Ty Warner earned a giant fortune from small toys. Now the Beanie Baby billionaire aims to top all other homes in the country–literally.
According to articles in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times, Mr. Warner just signed a contract for the penthouse of Spire, the swirling, Dr. Seussian skyscraper under for construction in Chicago. The [...]

Looks like our earlier warning to not eat or drink anything with dairy content for the time being bears repeating. Singapore has now found traces of melamine in White Rabbit candies, wildly popular throughout Asia. The Straits Times reports:
Singapore’s Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said samples of White Rabbit-brand Creamy Candy imported from China were [...]

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Gothamist went on the Wall Street roller coaster during a crazy week for financial institutions (bankruptcy, sale, bailout) and the county.
Phillyist analyzed the problem of hecklers at live performances.
Londonist eagerly anticipated the annual Open House Weekend, where for one weekend only, the public get to poke around some of the capital’s [...]

It’s getting later in the month, which means it must be time for another Void techno extravaganza at The Shelter. Continuing the “Techno Pioneer” theme from Robert Hood’s slamming set in June, this month the boys are flying in Traxx for a nonstop four-hour set of house & techno insanity.
As a self-described “artist of sound,” [...]

The U.S. may have the largest number of millionaires, but tiny Singapore rules the world when it comes to the highest concentration.

Singapore’s Parliament House (Via Wikipedia.org)

According to Boston Consulting Group?s latest Global Wealth report, an astounding one in 10 households in Singapore have investible assets of $1 million or more. That compares with 4.3% in [...]

I had the great fortune of meeting Susan Kezios, the president of the American Franchisee Association in 2000.
She was brought to Toronto from their Chicago, U.S. offices to give expert witness testimony to the Ontario legislature Standing Committee on Regulation and Private Bills on March 6, 2000.

Here is the link to her testimony.

As you can [...]

Here’s what’s up in town for the rest of this week:

Wednesday September 3 Add a little glamour to your week at Bar JG’s Champagne Night, half-price champagne cocktails and buy one, get one for free on bottles of Perrier Jouet Champagne. Find out more here.
At 4F, 3 on the Bund, 3 Guangdong road No 17, [...]

Video interviews of our eBusiness Champions for North America have recently been posted to our website. See the 3.5 minute interview highlight clips here: http://resources.alibaba.com/topic/327004/How_I_Did_It_Alibaba_com_members_share_their_success_stories.htm
Also on Alibaba.com is the 3 minute highlight reel of the eBusiness Awards Ceremony in Chicago. View it here: http://resources.alibaba.com/topic/322999/Alibaba_com_e_Business_Champions_of_the_Year_2008_North_America.htm

If living like a rock star in Shanghai has forced you to relive your college ramen days, this series is for you. ChinaOnTV shares with us a pilot from “50 Kuai Shanghai” where the host, Emily, explores familiar neighborhoods and shows us how to eat and play for less than 50RMB a day (about [...]