It’s a tough live concert industry out there, at least in the physical sense. I’m talking about all the old dudes falling of stages, losing their voices, and inconveniently contracting pneumonia. August alone has witnessed multiple cancellations or …
‘People’ Archive
They want to Rock and Roll All Nite but only at Wal-Mart
by Jenni Gilmer, August 17, 2009, 12:02 pmKiss is releasing an album exclusively with Wal-Mart. Kiss. You know, the heavy-metal, makeup-wearing band that has delighted itself in shocking the establishment lo these many years. With Wal-Mart. Does this bother anyone else?
Yes, …
Remembrance of things past
by Jeff Dorsch, August 12, 2009, 8:36 am
For two decades, Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) put on a giant trade show every year at the San Mateo County fairgrounds, south of San Francisco. The show, which came to be known as SEMICON/West …
Virgin Galactic in orbit over big investment
by Jenni Gilmer, July 28, 2009, 2:32 pmSpace tourism may soon be open to more than just the über rich. Scarcely a week after the 40th anniversary of the first moonwalk, Virgin Galactic, part of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, got …
From flips to flops: Real estate TV follows the market bubble
by Laura Huchzermeyer, July 22, 2009, 10:07 amJust a few years ago we were all watching reality TV shows aimed at teaching us how to flip houses. It was the housing boom and it was fun to watch people buy cheap, ugly houses, slather on some …
The Nifty Fifty
by Patrice Sarath, July 17, 2009, 9:16 amFORTUNE’s “50 Most Powerful Women” list is out and what a list it is. Of course, Oprah’s presence on the list has dominated news reports, but the list is notable for many other reasons.
Reason 1: The …
Blown Away — Pickens’ Wind Farm
by Stuart Hampton, July 14, 2009, 7:58 amI’m blowing down this old dusty road
I’m blowing down this old dusty road
I’m blowing down this old dusty road
I ain’t gonna be treated this-a way.
Is T. Boone Pickens moving on?
According to his critics, the decision by octogenarian oil man-turned-wind power/natural gas-envangelist Pickens to …
