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Born for Biltmore – a big place that’s big business William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil Jr. runs the estate his ancestor created more than a century ago. It’s a lot of work: Biltmore is a big place that’s a big business.   Bill Cecil at the Biltmore Estate Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Todd Sumlin     […]

Obama or Romney: History has shown, by the ages of most US presidents, younger does matter   Dilemma X Some Americans feel the age of a president at their first inauguration should coincide with the more current time period. Many American voters think a president should be able to relate to current trends and the future […]

Times-Picayune to cut paper to 3 days a week The Times-Picayune to cut print papers to 3 days a week amid industry’s digital age struggles By Cain Burdeau Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — The Times-Picayune, one of the nation’s oldest newspapers, will no longer offer print editions seven days a week and instead plans to […]

‘Chinese funds needed’ to reach Brazil offshore oil   AFP   Tapping Brazil’s huge offshore oil reserves will require foreign investment that only cash-rich Chinese banks are in a position to provide, industry experts said.   Alvaro Teixera of the Brazilian Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Institute IBP told an energy forum that cumulative expenditures in […]