At the posh Steigenberger Grandhotel Belvédère, a conference hotspot, even humble menu items can be astronomically pricey. A hot dog with pickles, fried onions and mustard is priced at 38 Swiss francs (about $43.50). It's 48 Swiss francs for a chicken Caesar salad with parmesan (about $55) and a draft beer at a local restaurant - in a pint-sized glass - can cost 6.50 Swiss francs, about $7.50.
How much? $43 hot dogs at Davos
Near the end of Bloomberg's time as mayor, he told Times chairman and publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. that he was interested in buying the Times, according to a source with direct knowledge of the conversation. Sulzberger replied that the paper was not for sale.
There’s Talk About Bloomberg Buying the Times -- NYMag
Xhibit Corp. ("Xhibit" or the "Company") announced today that it and substantially all of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including SkyMall, LLC, (collectively with the Company, the “Debtors”), filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona (the “Bankruptcy Court”).
Xhibit Corp Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
from its perch atop the Billboard album chart.BACK STORYOne of summer’s iconic toys debuted in the middle of winter.The first mass-marketed Frisbees flew off toy store shelves 58 years ago this week.The toymaker Wham-O, best known at the time for its slingshots, bought the concept for the flying plastic discs from the inventor Walter Fredrick Morrison.It named them with a nod to the Frisbie Pie Company in Connecticut, whose tins college students liked to hurl about.The toy was an instant hit, even with the celebrated author and dandy Gay Talese.Writing in The Times after the Frisbee’s release, Mr. Talese praised the “novel, portable and cheap”
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Sundance Film FestivalA Wham-O founder, Richard Knerr, right, showed off the Frisbee in 1965. The Frisbee debuted 58 years ago this week.Wham-O Inc.ShareBy ADEEL HASSANJanuary 22, 2015Good morning.Here’s what you need to know:• Facing a militant threat.Foreign ministers from 22 countries are meeting in London today for talks on halting the flow of recruits and money to the Islamic State extremist group, which controls
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