after mismanagement forced the pop star to scrap her first project there last year. The singer, who has adopted two children from the impoverished southern African nation, said she hoped the [...]