As Audience Shrinks, the Met Gets Daring
Date: 11 February 2006
By DANIEL J. WAKIN
Daniel WAKIN
Le 10 février 2006 était un vendredi sous le signe astral du ♒. C'était le 40ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était George W. Bush.
Si vous êtes né ce jour-là, vous avez 20 ans. Ton dernier anniversaire était le mardi 10 février 2026, il y a 116 jours. Votre prochain anniversaire est le mercredi 10 février 2027, dans 248 jours. Vous avez vécu 7 421 jours, soit environ 178 123 heures, ou environ 10 687 385 minutes, ou environ 641 243 100 secondes.
Date: 11 February 2006
By DANIEL J. WAKIN
Daniel WAKIN
Date: 10 February 2006
By DAMON DARLIN
Damon DARLIN
Here are two properties that still haven't moved. It can't be a problem with the location. Novi, Mich. The Wisne mansion is off Eight Mile Road, but Eminem isn't buying. The Detroit News says that Sean "Diddy" Combs wanted to rent it for the Super Bowl. The specs: 21,363 square feet; owned by the former [...]
Date: 10 February 2006
By CARPETBAGGER
Speaking of Oscar analogs, did you notice that the Grammys offered a few cautionary lessons of their own? No. 1, the biggest news of the night seemed to be that one of the attendees showed up in her underwear. It is also worth noting that contests may be trumping awards in the minds of the [...]
Date: 10 February 2006
By CHARLES McGRATH
Charles McGRATH
Date: 10 February 2006
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
Alessandra STANLEY
Date: 11 February 2006
Compiled by Lawrence Van Gelder
Lawrence Gelder
Hip Hop group Wu-Tang Clan is touring for first time since death of member Ol' Dirty Bastard, who collapsed in Manhattan recording studio in Nov 2004 (S)
Date: 11 February 2006
By BRUCE LAMBERT and SOPHIA CHANG
Bruce LAMBERT
Judith A Jacobs is re-elected as presiding officer of Nassau County, NY, Legislature; efforts by Legislature to choose leader were acrimonious and resulted in lawsuit; start of session is delayed by six weeks; Peter J Schmitt remains minority leader (S)
Date: 11 February 2006
By Mark A. Stein
Mark Stein
Mark A Stein Five Days column; Time Warner agreed to sell Time Warner Book Group book publishing unit day before dissident shareholder Carl C Icahn made public plan by investment bank Lazard to break company into four pieces; Lagardere will buy unit for $537.5 million; company also hired Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns to fend off Icahn; General Motors said it would cut dividends it pays investors and salary it pays its chief executive in effort to show union workers it is willing to share in cost-cutting measures; company also cut salaries of other senior managers and reduced health care and pension plans for retired workers; appointed Jerome B York to its board; American International Group agreed to pay $1.64 billion to settle charges it engaged in fraud and improper accounting; money will be split between investors, policyholders and states harmed by company's actions; shareholders can pursue cases against former chairman Maurice R Greenberg since he was not included in settlement; Nortel Networks offered $2.4 billion in cash and stock to settle two class-action lawsuits involving accounting irregularitites; Pres Bush proposed $2.77 trillion budget to increase spending on military and homeland security while cutting domestic programs such as education and farm subsidies and cut growth of Medicare spending; $439 billion set aside for Pentagon does not include paying for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; Pres Bush wants to make his tax cuts permanent which would reduce projected revenue by $1.35 trillion over next decade; Pres Bush set aside $250 million in budget for alternative energy sources, including nuclear energy; Toshiba agreed to buy British Nuclear Fuels' atomic energy division from Westinghouse Electric for $5.4 billion; photo (M)