ESPN expresses concern about Verizon's new TV packages
NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN is expressing concern that new television packages being offered by Verizon do not comply with its existing agreements.
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Basses discuss being black opera singers
When King Philip II of Spain faces off against the Grand Inquisitor in Verdi’s “Don Carlo” at the Academy of Music, they won’t just be portraying history, they’ll be making a bit of it, too. In what’s believed to be a first, a major opera company has cast two African-Americans in the roles.
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
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
50-Year Veteran Warns Something Is Terribly Wrong Beneath The Surface Of Global Markets
With global stock markets surging, today a 50-year market veteran told King World News that the move higher in global markets is a sign of desperation by Western central planners. He also warned that something is terribly wrong beneath the surface.
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…