Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, battered the nation's eastern seaboard on Tuesday, swamping New York City streets with record levels of floodwater, blacking out power to millions of people and bringing transportation to a halt through much of the region. … [Read more...] about New York paralyzed as Sandy slams into eastern U.S.
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Vietnam investors lured into losing on London, New York exchanges
Police are probing a Ho Chi Minh City company for allegedly luring locals into trading in gold and foreign currencies at international online exchanges, only to turn them into lawbreakers and losers. The victims of Golden Rock Limited, a monetary online trading brokerage company, await in front of the company office on Nov. 8. Stanley Elliot Tan, Chief Representative of Golden Rock Limited has reportedly left Vietnam with access to $10 million … [Read more...] about Vietnam investors lured into losing on London, New York exchanges
Models form rights group ahead of New York Fashion Week
Fashion models in the United States launched a rights group on Monday ahead of New York Fashion Week to seek workplace standards including backstage privacy to stop unauthorized nude photos and a program to provide confidential advice on dealing with sexual harassment. Model Sara Ziff, 29, who has worked since she was 14, founded the nonprofit Model Alliance because she said she has seen the industry disregard child labor laws, evade financial transparency and tolerate sexual abuse in the workplace. "Most models start their adult careers as minors and they labor in an unregulated business knowing that they are highly replaceable," Ziff said in a statement. The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) said it had offered Ziff advice in starting the group. "Change comes from action and the Model Alliance can be a catalyst for change," said CFDA chief executive Steven Kolb. Designer Diane von Furstenberg, president of the CFDA, is working with the alliance during Fashion Week, … [Read more...] about Models form rights group ahead of New York Fashion Week
Blind French eatery seeks to conquer New York
A French restaurant where diners cannot see what they are eating, often spill their wine and must conduct conversations while staring into pitch darkness has proved such a success in Europe that it is making a foray into the Americas. After expanding from Paris into London, Moscow, Barcelona and St. Petersburg, the "Dans Le Noir" chain, staffed by blind waiters, will open an outlet in the neon-lit tourist hub of New York's Times Square this month. What seemed at the outset to be just a bizarre fad, has proved surprisingly popular, as patrons who have often never encountered a visually impaired person before discover what it is like to be blind and realize how skillfully the blind adapt. "When I started this business, everyone thought I was crazy, from my bankers to my mother," Edouard de Broglie, 49, CEO of the chain's owner, Ethik Investment, and founder of the restaurant chain, told Reuters. "I wanted to show that a company where 50 percent of staff are very heavily handicapped … [Read more...] about Blind French eatery seeks to conquer New York
New York airport terminal flooded as brutal cold grips US east coast
Gushing water compounded meltdown at John F Kennedy International Airport, where furious passengers have camped out for days as a result of equipment damaged by the storm and a backlog of flights.Water poured from the ceiling and the arrivals area was submerged by standing water, through which a few intrepid passengers picked their way gingerly, according to footage broadcast by CNN.International flights into Terminal 4 were suspended and the water main break occurred just before 2.00pm (3.00am Singapore time Monday), said a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey that runs the airport.The west end of Terminal four lay under about eight centimetres of water, where maintenance crews were mopping up, with police and fire crews on site, the spokesman told AFP.The cause of the break is being investigated, he added.JFK confirmed the water main break at Terminal 4 and warned passengers via Twitter of flight delays, advising them to check with their airline … [Read more...] about New York airport terminal flooded as brutal cold grips US east coast