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...jackets to platform sandals and Liberty printed chiffon gowns, the mix of Topshop's trend-driven merchandise can appeal to a broad selection of consumers. The price is also right: Topshop's coveted Baxter jeans are $80, and the average shoe price is about $100. The brand's Oxford Circus flagship store in London - which, at 90,000 sq. ft., is one of the biggest fashion retail spaces in the world, is a favorite pit stop for celebs like Chloë Sevigny, Keira Knightley and Kirsten Dunst. In New York City, Green and his team of 17 designers plan...
...Welcome to the SEC Circus I was incensed after reading your article on the lack of accountability and oversight at the Securities and Exchange Commission [March 9]. Thousands of hardworking people lost their jobs and homes as a result of the incredible nonfeasance, misfeasance and probably malfeasance of Christopher Cox and friends. Those responsible, from government to local banks and mortgage brokers, need to pay for this bailout. If we don't get legal justice, we need to take it to the streets. I did not serve 20 years in the military for this. James C. Byrk, Plattsmouth...
...team that plans to bring the economy out of the recession is a bit like a traveling circus. Once every few days, it stops on Wall St., the metaphor for all of the troubled banks, brokerages, insurance companies, and pension funds. Then it rolls off to Washington or Detroit, depending on where the next announcement of new stimulus programs is to be made. Over the last several months it has bounced from place to place and there may never be an end to that...
...finally giving me an opportunity to watch a surreal comeback story that neither a Christopher Guest mockumentary nor a Joaquin Phoenix fabrication could top. Ladies and gentleman, allow me to reintroduce Michael Jackson, the King of Pop.Perhaps not to be outdone by Britney Spears’ literal circus, Michael Jackson is going to be performing a number of shows this summer at London’s O2 Arena. Already, the number of shows has been bumped from 10 to 50—all for a guy who hides from the public with masks and veils.As part of the shameless promotion...
...none of that has calmed this week's circus in the nation's capital. And so on Thursday, after little debate, the House overwhelmingly passed a measure to tax at a rate of 90% not just the AIG bonuses in dispute, but the lion's share of bonuses paid since the start of the year to all employees making more than $250,000 a year at firms receiving more than $5 billion from the government's banking rescue program known as TARP. The Senate next week is expected to take up its own clawback bill, which would...