This... is the lobby of the Petersham Hotel -- nine miles northeast of Trafalgar Square. The noise you hear is the sound of room service handing me my tuna sandwich. At some point after the blitz,

The US wireless industry is shrinking. Or maybe it’s growing. It all depends on which wireless giant you have on speed dial.The highly competitive mobile industry seems to be producing a tricke

Sales of new houses fell in September, sending many builders’ stocks lower Wednesday. It seems the market wrote checks based on previous good news from the sector that the economy can’t y

One reason why NBC's comedy The Office has achieved such broad appeal is because anyone who has ever worked in an office anywhere can relate to it. Whether it's the incompetent boss, the drab office

Societal acrimony? What societal acrimony? Is October 12th the next date with destiny as we watch the Financial Accounting Standards Board soap opera? In a moment of mutelessness, I o

Summer residents of the Hamptons did their fair share of gambling in recent years: Bigger and riskier bets on all those goodies Wall Street fashioned and sold. But another version of the pastime may

The retailer also made a play for the flip side of the hip-hop market: Designer and luxury goods. But One Thousand Steps, a trendy footwear chain selling brands such as Dolce, Lacoste and Vita to

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US Housing starts rebounded in February from a record low, but this probably doesn’t mean the bottom has been reached. Construction started on 583,000 houses at an annual rate, a 22% jump from

The Entertainment Book, the undisputed king of discount books, has triumphantly retaken its throne, and has become one of the few must-have items of this recession. I used to feel embarrassed wh