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7 Frank Lloyd Wright Windows to Go Home

Photo A glass window by Frank Lloyd Wright, circa 1904-1905. Credit University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries / Martin House Restoration Corporation; Photograph by Rob Destrubé Hundreds of windows that Frank Lloyd Wright designed in the early 1900s for the Martin House Complex in Buffalo, N.Y., have ended up scattered …

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Trump Hotels discloses data breach at 14 properties

Getty Images Donald Trump attends the grand opening ceremony at the new Trump International Hotel October 26, 2016 in Washington, DC. Trump International Hotels Management said late on Tuesday a data breach at a service provider compromised card payment details at 14 of its properties. The compromised information included payment …

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Kansas City Fed President wants to trim balance sheet in near future

Christopher Dilts | Bloomberg | Getty Images Esther George, president and chief executive officer of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Esther George, a longtime critic of the U.S. central bond buying program, said Wednesday she wants to get on trimming the Fed’s $4.5 …

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OMB Peezy Leads a Webster Hall Lineup of Rap

Photo OMB Peezy is in the lineup of rappers at the Studio at Webster Hall. Credit Keith Welch A small show at the Studio at Webster Hall on Monday, July 17, features a great lineup of rap music that nods to aesthetics from everywhere but New York. OMB Peezy, from …

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Steph Curry applies this advice from Steve Nash to off-court success

Zhong Zhi | Getty Images American professional basketball NBA player Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors attends a commercial event for Under Armour at Asian Games Stadium on September 3, 2016 in Guangzhou, China. “Playing in Silicon Valley’s backyard has exposed me to information and resources that I’m excited …

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‘Presenting Princess Shaw’: From Unknown Singer to YouTube Star

Photo Samantha Montgomery, a.k.a. Princess Shaw, the subject of a documentary from Ido Haar. Credit Ido Haar/Atzmor Productions A great thing about YouTube is that you never know where creativity will come from or what form it’s going to take. The PBS series “POV” offers proof on Monday, July 17, …

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Bookings up, losses down, report says

Beck Diefenbach | Reuters Uber head of global operations Ryan Graves (R) eats with fourth grader Frederick Dozier during Cooking Matters, a nutrition class taught by 18 Reasons, a local partner of Share our Strength at Glen Park Elementary School in San Francisco, California, December 10, 2014. Despite a recent …

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Millennials don’t like motorcycles and that’s killing Harley’s sales

It turns out millennials don’t “live to ride” like their parents and grandparents did. Alliance Bernstein downgraded Harley-Davidson to market performance from outperform Wednesday following results from a recent survey that predicts no growth in bike sales as millennials enter HOG’s target demographic. The call is “based on increased conviction …

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With Grant Money, a Choreographer Restakes Her Claim

Ms. LeCrone, who has been making dances since 2006 — for companies including Oregon Ballet Theater, Colorado Ballet and her own Emery LeCrone Dance — eventually accepted the offer. On Tuesday her company opens the third edition of the Ballet Festival, which runs through July 29. Financially, this time is …

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SNAP stock hit by Morgan Stanley note, Facebook: WPP’s Martin Sorrell

Brendan McDermid | Reuters A woman wears Snapchat’s Spectacles on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the company’s initial public offering in New York, March 2, 2017. Although Morgan Stanley’s analysts are separate from the underwriters, Morgan Stanley is one of the firms that took Snap public …

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