BRUSSELS—The day after the Metropolitan Opera in New York unveiled a production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” set in Las Vegas during the 1960s, I was in Belgium, where another exercise in operatic updating is underway at the Théâtre royal de la Monnaie. Here, Mariusz Trelinski’s staging of Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” — through Feb. 8 — situates the opera in the waiting room of a subway station.Opera goers...
Feb
05
DealBook: $24 Billion Buyout for Dell, Biggest Since 2007
Label: Business9:32 a.m. | Updated Dell announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to go private in a $24.4 billion deal led by its founder and the investment firm Silver Lake, in the biggest leveraged buyout since the financial crisis.Under the terms of the deal, the buyers’ consortium, which also includes Microsoft, will pay $13.65 a share in cash. That is roughly 25 percent above where Dell’s stock traded before...
The New Old Age Blog: In Blended Families, Responsibility Blurs
Label: HealthEvery year, Fran McDowell waited for the summer week when she would sing in a choral festival in the North Carolina mountains, then spend a few days in a lakeside cabin with close women friends.That getaway grew more complicated to arrange — but perhaps more necessary — after her husband, Herb Beadle, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. They had a “gloriously happy” marriage — her first, his second...
The New Old Age Blog: In Blended Families, Responsibility Blurs
Label: LifestyleEvery year, Fran McDowell waited for the summer week when she would sing in a choral festival in the North Carolina mountains, then spend a few days in a lakeside cabin with close women friends.That getaway grew more complicated to arrange — but perhaps more necessary — after her husband, Herb Beadle, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. They had a “gloriously happy” marriage — her first, his second...
DealBook: $24 Billion Buyout for Dell, Biggest Since 2007
Label: Technology9:32 a.m. | Updated Dell announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to go private in a $24.4 billion deal led by its founder and the investment firm Silver Lake, in the biggest leveraged buyout since the financial crisis.Under the terms of the deal, the buyers’ consortium, which also includes Microsoft, will pay $13.65 a share in cash. That is roughly 25 percent above where Dell’s stock traded before...
The Female Factor: In U.S., Outrage Over All the President's Men
Label: WorldWASHINGTON — It began before the inauguration, a persistent hiss emerging from feminists and organizations that keep track of what women are due. In no time, the hiss grew into a deafening buzz that nearly drowned out other big noises in this city. It all boiled down to one nagging question: Where are the women? President Barack Obama’s all-male, all-white nominations for the top jobs...
Feb
04
Bucks Blog: The Question You Should Be Asking About the Stock Market
Label: BusinessCarl Richards is a financial planner in Park City, Utah, and is the director of investor education at the BAM Alliance. His book, “The Behavior Gap,” was published last year. His sketches are archived on the Bucks blog. With the stock market up more than 100 percent from those scary days in early 2009 and up 16 percent in 2012 alone, we’re now hearing plenty about how small investors are getting back...
Recipes for Health: Quick One-Dish Meals, Some Cooking Required — Recipes for Health
Label: HealthAndrew Scrivani for The New York TimesThis week, in response to readers’ requests on the Recipes for Health Facebook page, I focused on quick one-dish dinners. You may have a different opinion than I do about what constitutes a quick meal. There are quick meals that involve little or no cooking – paninis and sandwiches, uncomplicated omelets, scrambled eggs, and meals that combine prepared items with...
Recipes for Health: Quick One-Dish Meals, Some Cooking Required — Recipes for Health
Label: LifestyleAndrew Scrivani for The New York TimesThis week, in response to readers’ requests on the Recipes for Health Facebook page, I focused on quick one-dish dinners. You may have a different opinion than I do about what constitutes a quick meal. There are quick meals that involve little or no cooking – paninis and sandwiches, uncomplicated omelets, scrambled eggs, and meals that combine prepared items with...
Gadgetwise Blog: Q.& A.: Recording Video on an SD Card
Label: TechnologyHow many minutes of video can I fit on the 16-gigabyte Secure Digital memory card in my camera?The amount of video you can fit on your camera’s memory card can depend on the camera, the image quality and any special-effects modes you may be using while filming. The video section of your camera’s manual should have some specific answers on recording times for the different settings. If you chucked...
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