CHICAGO – Jensen Leisure Furniture will present Argento, a new low-maintenance wood collection with weathered gray finish, in its 17th floor showroom during the International Casual Furniture and Accessories Preview Show, July 17-19. The Argento Collection was designed by Edi and Paolo Ciani Design of San Giovanni al Natisone, Italy, winners of the ICFAs 2010 Design Excellence Best of Show award. Wood is an ideal material for classic outdoor furniture because it is strong, durable, and radiates a natural aesthetic [...]
Daily Archives: July 5, 2012
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John Donne, priest and poet, part 5: a flirtatious love of God
Poets, like the rest of us, both change their skins and remain deeply the same. Sometimes, looking at Donne, we see how much the later religious poetry differs from his love poetry, and then we have to reflect that, in a very important sense, love poetry is what it remains. It is the object of his devotion that is different, not the teasing of himself and the one he loves. To think of some of the Holy Sonnets as being [...]
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BMW Group U.S. Reports June 2012 Sales
WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ, July 3, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ –#xA0;The BMW Group in the US (BMW and MINI combined) reported June sales of 27,720 vehicles, an increase of 3.2 percent from the 26,865 vehicles sold in the same month a year ago.#xA0; Year-to-date, BMW Group is up 10.5 percent on sales of 158,563 in the first six months of 2012 compared to 143,521 in the same period in 2011. The June numbers continue the solid, consistent growth we predicted but, most [...]
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Aristocrat Leisure shares dive despite profit upgrade
SHARES in Aristocrat Leisure fell more than 11 per cent after the company failed to impress investors when it said it expects an improved first half profit.
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Film Society’s movie comments on finances
Take an opening scene with three shapely singer/dancers forced to share a tiny single apartment with one bed and one good audition dress. It’s 1933 and the trio face a struggle to come up with the money to bring their show to life. Along the way they run into mistaken identities, madcap love affairs and outrageously lavish musical numbers. That’s “Gold Diggers of 1933,” the 96-minute feature film to be shown Friday by the Coastside Film Society.
