In a non-descript building in North Miami, two dozen dancers in bouncing yellow skirts are high kicking the can-can, aerialists are spinning perilously high from silk cords and frantic seamstresses are hemming outfits in a 20,000 square-foot costume shop. They are all part of a company that puts on more live productions a year than […]
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On Uber’s roadshow to pitch itself to institutional investors (there’s no “homeshow” this time around), Mr. Khosrowshahi has broken with Mr. Kalanick’s worldview that Uber is competing in a winner-take-all market. Ride-sharing will be a “winner-take-most” game, as Mr. Khosrowshahi puts it, according to people familiar with his presentation. He has also embraced the idea
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The horse-racing community lamented Maximum Security’s epic loss with a stream of snarky tweets. Maximum Security finished first during Saturday’s Kentucky Derby race but he was quickly stripped of his title when race officials determined that he impeded the path of other horses and disqualified him. Country House, the second horse to cross the finish
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Labour has lost about 80 seats to date, while the Conservatives have lost 450 seats and 19 English councils so far, many of them to the Liberal Democrats. Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn gave his reaction to the results on a visit to Trafford Council in Greater Manchester, where the party won overall control. Polls took
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PALO ALTO, Calif. — Federal Reserve officials are walking a narrow line, trying to convince the public that they’re committed to coaxing prices and wages higher without inspiring investors to expect interest rate cuts. The central bank aims for 2 percent inflation, a level that’s low enough for consumer comfort but high enough to guard
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) is a rare form of abuse Campaigners are calling for an inquiry into concerns that families have been wrongly accused of inventing or causing illnesses in their children. Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) is a rare form of abuse where parents exaggerate or cause
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Image caption Hopwood DePree thinks it will cost between £5m-£10m to restore Hopwood Hall “I’m so knackered,” Hopwood DePree says, carefully stepping through the undergrowth surrounding his ancestral home on the outskirts of Manchester. “Knackered? Is that the right word? I think that’s the first time I’ve used it in a sentence.” The former Hollywood
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Image copyright Getty Images All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, so the old proverb goes. But does it also make Jack less productive, less efficient, unhappy and more stressed? That’s the view of a growing number of voices, including the UK’s trade union body, the TUC. They want businesses to cut
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Militants in Gaza have fired a barrage of rockets into southern Israel, hitting several homes. The Israeli military says it has been hitting back with air strikes and tank fire at Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip. The militant group Islamic Jihad said it had launched the rocket attacks in response to violence at the
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — To outsiders, Kentucky’s largest city may be best known for its active bourbon distilleries, a baseball bat factory, famous fried chicken and a certain horse race run the first Saturday in May, but just ask someone there where to buy a book. “Carmichael’s,” said one longtime resident, “is a Louisville institution.” The
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