| Framingham police arrest two women in online prostitution sting
Police arrested and charged two women with prostitution at a local hotel on Monday, after officers found the pair's ad for sex posted on the Web site Craigslist.org. The arrest was made by an undercover officer, said Police Lt. Paul Shastany, after police responded to an ad for sexual services on Craigslist, which offers a wide range of postings for jobs, items for sale, personals and some advertising sexual services . "We do it from time to time, based on information we receive from the community as well as what the detectives learn from these investigations," said Shastany. Ester Mirian Reis, 24, of 2 Breck St., Milton, and Ashley Lynn Walser, 23, of 263 Fuller St., Dorchester, were arrested and charged with prostitution early Monday morning, said Shastany.
Jacqueline Gold: the woman who reinvented Ann Summers
Jacqueline Gold is the woman who turned her daddy's chain of sleazy Ann Summers sex shops into a multi-million-pound 'retail experience'. But beyond the boardroom there have been far harder battles - like facing up to years of sex abuse. She talks to Lucy Cavendish For such a teeny tiny person, 47-year-old Jacqueline Gold carries a lot of weight on her shoulders. She may look like a little doll with her side-tied chignon and tight-fitting Alexander McQueen dress, but during the course of our conversation she coughs nervously and, at one point, tears come to her eyes. I hadn't expected this. .
Retirement Savings a Key Concern for Americans, AICPA Survey of CPA ...
In responding to an open-ended question, nine out of 10 CPAs surveyed said their individual clients were concerned about retirement. Costs associated with health care and education were ranked by respondents as the second (59 percent) and third (47 percent) financial concerns of clients. "Many Baby Boomers are discovering their retirement kitty is not as big as it needs to be to fund a comfortable retirement and that they are going to have to work longer than they had intended," said James Metzler, AICPA vice president. The results of the poll were released today at the AICPA's 2008 Advanced Personal Financial Planning Technical Conference in Las Vegas. Respondents included CPAs who hold the Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) credential, which the AICPA offers exclusively to CPAs who are committed to financial planning as a practice discipline and have demonstrated expertise in a number of areas of financial planning.
A Prairie Home Companion: Altman's last ride
It's the end of the career of one of America's greatest filmmakers, with a strikingly diverse output that includes MASH (1970), Nashville (1975), The Player (1992), Short Cuts (1993) and Gosford Park (2001). Lightly and in passing, A Prairie Home Companion situates Altman in the pantheon of great American popular artists, alongside Mark Twain, Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Chandler and Edward Hopper. All but Hopper hail from the midwest, like Altman. The film is based on another midwesterner, Garrison Keillor's, real life radio show, the original "A Prairie Home Companion", a retro mix of music and dry humour which still regularly plays to live audiences on stage at the same time as it goes out over the air-waves. In some ways the film is structured like another night of the long-running American show.
All the Dirt that’s Fit to Print
Once again those intrepid investigative reporters at The New York Times are hard at work.This morning's above-the-fold, front-page expose: How much marijuana did Barack Obama really smoke in high school and college? Apparently, not enough. After snooping around for classmates of Obama in high school and college, The Times seems concerned that the presidential candidate does not seem to have been as stoned out 30 years ago as readers of his book, Dreams from My Father, might have thought. How's that for a hard-hitting revelation? Writes The Times Serge Kovaleski: "Mr. Obama's account of his younger self and drugs … significantly differs from the recollections of others. That could suggest he was so private about his (drug) use that few people were aware of it, that the memories of those who knew him decades ago are fuzzy or rosier out of a desire to protect him, or that he added some writerly touches in his memoir to make the challenges he overcame seem more dramatic." Of course, it also could suggest that Mr.
Regulators worldwide probe chocolate price-fixing claims
NEWARK, N.J. If you feel your Valentine's Day chocolates are not such a sweet deal this year, you're not alone. Regulators are investigating price fixing among candy makers in at least three different countries. In the last week, the German Federal Cartel Office raided the offices of seven of leading chocolate companies including Mars Inc., Kraft Foods Inc. and Nestle SA searching for documents. Three months ago, Canada's Competition Bureau searched the offices of several companies, many of the same ones as in Germany. The Canadian investigation sparked several American lawsuits accusing the world's biggest chocolate companies of violating antitrust laws. The U.S. Department of Justice declined to confirm it is investigating, yet several companies confirmed receiving inquiries.
Like Father, Like Daughter
When taking over their father's business, daughters often face pressure in getting over the "nepotism" hump because of gender biases that continue to exist, experts say. Here are tips to ease the transition: Craft a succession plan
The longer all parties involved can grow accustomed to the idea of a new boss, the better. Build confidence yours and theirs
Your father should show confidence in you. Clients, suppliers and employees may hold old-fashioned views about women running companies, especially in male-dominated industries such as construction and warehousing. Creating relationships with key players in the business before dad retires will help ease concerns. Find a mentor
Since your role model (dad) didn't experience firsthand the challenges of being a female business owner, match yourself with a successful woman entrepreneur.
Frank Ferrante to bring Groucho Marx to life at luncheon
Frank Ferrante was 9 when he first saw "A Day at the Races," the 1937 Marx Brothers classic. He's been hooked ever since. "It's just so wild and free," the 44-year-old Ferrante, an actor, director and playwright, said of the Marx Brothers' brand of comedy. "And it pulled me into the local library. I wanted to know more. ... I made a study of comedy." In particular, he studied Groucho, the eyebrow-wagging, rubber-legged member of the real-life sibling comedy troupe that donned silly monikers -- Chico, Harpo, Gummo and Zeppo -- and starred in numerous vaudeville and Broadway shows and Hollywood movies. Over the past 20 years, Ferrante has built a highly regarded career playing the legendary comedian. And next week, with cigar gleefully wobbling between his fingers, Ferrante will bring his show to Yakima as the featured performer of the 11th annual Laughing Ladies and Merry Men's Luncheon.
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