Room to Improve By TIM McKEOUGH
Q. How can I create a faux brick wall in my home?
A. The best material for the job is brick veneer, or thin brick, typically between a half-inch and an inch thick. It is lightweight, so it can be applied to a wall without […]
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By JOYCE WADLER
TEDDY GREENSPAN is a longtime art collector who does not suffer doubt. He is a bond salesman at Libertas Partners, in Greenwich, Conn., and he and his wife, Emily, recently created an art consulting company in Bedford, N.Y., called tag-arts. The pieces he sells average about $20,000, with a few selling for as […]
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Weekend in New York | Going Greek By SETH KUGEL
A Greek weekend in New York means dividing your time between the city’s two Hellenic factions.
First, there are the Greeks of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, characterized by their stone-cold gazes and their occasional lack of an arm, head or other appendage. The […]
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By KENNETH CHANG
In the craggy terrain around the Moon’s south pole, the deepest craters dip 2.5 miles beneath the surface while the peaks reach as high as the highest mountain in North America — a 37,000-foot change of elevation. That’s a bigger swing of topography than exists on the entire surface of Earth.
craggy terrain, […]
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By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday approved a bill to extend more than $17 billion in tax credits and other incentives to encourage the production of energy from solar, wind and other renewable sources, and to promote energy conservation. The bill would be financed by ending tax incentives for oil and natural […]
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By STEPHEN CASTLE
BRUSSELS — The European antitrust regulator imposed a record $1.35 billion fine against Microsoft on Wednesday in a ruling intended to send a clear message to the world’s largest software maker — and to any other company — of the dangers of flouting Europe’s competition rulings.
The size of the penalty, which surprised […]
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