Art Review | ‘Michelangelo, Vasari and Their Contemporaries’
Artistic Muscle, Flexed for Medicis
By HOLLAND COTTER
Michelangelo was a terrible kvetch. His back forever ached; popes were slow with the paychecks; the local food was always an insult, a disgrace. No one worked half as hard as he did, and slacker artists made him […]
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By JEFF ZELENY and PATRICK HEALY
LOS ANGELES — Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama met for debate here Thursday, sitting side by side and sharing a night of smiles, friendly eye-catching and gentle banter. Cordial as the encounter was, the candidates did not mask their own divisions, even as they previewed the attacks […]
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By NICOLA CLARK and JAMES KANTER
PARIS — As numerous European banks considered whether to make a bid for Société Générale, reeling from a $7.1 billion trading loss, regulators in Brussels warned the French government Thursday against trying to protect the bank from foreign suitors.
“In previous banking cases, we made it quite clear that […]
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By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
WASHINGTON — Backed solidly by the Bush administration, Senate Republicans said on Thursday that they would block a $157 billion economic stimulus package championed by Senate Democrats, who said they would have no choice but to quickly adopt a cheaper, more streamlined plan approved this week by the House.
Democratic Senate leaders […]
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By DAVID BARBOZA
SHANGHAI — China’s latest export is inflation. After falling for years, prices of Chinese goods sold in the United States have risen for the last eight months.
Soaring energy and raw material costs, a falling dollar and new business rules here are forcing Chinese factories to increase the prices of their exports, according […]
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By MIGUEL HELFT
SAN FRANCISCO — Google said it has seen no effect from a slowing economy on its advertising business, as it reported a 17 percent jump in profit and a 51 percent growth in revenue in the fourth quarter.
The result represents a slowdown in Google’s growth rate and fell shy of expectations. The […]
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