EZ Wealth and Money

The post-Christmas headline reads: “THE MOLOTOV PARTY,” and it’s not talking about a fiery New Year’s Eve bash. Naturally, it refers to the GOP and accompanies a photo of the top candidates, with every single letter of the headline capitalized for emphasis. Within a few hours, it morphs into “THEY ♥ MANDATES,” an attack this [...]

After leaving office as California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger made plenty of headlines — most of them in the tabloids. Schwarzenegger admitted fathering a child with his longtime housekeeper, and wife Maria Shriver filed for divorce. It was Hasta la vista, Arnold! By the end of 2011, there were rumors of reconciliation for the couple, however. [...]

Disasters, crises and revolution dominated the international headlines this past year but from an industry perspective, 2011 was business as usual. And bussiness was good. While domestic box office and admissions slipped, the global take of the six major studios hit $13.53 billion, a six per cent jump on 2010 and the best-ever result. There [...]

2011-12-31 17:09 Tehran – Iran on Saturday kept tensions simmering over its threat to close the Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers by readying war game missile tests near the entrance to the Gulf. The United States has warned a closure of the strait “will not be tolerated” after Iranian Vice President Reza Rahimi’s threat [...]

Britain’s Daily Telegraph headlines: “Anyone moves, they shoot at them”. Those words are by a Syrian rights activist in Damascus who tells the paper troops opened fire on a crowd of more than 20,000 people awaiting Arab League monitors. Amid concerns about the credibility of the Arab League mission, France’s Le Figaro asks just how [...]

Emily Smith, blogger, Fleurdelicious: I think the food truck and pop up restaurant trend will continue in 2012 but what I really want to see are more fine dining establishments open up.  Either way, the future of the New Orleans dining scene excites, inspires, and captivates me. I can’t wait to see what delicious things [...]