A masterful new biography of artist Isamu Noguchi
“Listening to Stone: The Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Hayden Herrera
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Music legend Nelson to roll out own brand of marijuana
DALLAS (AP) — Music legend Willie Nelson is jumping into the movement to commercialize marijuana and plans to roll out his own brand of cannabis that he intends to make “the best on the market.”
Chinese and foreign film producers sign deals worth $2.3B
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese and foreign film producers, companies and investment firms signed movie cooperation deals worth 13.8 billion RMB ($2.3 billion) on Monday, demonstrating how foreign movie makers increasingly want a piece of the growing Chinese market.
A colorful account of the birth of modern art in Paris
“In Montmartre: Picasso, Matisse and the Birth of Modernist Art” (Penguin Press), by Sue Roe
Gold Resource Corporation Successfully Defends Against Securities Class Action and Shareholder Derivative Lawsuits
[Marketwired] – Gold Resource Corporation today updates its shareholders on its successful defense against the securities class action and shareholder derivative lawsuits filed against the Company in late 2012. Gold Resource …
Midway Secures Financing for Pan Mine and Provides Update of Operations
[Accesswire] – DENVER, CO / ACCESSWIRE / April 20, 2015 / Midway Gold Corp. (NYSE MKT:MDW) announces that a subordinated debt financing in the amount of US$10.5 million has been closed with Hale Capital Partners (“Hale”). …
Comstock Mining to Participate at the Third Annual Trends in Mining Finance
[Marketwired] – Comstock Mining Inc. announced today that Corrado De Gasperis, President & CEO, will participate at the upcoming “Current Trends in Mining Finance” conference hosted by the Society for…
Magnitude-4.1 quake strikes near Iran nuclear power plant
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s seismological center says a magnitude-4.1 earthquake has jolted a sparsely populated district some 200 kilometers (125 miles) southeast of Bushehr, a Persian Gulf town that is home to Iran’s nuclear power plant.
Israel mayor orders Oil Refineries closures over cancer scare
The mayor of Haifa ordered on Sunday the closure of plants run by Israel’s largest refining and petrochemicals group, Oil Refineries, following a report showing high cancer rates in the port city. Oil Refineries said its operating license and that of a number of its subsidiaries had been canceled in Israel’s third largest city, which is heavily industrialized. A report issued by the Health Ministry last week said that data
Iraq clears massive oil refinery of IS
Iraqi forces backed by US-led air strikes cleared the country’s largest oil refinery of the Islamic State group, the international coalition helping Baghdad fight the jihadists said on Sunday. IS has repeatedly attempted over the past 10 months to capture the Baiji refinery north of Baghdad, most recently seizing parts of the facility and holding out for days. Iraqi forces “regained full control of the Baiji Oil Refinery after having