& lsquo ; Miral & rsquo ; : Director has conflict of interest `` Miral '' Rated PG - 13 . At Kendall Square Cinema : C + Painter-turned-director Julian Schnabel -LRB- Oscar-nominated for his exquisite `` The Diving Bell and the Butterfly '' -RRB- has built a terrific second career from filmed biographies -LRB- also in-cluding `` Before Night Falls '' and `` Basquiat '' -RRB- that deal with people confined by circumstance yearning to break free . I 'd love to report that his fourth film , `` Miral , '' continues the upward trend , but the screenplay by Schnabel 's girlfriend , Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal -LRB- based on her semiautobiographical novel -RRB- , contains too many earnest platitudes in its one-sided look at four women 's intertwining lives during the first intifada of the 1980s . -LRB- Some musical choices , such as Tom Waits ' `` All the World Is Green '' playing over a climactic funeral , also stand out in a bad way . -RRB- Miral -LRB- Freida Pinto , `` Slumdog Millionaire '' -RRB- , the young Arab woman growing up in Jerusalem during this period , does n't enter the picture immediately , and when she does , she does n't have much to say -- at first . -LRB- A bit of a good thing , because Pinto 's Indian-accented English does n't quite jibe with the Arabic-tinged tongues of her co-stars . -RRB- Beginning in war-torn Jerusalem circa 1948 , when `` Mama '' Hind Husseini -LRB- Hiam Abbass , `` The Visitor '' -RRB- established an orphanage for refugees that quickly becomes home to 2,000 , the movie spans the next 50 years , and though Schnabel 's artist 's eye is on display , the Israel / Palestine conflict is a subject that he never brings into clear focus -- at least with regard to Israelis . And when he presents what some would believe terrorist actions of his protagonists , he sidesteps the potentially horrible consequences : a disgraced former nurse -- a lifesaver -- plants a bomb in a crowded movie theater -LRB- playing , without a hint of subtlety , Roman Polanski 's `` Repulsion '' -RRB- but the device fails to explode ; a car bomb is set off by Miral 's political activist boyfriend -- though there are seemingly no casualties . So much for the horrors of war . -LRB- `` Miral '' contains anger-inducing violent themes , particularly for those sympathetic to Israel . -RRB-

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True Grit star Hailee Steinfeld in talks to play Sleeping Beauty Oscar nominated actress Hailee Steinfeld is set to play Sleeping Beauty in a re-visioning of the classic fairytale . The 14-year-old star has signed on to play the unfortunate princess in the new movie . It will be a spin of a version of the story which is being written by screen writer Lindsay Devlin . According to Deadline.com the new version will give the star more to do than just sleep as it will follow her as she enters a dream world and has to find her way out . Hailee is also currently being considered to play the lead role in the novel-based film Forgotten , from the upcoming book of the same name by Cat Patrick . After being one of the youngest ever actresses to be nominated for an Academy Award at this years Oscars she is set to have a busy year with several other offers on the table . The young California native had only starred in several television bit parts before landing the lead role in the Cohen Brothers adaptation of the classic John Wayne western True Grit alongside Jeff Bridges .

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Undercover Audio Reveals Rajaratnam 's Frantic Calls After Goldman-Buffett Tip Fund manager Raj Rajaratnam made $ 1 million in two minutes of frantic calls after receiving an inside tip about a big investment in Goldman Sachs at the height of the financial crisis , prosecutors said this week at the Galleon founder 's insider trading trial . In the biggest Wall Street insider trading case since the 1980s , U.S. prosecutors have persistently pressed phone tap evidence that Rajaratnam had a direct line to his friend and then Goldman Sachs director , Rajat Gupta , who leaked bank secrets to him . The trial is in its fourth week and could last until the end of April . On Wednesday , the Manhattan federal court jury heard another FBI phone tap to support government allegations Rajaratnam knew a day before it was announced in September 2008 that Goldman would receive a $ 5 billion investment from Warren Buffett 's Berkshire Hathaway . In the phone tap of a call on Sept. 24 , 2008 , between Rajaratnam and his personal Galleon trader , Ian Horowitz , he is heard describing his efforts the previous day to buy shares two minutes before the 4 p.m. stock market close . '' `` I got a call at 3:58 , right ? '' '' Rajaratnam said , referring to the September 23 conversation with Gupta about a Goldman board meeting that day . '' `` Saying something good might happen to Goldman , right ? '' '' But when he then called Galleon , the first trader he reached was unable to complete it . '' `` I , so I told Ananth to buy some , he was fucking around , he ca n't , you know . So I went to Gary and just buy me , right ? '' '' The full name of trader Ananth was not known and the other person was Gary Rosenbach , then a Galleon manager . Below , you can listen to the most recent undercover audio recordings played in court this week . Rajaratnam discussing inside information regarding Goldman Sachs earnings :

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Kate Moss back in the hologram dress as she pays tribute to Alexander McQueen in magazine shoot She was left devastated by her friend Alexander McQueen 's suicide a year ago . But Kate Moss has decided to pay tribute to the late designer the best way she knows how - by wearing one of his most iconic creations . The 37-year-old poses in McQueen 's ethereal '' `` hologram '' '' organza dress , which she famously wore for his Autumn/Winter 2006 fashion show five years ago , for a new magazine shoot . Enlarge A hologram of Moss flailing around like a ghostly apparition appeared on stage at the climax of the March 2006 show at Paris Fashion Week . McQueen projected the image on the stage in tribute to Moss , who was then lying low after being caught in a cocaine scandal six months earlier . And the supermodel was given the chance to return the favour in the new issue of Harper 's Bazaar magazine . On the cover of the glossy , Moss also wears a white McQueen creation by the label 's head designer Sarah Burton , who took over from Lee McQueen after his death . Of the late designer , who committed suicide in February last year , Kate says : '' `` There 's never ever going to be anybody like him . She recalls first meeting McQueen . ` It was all a bit of a blur - I was doing a lot of shows at the time . '' `` I ca n't even remember the first show I did for him , but I remember the first show he did in New York . It was raining , everyone was outside , and I said , `` Lee , you 've got to get Anna Wintour in ! '' He did n't care . It was all chaos . ' '' `` His was the most exciting show to see ever , even if you were n't there . I would hear about it on the phone and hear Lee and hear everyone . '' `` There was so much tension , but we had the best laughs . He was a dear friend of mine . I miss him terribly . '' '' Kate discusses clothes the late designer gave her during their friendship in the interview . ` There are a few he gave me before he died , '' '' she says . '' `` I went to give him his Christmas present and he gave me a lot of stuff . He was saying , `` You 've got to have this . '' '' `` He gave me a black dress and a fur that I wore to his funeral . Before the funeral , I was going through my wardrobe thinking , `` What am I going to wear ? '' It 's weird , now that I think about it - almost like he kind of knew . ' The man dubbed the wild child of British fashion , '' `` gave women power '' '' , the supermodel insists , '' `` while letting them be fragile and vulnerable at the same time . '' `` People always used to say he was a misogynist , but it took me a while to realise that he was actually empowering women and not the other way around . '' '' There is almost as much speculation surrounding who will create Kate 's wedding gown as there is for the '' `` Other Kate '' '' . She is rumoured to have ditched plans for her friend John Galliano to design the bridal dress after he was fired from Christian Dior in disgrace over his alleged anti-Semitic outburst in Paris last month . Kate Halfpenny , who dressed Kate in a vintage gown for her 35th birthday party , is another name being circulated . Miss Moss is currently in Hong Kong , to open a flagship Longchamp store . She designs a collection of handbags for the luxury brand and cut the ribbon and the grand opening yesterday . Kate will walk down the aisle on July 2 to tie the knot with her rocker beau , Jamie Hince . The full feature appears in the May issue of Harper 's Bazaar , on sale today . Do you have a story about a celebrity ? Call the Daily Mail showbusiness desk on 0207 938 6364 or 0207 938 6683 . For U.S. stories , phone 310 642 2317 .

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Depp could be back for more Pirates Johnny Depp will be asked to make a fifth Pirates Of The Caribbean film if the fourth instalment is a success . Producer Jerry Bruckheimer said he already has a screenplay in the works for a fifth Pirates tale , which would follow the forthcoming Pirates Of The Caribbean : On Stranger Tides . '' `` As long as the audience embraces this one , we 'll certainly try to make another one . It 's really up to Johnny . He loves the character , '' '' he said . The original three Pirates blockbusters ended up as a trilogy continuing the same key characters and story line . But Jerry said On Stranger Tides - the first Pirates flick shot with digital 3D cameras - and future Pirates films will be stand-alone stories continuing the adventures of Johnny 's woozy buccaneer Captain Jack Sparrow . '' `` The audience told us -LRB- at test screenings of On Stranger Tides -RRB- what they loved about it is that it was fresh , it was new , it was a whole new story , '' '' Jerry said . '' `` So that will carry over into the next one , too , to give it something fresh and different . '' ''

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Jean Paul Gaultier 's talking head For a unique take on the world of fashion , sign up to the Guardian 's fashion email FASHION DILEMMA What to make of Gaultier 's talking head ? We 're constantly on the lookout for weird and wonderful stories in the the weird and wonderful world of fashion , so our patent-pending Weirdar gave a resounding '' `` beep ! '' '' when we heard the news that Jean Paul Gaultier is to be the subject of an exhibition in Canada . What 's so weird about that , you ask ? Well , he 's also going to be part of an experiment to turn him into a talking head . Pencils out ... aaaand tick the '' `` weird '' '' box ! Before you get too excited , FS must break the news that this is , alas , not some sort of twisted real-life version of that comedy classic The Man with Two Brains , or indeed , as a quick Twitter inquiry for '' `` films with talking heads '' '' reminded us , a re-make of the scene in Return to Oz where Dorothy steals the powder of life from Princess Mombi -LRB- watch it - it 's scary -RRB- . We must turn to the new exhibition , '' `` The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier : From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk '' '' , to find out what 's really going on . '' `` We moulded the head of Jean Paul in plaster and we will have -LSB- film -RSB- projections right onto the face , '' '' explains Thierry-Maxime Loriot , the curator of the exhibition . Oh . FS is disappointed . However , we reckon the exhibition will be fun even without decapitation . There will be 120 iconic outfits on display and a variety of talking plaster heads modelled on Gaultier 's celebrity clients -LRB- what will the Kate Moss one say ? -RRB- . They 'll also show some of Gaultier 's early fashion sketches , Polaroids by Andy Warhol , and incontrovertible proof that JPG was a child prodigy . This comes in the form of an augmented teddy bear upon which the young designer affixed a crafted paper pointy bosom . We ca n't wait . The exhibition opens at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal in Canada on June 17 . BANG ON TREND Whistles ' '' `` Carrie '' '' skirt , New Look 's purple pumps , and Dorothy Perkins ' orange dress / Colour blocking Tangerine , lime and lemon . No , FS is not suffering from scurvy , we 're talking about fashionable colours . Bright , bold colour blocking is one of the trends we have deemed to be '' `` actual fun '' '' and there 's no need to stick to citrus . Mix and -LRB- mis -RRB- match scarlet , violet , and sky-blue , too . One of the nice things about colour blocking is that it 's quite easy to do and you can take it as far as you want . If you 're just after a shot of colour to add va-va-voom to a plain outfit then there are plenty of great accessories at the moment . Take , for instance , Asos 's hot pink clutch -LRB- currently # 16 -RRB- which would look great matched with an orange dress like this one from Dorothy Perkins -LRB- # 35 -RRB- . French Connection 's cross-body bag is satchel-like , gorgeous and a sunny shade of tangerine -LRB- # 165 -RRB- , and on the other end of the price scale we 've found a blue skinny belt for a mere # 4 from fashionunion.co.uk . If you 're after shoes then purple brogues will help to brighten your day - these Asos suede ones are fabulous -LRB- # 35 -RRB- . Need shoes for a jazzier occasion ? Then try New Look 's purple court shoe with a platform sole -LRB- # 19.99 -RRB- . Alternatively , River Island are stocking a nice line in red and yellow patent slingbacks with a kitten heel -LRB- # 39.99 -RRB- . Skirt-wearers should watch out for spring 's new maxi lengths - they 're perfect for colour blocking . Reiss 's '' `` Danielle '' '' version costs # 100 -LRB- ouch -RRB- and is suitably voluminous whether you buy it in green or vermillion . Then there 's the infamous -LRB- and rapidly becoming ubiquitous -RRB- coral '' `` Carrie '' '' pleated skirt from Whistles . At # 95 it 's what Grazia would call an investment piece -LRB- or FS would call expensive -RRB- and you might want to try out wearing the new lengths -LRB- knee-length and midi -RRB- before you decide it 's for you . Zara have some great trousers available in a rainbow of colours from apple green to acid yellow . They 're all around the # 40 mark and we 'll just provide you with a link to the skinny pair as we particularly like the way they 're styled in the model 's picture . FASHIONISTA OF THE WEEK A vision in tangerine . Photograph : Mike Coppola/Getty Images Some of you may recognise English actress Rebecca Hall from her role in Ben Affleck 's film , The Town . And here she is attending the Metropolitan Opera for the premiere of Le Comte Ory . Well , she is the daughter of theatre director Peter Hall and opera singer Maria Ewing so clearly a love of opera runs in the blood . Anyway , more to the point -LRB- culture ? what culture ? It 's all about the FROCKS people -RRB- she looks very good in her bold red dress , with it 's high-necked , long-sleeved demure cut . To see the full length version visit vogue.co.uk . QUOTE OF THE WEEK A man should never wear shorts in the city . Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate . Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach . A style dictat from Tom Ford . Take note , chaps , or you 'll probably be sent to some kind of fashion version of Siberia . FASHION GRAVEYARD Aubrey Oh Dear . Photograph : Tammie Arroyo/Gregg Deguire/UK Press / Empics This is Aubrey O'Day -LRB- no , us neither -RRB- . On the plus side , she 's wearing more clothes than a brief Google image search would suggest is normal for her . However , dressing as a Smurf is not a good look . Even a Smurf in visible Spanx . A Smurf in visible Spanx wearing an inexplicably body-shortening dress . OUT AND ABOUT FS favourite ethical shoe company TOMS are encouraging people to spend a day without shoes - to raise awareness of children throughout the world who have no choice in the matter . Last year , their One Day Without Shoes event saw over 250,000 people go barefoot for the day - this year they are hoping for a million so kick off those uncomfy heels and join in on 5 April . Visit onedaywithoutshoes.com to find out more , and join events in your area . Vintage fashion fans will be pleased to hear of yet more fairs all over the country . This week we 're headed to Essex where on Sunday April 10 you can pay # 4.50 -LRB- a pound less for concessions -RRB- and have a pleasant day spent wandering the stalls and hunting out treasures . Visit essexvintagefashionfair.com for more details . Hot footballers . On a catwalk . Wearing clothes . What 's not to like about the runway show put on by Wolverhampton Wanderers in collaboration with Harvey Nichols ? Yes , the footballers will be strutting their stuff alongside professional models at the Molineux stadium in the Hayward Suite on Tuesday 5 April from 7pm . Tickets cost from # 25 and proceeds go to the Alzheimers Society . SHOPPING NEWS Bob Carlos Clarke collaboration for COLLECTIVE . News of a collaboration FS is eagerly awaiting : organic clothing company COLLECTIVE have hooked up with the estate of legendary photographer Bob Carlos Clarke and the Little Black Gallery to produce a range of limited edition organic T-shirts . All the T-shirts are produced sustainable and will aim to drive fair trade in Africa . The range will be both for men and women and retail at boutiques including Autograph and Harvey Nichols . Watch this space for more news . FS is very excited about the Oxfam Curiosity Shop . For ten days only , the pop up shop-within-a-shop -LRB- now that 's a tongue twister -RRB- in Selfridges will sell celebrity fashion donations , sought-after samples and vintage clothing . There will also be celebrity stylish sessions and VIP appearances -LRB- FS is available on request , Oxfam ! -RRB- Ultralounge , Selfridges basement , Oxford Street , from Friday 1 April to Sunday 10 April oxfam.org.uk OFFCUTS Imogen Fox implores you not to be afraid of the new maxi skirt trend - and click here to find out where to get the best ones Gorgeous florals for spring from the Observer 's fashion team Marvel at great works of art in knitted form . The Hokusai ! The Vermeer ! Amazing . 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Movie Review - '' `` In A Better World '' '' - Considering the number of ethical dilemmas raised in the Danish melodrama In A Better World , I wish I could say I 'd been left with more questions rattling around in my head than '' `` What on earth were the Oscar voters thinking ? '' '' Taking home the trophy for Best Foreign Language Film will certainly help Susanne Bier 's earnest treatise on the evil cycle of violence and retribution find an audience at art houses . And there 's a lot to be said for a well-acted , attractively shot drama that has its heart so firmly in the right place . But after a few queasy moments at its midpoint , the trajectory of In a Better World becomes so relentlessly platitudinous that an audience that ought to feel seriously rattled will be settling back , feeling comfortably reassured . That 's not true early on , as Bier cuts between Anton -LRB- Mikael Persbrandt -RRB- , a humanitarian Danish doctor dealing with the aftereffects of tribal violence in an unspecified African nation , and his put-upon adolescent son Elias -LRB- Markus Rygaard -RRB- , who 's at home and being tormented in his father 's absence by a school bully . Elias finds an ally when Christian -LRB- William Johnk Nielsen -RRB- joins the class - a well-spoken , polite kid whose anger at his mother 's recent death -LRB- from cancer -RRB- needs an outlet . Christian 's philosophy about dealing with bullies , which is basically that if you hit back hard enough the first time , you wo n't need to hit back again , is n't one that school authorities would likely approve . But it changes the dynamics of Elias ' life pretty quickly . It also has predictably dire repercussions when the boys decide to apply it to other conflicts . Papa Anton , meanwhile , is confronted with ethical dilemmas of his own when Big Man , a brutal local warlord whose savagery keeps Anton 's operating table full , comes in with a life-threatening wound . From there Bier whips absent parents , pipe bombs , the Hippocratic oath , marital infidelity , impotent authority figures and other ingredients into a potent melodramatic brew that poses but does n't answer such questions as whether violence is sometimes necessary or always a poisoner of souls , and whether turning the other cheek establishes moral authority or destabilizes social order . Contrasting warm African golds with chilly Danish greens , the director matches striking visuals with overtly melodramatic situations - children with access to rooftops and fireworks to get your protective juices flowing , predators so unsubtle their comeuppance seems a foregone conclusion . Bier creates some genuinely disturbing moments - a scene in which Anton allows a bullying father to strike him again and again in front of the kids , a harrowing exchange with Big Man as the thug begins to heal - but resolves them in ways that allow the audience , if not her protagonists , to shrug off moral consequences . There 's sufficient craft that you go along with the twists , even as Bier is wrapping things up with a neatly tied bow . But in a better world , In a Better World would be a better movie .

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H&M Profit Misses Estimates as Retailer Absorbs Cost Rises -LRB- Adds comments from press conference in sixth paragraph . -RRB- March 31 -LRB- Bloomberg -RRB- - Hennes & Mauritz AB , the world 's second-largest clothing retailer , reported first-quarter profit that fell more than analysts anticipated as the company decided against passing on higher costs to customers . Net income dropped 30 percent to 2.62 billion kronor -LRB- $ 420 million -RRB- in the quarter ended Feb. 28 from 3.74 billion kronor from the year-earlier period , the Stockholm-based company said in a statement today . The average estimate of 13 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg was for profit of 2.77 billion kronor . The shares fell as much as 4.4 percent . H&M 's sales dropped 1 percent in the period while larger rival Inditex SA posted a 10 percent jump in its fourth quarter ended Jan. 31 . H&M , which buys its products from about 700 suppliers , has reduced prices for some items even as the price of cotton has traded near a record while some competitors have raised or maintained them . `` H&M is making a massive bet on market-share gains , '' Simon Irwin , an analyst at Liberum Capital in London , said by phone today . `` They 're cutting prices in an environment where their costs are rising and competition is increasing . '' H&M shares fell as much as 9.5 kronor to 207.10 kronor and traded at 208.40 kronor as of 12:01 p.m. . The stock has dropped 6.9 percent this year , compared with larger rival Inditex 's 0.7 percent advance . Inditex runs Zara stores . The Swedish retailer 's strategy to not pass on increased sourcing costs has served it well and the strategy is `` good in the longer term , '' H&M Chief Executive Officer Karl-Johan Persson said at a press conference today . Trench Coat H&M sells a trench coat on its U.K. Website for 34.99 pounds -LRB- $ 56.44 -RRB- , while Zara offers one for 79.99 pounds . Inditex , which also runs Massimo Dutti and Bershka stores , gets about 65 percent of its revenue from Zara . H&M sources two-thirds of its product from Asia . Inditex gets about 35 percent of its products from there and only half of that amount comes from China , where input costs are rising the fastest , said London-based Societe Generale analyst Anne Critchlow in an e-mail . `` H&M has chosen to reduce its prices in the current environment , which further hurts the gross margin , '' said Critchlow , who has a sell rating on the stock . `` Inditex says its prices are maintained . '' H&M 's gross margin in the first quarter was 57.8 percent , compared with 61.9 percent a year earlier . Sales in February rose by 9 percent in local currencies from the same month last year and advanced 3 percent between March 1 and March 29 . ` More Robust ' `` Inditex is much better-placed '' than H&M , said Irwin . `` Its top-line has been more robust , and given its mid-market positioning and proximity sourcing base it is less exposed to rising input prices . '' H&M also said today that the three months was `` characterized by continued restrained consumption , a discount - driven market with many price activities and unfavourable weather conditions , '' in December when it closed some stores temporarily amid heavy snowstorms . `` Sales have remained sluggish , which we think will raise concerns that H&M is confusing customers and pricing too close to discounters , '' said Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Richard Chamberlain in a note today . Inditex also plans to expand at about twice the pace of H&M , with a target of 500 new stores this year while H&M aims for 250 . Inditex said on March 23 that it opened 160 stores in Asia last year , of which 75 were in China 's main and smaller cities . The Spanish retailer plans to add a further 120 Chinese stores across its eight brands in 2011 . - With assistance by Janina Pfalzer in Stockholm . Editor : Celeste Perri , Paul Jarvis To contact the reporter on this story : Armorel Kenna in Milan at akenna@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story : Celeste Perri at cperri@bloomberg.net .

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Alaska oil bill draws early fire JUNEAU , Alaska , April 1 -LRB- UPI -RRB- - An Alaska lawmaker introduced an amendment Friday that would give oil companies a tax break provided they pledged to increase production . Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell , a Republican , unveiled plans for 1 million barrels of oil production per day through the Trans-Alaska pipeline system within the next decade . Parnell said he was proposing a tax break for oil companies to encourage investments and to erase declines in state oil production . '' `` The time to reduce oil taxes is now and I am asking all Alaskans to send a clear message to legislators in Juneau that a '' `` do-nothing '' '' strategy is unacceptable because Alaska 's future is at stake , '' '' he said in a statement . But state Rep. Bob Miller , D-Fairbanks , introduced an amendment that would put certain restrictions on oil companies . Under Miller 's plan , companies would get a tax break until January 2017 . After that , they would need to have increased production by 10 percent of current levels to continue getting a break and increase production by another 2 percent each year beyond 2017 . '' `` We want to be sure that they are earning the breaks that we are giving , '' '' Miller said in a statement . '' `` This amendment says here 's the benefit . If you do not make certain metrics for the benefit of Alaska , we withdraw those benefits . '' ''

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Phish Phavors New York With 3-Day Phestival In Phinger Lakes Big announcement today from Phish HQ : the quartet will be playing a three day festival in New York in July . Super Ball IX will be held at Watkins Glen International -LRB- about a five hours drive from the city -RRB- from July 1st to the 3rd , and as our resident hippie here at Gothamist HQ points out , '' `` I do n't think there 's been a concert there of this magnitude since Summer Jam , perhaps because that one was a traffic nightmare . '' '' Perfect , because nothing says Independence Day like burning some phossil phuel with your phellow Americans . In their announcement today the band does point out that , yes , this is '' `` the first major music festival held at Watkins Glen since 1973 '' `` s legendary Summer Jam . '' '' They also note it will be their '' `` biggest ball ever '' '' -LRB- of their nine , and counting -RRB- , so be prepared : -LRB- Summer Jam got into Guiness for the '' `` Largest audience at a pop festival , '' '' with 600,000 in attendance -RRB- . Not scared of a little traffic ? Tickets go on sale this coming Monday , April 4th , right here - and more information can be found in their enjoyable little video below . Phish notes that Super Ball IX continues a tradition that began with The Clifford Ball in August of 1996 - which was awesome , and we may or may not be in this video taken there .

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Google faces tax investigation by China Long-running feud between country and internet company flares up again as Beijing alleges tax violations by subsidiaries Chinese authorities have found three companies linked to Google Inc broke tax rules and are investigating possible tax avoidance , a state-run newspaper said on Thursday , raising the risk of renewed pressure on the internet search giant . Google said two of the companies named were its units , and a third was a separate firm that works closely with Google . But Google denied the tax violations alleged in the Chinese-language Economic Daily . '' `` We believe we are , and always have been , in full compliance with Chinese tax law , '' '' Google said in a statement . Even if the report is unfounded or embellished , it could bring fresh headaches in China for Google , which has gone through difficult times there since early last year when it clashed with the government over internet censorship and hacking attacks . China generates a small percentage of Google 's revenues , but is the world 's largest internet market with more than 450 million users . The country 's search market , dominated by homegrown Baidu Inc , was worth 11bn yuan -LRB- # 1.05 bn -RRB- in 2010 and is likely to grow by about 50 % each year for the next four years , according to iResearch . The Economic Daily said that the three companies investigated and punished were '' `` Google enterprises in China '' '' . '' `` The taxation authorities have already investigated and punished the three companies according to the law , '' '' said the report on its front page . The companies were accused of presenting false and unjustified claims to the total value of 40m yuan , said the report . It did not say when the claimed violations are alleged to have happened . '' `` It is understood by this reporter that the taxation authorities are further investigating Google businesses in China on suspicion of tax avoidance , '' '' said the brief story , which was also later reported by China 's official Xinhua news agency . A Google spokesperson said the two of the accused companies - Google Information Technology -LRB- China -RRB- Co Ltd and and Google Information Technology -LRB- Shanghai -RRB- Co Ltd - were its sub-units . It said the third company named , Google Advertising -LRB- Shanghai -RRB- Co Ltd , was a separate firm which works '' `` closely with Google as Google 's sole first-tier reseller in China '' '' of advertising on the search engine 's web pages . '' `` Most foreign companies in China , especially high-profile companies with a global reputation at stake , are pretty careful to make sure they are in full compliance with the relevant tax laws , '' '' said Mark Natkin , managing director of Marbridge Consulting , a Beijing-based company that advises investors about China 's Internet and telecommunications sectors . China 's foreign ministry would not comment directly about the report . '' `` Generally speaking , any companies operating abroad should obey the laws and regulations of the host country , '' '' said the ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu . The report appeared after Google again clashed with the Chinese government over internet censorship . Earlier this month , Google said any difficulty that users in China may have faced opening its email service were likely the result of government blocks . China 's ruling Communist party has intensified censorship in recent months , fearing that calls for protests inspired by anti-authoritarian uprisings across the Middle East and north Africa could gather momentum . Google 's serious run-ins with the Chinese government began in January 2010 , when the company said it was no longer willing to censor search results in the country . Previously , the company included a disclaimer on its China service that searches may not be complete because of local laws .

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New Life for the Art of Lace-Making The Return of Lace as a Major Fashion Trend is Giving a Boost to a Once-Faltering European Business Caudry , France Lace , suddenly , is everywhere . Looking nothing like your grandmother 's doilies , lace is the fabric of whole dresses and suits for summer , as well as next fall . Lace has n't been this popular since Queen Victoria sat on the throne . The lavish lace is a dramatic change -- not only for high fashion but also for a European industry that has been dwindling since the 1920s . Europe was once famous for lace -- hundreds of types of Swiss , Belgian , French and at one point even English lace . Now , much of the lace shown on high-end runways comes from one town in northeastern France . The French lace industry was famous when Jerry Lee Lewis crooned , '' `` Chantilly lace and a pretty face ... '' '' in the 1950s . But Chantilly lace is no longer made in the French town of Chantilly . The high-end lace industry has mostly shrunk to the area around a town called Caudry , where rival companies Sophie Hallette and Solstiss supply the likes of Christian Dior , Chanel , Jean Paul Gaultier , Jason Wu and Valentino . The region is known for its stinky Maroilles cheese and the slurry of its '' `` Ch 't is '' '' dialect , made famous in France by the 2008 comedy '' `` Bienvenue Chez Les Ch 't is '' '' or '' `` Welcome to the Sticks . '' '' The factories here specialize in '' `` Leavers '' '' lace , using looms that imitate the intricate knotting of 18th-century handmade lace . These machine looms , named after the Englishman who invented them , can work cotton , silk , rayon , polyester , wool or other materials into exquisite laces that are sturdier than they look . -LRB- Handmade lace is now a hobbyist 's product , though some machine lace is embellished by hand . -RRB- Of course , the Leavers machines are far slower than the knitting machines now used to make mass-market lace in China . Heidi Cho , who trades in lace at Victorian Lace & Trim , a Los Angeles-based lace wholesaler , sells large quantities of Chinese lace to fast-fashion and budget-clothing manufacturers in the U.S. '' `` The China quality is low , but the price is low , Ms. Cho says . Created with an entirely different technique , it is n't nearly as nuanced or beautiful . Still , Chinese factories have n't made headway into the market for couture-level lace -- largely because new Leavers machines have n't been manufactured in decades . Outside of bridal trims and lingerie , lace has n't been a big part of women 's wardrobes in recent decades . Perhaps that 's partly because it 's so truly , almost wholly feminine -- in an era when women have been focused on competing with men . The fashion industry 's most contrarian designer , Miuccia Prada , prepared the way for lace 's comeback . For fall 2008 , she used heavy Swiss-made lace -- a type more often used in curtains -- in Prada 's skirts , dresses and accessories . French lace makers celebrated , knowing Prada was likely to influence other designers . Sophie Hallette 's U.S. sales representative , Jane Pincus , recalls that she was at a Paris fabric trade show in the spring of 2008 when word spread about the huge Prada order . '' `` There was champagne popping in the booth , '' '' she says . '' `` The sheer size -- they put it on every product -- the shoes , the bags . '' '' Then the financial crisis hit , with Lehman Brothers collapsing in September . Many designers stripped expensive details from their collections to slash prices . In late 2009 , Don O'Neill , designer of the midpriced Theia line , used a wedge of Sophie Hallette lace at the neck of a gown that was priced for retail at $ 450 . He says one U.S. luxury retailer asked him to use cheaper Chinese lace to bring the price of the dress closer to $ 350 . The French lace cost $ 22.33 per yard , compared with $ 2 or $ 3 per yard for lace from China , he says . This was n't the most expensive lace -- in fact , the average wholesale price of Sophie Hallette lace is about $ 63 a yard , says Maud Lescroart , the company 's head of marketing . At retail , a garment is often priced at five or six times what it cost the designer to make , after markups by the brand , the retailer and sometimes middlemen . So $ 20 of lace can raise the ultimate price of a dress by $ 100 . '' `` They did n't understand why I would n't just put Chinese lace on it , '' '' says Mr. O'Neill , who refused to switch laces . Not every designer made the same decision . During the financial crisis , Sophie Hallette , which also owns the Riechers Marescot lace brand , laid off 25 % of its work force in Caudry -- a painful time for the family-owned company . Now , as the world economy sputters along in recovery mode , lace has a fresh new appeal for designers . Indeed , European couture lace provides a near-perfect metaphor for what 's going on in the luxury market , where designers have been rethinking classic materials from mink to pearls . Lace is expensive and utterly traditional , yet it 's being put to use in a modern , whole-hog way , such as a hoop-shaped lace skirt from Yohji Yamamoto or Valentino 's winter coat with lace stitched over a more substantial fabric . Some of the machines in action at the Sophie Hallette factory in Caudry are 100 years old , says Ms. Lescroart , who is the 38-year-old granddaughter of the company 's founder . Many jobs are inherited from parents . Eric Lernon operates a tulle loom that his father worked on as a tulliste . '' `` It 's like a 19th-century company in the 21st century , '' '' Ms. Lescroart says , glancing around the factory floor where she spent a good deal of her childhood . In a showroom , she and creative director Pierre Alain Cornaz pull out lace trims so complex that it takes a person two days to make one meter . Often details such as embroidery , sequins and other embellishments are added by hand . New lace patterns from Mr. Cornaz are drawn by hand -- every single thread -- by a team at the factory . The lace patterns they were drawing in February 2011 will be seen on runways more than a year later , in September 2012 , and the clothes will hit stores in January of 2013 . Threading the tulle loom takes two months and two people , says Ms. Lescroart . '' `` Tell the designers that 's why it takes so long to fill their orders , '' '' she jokes . In another room , women mend tiny faults by hand , holding the lace on their laps . '' `` This is a woman 's room , '' '' says Ms. Lescroart . '' `` It takes patience . '' '' Down a hallway in a laboratory , chemist Philippe Desmaretz measures dyes in beakers and vials . '' `` He 's got a lot of work now because of the shows , '' '' Ms. Lescroart says . '' `` All the designers want special colors . '' '' -- Contact me at Christina.Binkley@wsj.com or twitter.com/BinkleyOnStyle . Write to Christina Binkley at christina.binkley@wsj.com

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Tili ' s back at SeaWorld and so are the crowds : Tips on seeing the orca show The return of orca Tilikum to SeaWorld 's Believe show on March 30th after an absence of more than a year brought out the crowds to welcome the big guy back . Tili is a crowd pleaser because his sheer size allows him to soak the crowds very effectively as he swims by to chants of '' `` Shamu ! Shamu ! '' '' The park is debuting a new orca show , One Ocean , in late April , which will no doubt draw even more people . So how do you see the orca show at SeaWorld most effectively ? Here are some tips : 1 -RRB- Arrive at Shamu Stadium early . The stadium opens about half an hour before show time , although people line up before that on the busiest days . There are refreshment stands and restrooms at the stadium , so you can get munchies , souvenirs and drinks or make a quick pitstop once you get there . The stadium is massive , so it only reaches capacity on the busiest days , but you wo n't have a good seat choice if you get there late . 2 -RRB- Choose your entrance carefully . There are multiple entrances to Shamu Stadium , so do n't just jump into the first line you see on a crowded day . Walk around the stadium and see if you can find something shorter . 3 -RRB- Be prepared if you sit in the soak section . You really do get wet in the danger zone , especially now that Tili is back . Splashing is a big crowd pleasure , so it 's likely to be part of the new show , too . Wear a poncho if you do n't want to get your clothes wet , and stash fragile items like cameras and cell phone in plastic bags to protect them . Ride Atlantis , the park 's water ride , after sitting in the soak zone since you are already wet , or ride it before the show . Advertisement 4 -RRB- Do n't rush out at the end . People tend to jump up and hurry to the exits once the show is over . Rather than fighting the crowd , I like to relax for a bit . Sometimes the trainers are around at the end , so you can have a nice chat with them until the massive pack of people is gone . Click here to see a video of Tili 's first return performance . Click here to read more of my articles , and click here to follow me on Twitter .

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2 New Orleans cops sentenced in post-Katrina shooting & burning of Henry Glover Former New Orleans Police Department -LRB- NOPD -RRB- Officer David Warren was sentenced today in connection with the post-Katrina shooting death of Henry Glover , and current NOPD Officer Greg McRae was sentenced for the subsequent burning of Glover 's remains and obstruction of justice . Former NOPD Officer Warren was sentenced to 25 years and nine months in prison for his involvement in the Sept. 2 , 2005 , shooting death of civilian Henry Glover . As part of the restitution order , Warren will also pay $ 7,642.32 to Glover 's family for funeral expenses . Warren was found guilty by a federal jury of a civil rights violation resulting in death for shooting Glover , and for using a firearm to commit manslaughter . Current NOPD Officer McRae was sentenced to 17 years and three months in prison , three years of supervised release , and restitution in the amount of $ 6,000 for his involvement in the burning of Mr. Glover 's body . McRae was convicted of two civil rights violations , one count of obstructing justice , and one count of using fire during the commission of a felony . One of the civil rights counts charged that McRae willfully used fire to destroy a civilian 's property by burning and destroying a car , and the other civil rights count charged that he willfully deprived Glover 's family members of their right to seek redress in the courts for his death . Evidence presented at trial established that Warren , while stationed on a second floor lookout , shot Glover , who was a floor below him and running away . Glover 's brother and a friend flagged down a passing motorist , '' `` Good Samaritan '' '' William Tanner , who put the wounded Glover in his car to try to get medical attention for him . However , when the group of men drove up to a makeshift police station seeking help for Glover , police officers surrounded the men at gunpoint , handcuffed them and let Glover die in the back seat of the car . McRae then drove off with Tanner 's car , with Glover 's body inside , and burned both the body and the car with a traffic flare . Advertisement This case was investigated by the New Orleans Field Office of the FBI and was prosecuted by Trial Attorney Jared Fishman , of the Justice Department 's Civil Rights Division , and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Tracey Knight and Michael Magner for the Eastern District of Louisiana .

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Feds Investigate Seattle Police for Possible Excessive Use of Force By Nathan Koppel We tend to think of Seattle in stereotypical ways : earthy , mellow , panoramic , rainy . But it 's not all Patagonia and lattes out there , as the news yesterday about the Justice Department 's investigation of Seattle police would indicate . The DOJ is looking into a possible pattern of the SPD using excessive force and discriminating against minorities , Justice announced here yesterday . At issue in the federal investigation are several high-profile incidents involving police violence . Last April , a detective was videotaped kicking a Latino robbery suspect and stating that he would beat the '' `` Mexican piss '' '' out of the suspect ; In June , an officer was videotaped punching a 17-year-old African American girl who protested the arrest of a friend for jaywalking ; and , In August , police shot a Native American woodcarver after he faied to drop his carving knife . -LRB- Click here for a Seattle Post-Intelligencer article on the investigation and here 's one from the LA Times . -RRB- Seattle Police Chief John Diaz told the Seattle Times that he welcomes the DOJ investigation and considers it like a '' `` free audit . '' '' '' `` We have nothing to hide , '' '' he said . '' `` We 've been open and transparent with the Department of Justice , which makes for a good working relationship . '' '' On a separate and lighter note , we would like to point out that our own Ashby Jones , who currently is on vacation , has first-hand experience with the mean streets of Seattle . Earlier this year , Jones followed modern-day superhero Phoenix Jones -LRB- pictured below -RRB- , as Phoenix patrolled Seattle in a black-and-gold costume in search of drug dealers and other miscreants . It 's a little hard to explain , but we invite you to read Ashby 's page one story about his brush with superheroes .

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Hustler Fined $ 14G for Not Using Condoms in Porn LOS ANGELES - California workplace safety officials have fined Larry Flynt 's Hustler Video and another porn producer for not using condoms on set to protect sex performers from exposure to disease . Hustler faces $ 14,175 in fines for three violations , including failure to provide condoms or other protective equipment , according to a Division of Occupational Safety and Health citation provided to The Associated Press Wednesday . Hustler '' `` failed to ensure the use of appropriate personal protective equipment , such as condoms '' '' to protect its employees from semen , vaginal excretions and blood in the course of producing adult videos , according to the citation . The current fines are based on the same section of state law that also requires hospitals to provide nurses with protective gear to spare them exposure to blood-borne and fluid-borne illnesses . Flynt has said in the past that audiences do n't want to watch porn in which actors use condoms . Hustler was also fined for failing to maintain a written injury and illness policies and for failing to provide workers with vaccines for hepatitis C. Hustler 's citation stems from a Sept. 14 inspection of a jobs site in response to a complaint from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation , a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that advocates for safe sex in pornography . Forsaken Pictures faces $ 12,150 in fines for similar violations . The fines were issued March 9 . Cal/OSHA Senior Safety Engineer Deborah Gold said the state continually investigates the porn industry , though job sites can be difficult to find , and has cited a handful of producers for violations in recent years . '' `` Clearly if an employee is having unprotected sexual contact with another person then there needs to be either engineering control , like simulation , or people need to use a condom or other barrier , '' '' Gold said . A telephone message seeking comment left by The Associated Press was n't immediately returned by a Hustler representative . Contact information for Forsaken could n't be located . Late last year , a porn actor tested positive for HIV at a California clinic , causing panic among actors . Some San Fernando Valley pornographers in the multibillion-dollar adult entertainment industry shuttered productions as a precaution .

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Retiree health cost estimate falls , for a change BOSTON - Rising health care costs are a given . But for the first time in 10 years , the outlook is improving for new retirees wondering whether they 'll be able to pay their medical bills throughout their retirements . A 65-year-old couple retiring this year will need $ 230,000 , on average , to cover medical expenses in retirement , according to a study to be released Thursday by Fidelity Investments . That 's down 8 percent from the $ 250,000 projection the Boston-based financial services company made a year ago . That 's notable because the total had risen each year since Fidelity made its initial calculation of $ 160,000 in 2002 . Annual increases have averaged 6 percent . Fidelity attributes its optimism to President Obama 's year-old health care overhaul , which will reduce many seniors ' out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drugs . The projections are part of Fidelity 's business helping employers design workplace benefits programs . The study is based on projections for a couple of 65-year-olds retiring this year with Medicare coverage . The estimate factors in the federal program 's premiums , co-payments and deductibles , as well as out-of-pocket prescription costs . The study assumes no employer provided insurance in retirement , and a life expectancy of 85 for women and 82 for men . The calculation was complicated this year by the health care bill that Obama signed into law in March 2010 . Although its focus is expanding health care access to people under age 65 , the law also will benefit many retirees by gradually closing what 's known as the '' `` doughnut hole '' '' coverage gap in the Medicare drug benefit . Fidelity says that 's the key reason why its projection is down this year . But that effect will run its course . Longer-term , retirees ' cost savings are n't expected to offset other factors driving expenses up , such as new medical technologies , greater use of health care services , and more diagnostic tests . That 's why Fidelity expects its calculation will eventually resume its historic pattern of annual increases . '' `` We expect that trend to continue when we look to 2012 and beyond , '' '' said Sunit Patel , a senior vice president for benefits consulting at Fidelity . Fidelity 's estimate is a projection of what an average couple would need . Actual costs will vary widely , depending on a couple 's medical needs and how long they live . The projection also does n't factor in most dental services , or long-term care , such as costs from living in a nursing home . In any given year , about one in four Medicare beneficiaries have drug expenses high enough to hit the doughnut hole , in which they 're responsible for the full cost of their medications . The older one gets , the greater the chances of landing in that hole at some point because of an illness requiring costly prescription drugs . For 2011 , the coverage gap starts after Medicare beneficiaries and their insurance plan have spent $ 2,840 on medications . After that , seniors are responsible for roughly the next $ 3,600 . Once total spending reaches about $ 6,440 , Medicare 's catastrophic coverage kicks in and beneficiaries pay only a small amount . Under the new law , the gap will be gradually eliminated by 2020 . When the changes are complete , seniors will just pay the regular 25 percent cost sharing for all their medications . The Employee Benefit Research Institute , an independent nonprofit , conducts similar research but , unlike Fidelity , does n't focus on an average . That 's because there are so many variables that impact a retiree 's circumstances , says Paul Fronstin , EBRI 's director of health research and education . In its latest annual estimate released in November , EBRI projected that a couple with median drug expenses - meaning half of the population would have higher , and half lower - would need $ 158,000 for a 50 percent chance of having saved enough to cover health care expenses in retirement . They 'd need $ 271,000 for a 90 percent chance . EBRI 's study did n't closely examine the savings impact from the health care law because of differences in how it makes its projections compared with Fidelity . Advertisement

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Andrew Young interviewed again in Edwards case WASHINGTON Prosecutors investigating former Sen. John Edwards spent several hours Thursday re-interviewing the man who posed as the father of Edwards ' out-of-wedlock baby during the 2008 presidential campaign . Andrew Young met with the prosecutors in his attorney 's Washington office for more than four hours . The Associated Press spotted him leaving the building 's underground garage in a vehicle with a North Carolina license plate registered to his wife , Cheri , at their home in Chapel Hill . The interview is particularly notable because of its timing . Young has already been questioned by a grand jury investigating Edwards in 2009 , and the Justice Department is considering whether to move forward with an indictment . The prosecutors could be interested in taking a closer look at Young to see how he 'll hold up as a witness , since his credibility could be problematic . Young , who was an aide to Edwards ' 2008 presidential campaign , initially claimed he was the father of the child and traveled around the country helping keep Edwards ' mistress , Rielle Hunter , hidden . Young has since come out with a book detailing his role in covering up Edwards ' paternity of the baby . Young now says he made a mistake in judgment by lying . His book is being turned into a Hollywood film . Edwards acknowledged in January 2010 that he fathered the girl , Frances Quinn Hunter . Last year , a North Carolina judge said he was troubled by a series of seemingly conflicting statements that Young made under oath in a lawsuit over a purported sex tape depicting Edwards . Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones considered sending Young to jail for contempt but backed away as Young 's attorneys argued that the discrepancies were memory lapses . Young has said he had the sex tape simply to corroborate his story . Young 's attorney , David Geneson , did not return a call for comment on the meeting , and the Justice Department declined to comment . The investigation centers on the money spent to keep Hunter and Young in hiding . Investigators are looking chiefly at whether money paid to Hunter and Young - from outside political groups and Edwards ' political donors - should have been considered campaign donations since the money arguably aided his presidential bid . Young would be the chief witness , since one donor who gave them money has died and the second is 100 years old . Haunted by other case The investigation is being jointly run by the Republican-appointed U.S. attorney in Raleigh and the public integrity section of Justice Department in Washington . The Justice Department has reason to be cautious in pursuing the case after the public integrity section 's last prosecution of a high-profile politician , the late Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens , ended so badly . A judge overturned Stevens ' conviction and ordered a criminal investigation into the prosecutors ' conduct after the department admitted its lawyers did not turn over important , exculpatory evidence to the defense team . Associated Press writer Mike Baker in Raleigh contributed to this report .

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GM sells Delphi stake for $ 3.8 B Sale strengthens automaker 's cash , boosts balance sheet David Shepardson and Christina Rogers / The Detroit News General Motors Co. has sold its ownership stake in Delphi Automotive LLP to bolster cash and fortify its balance sheet . The Detroit automaker said Thursday the sale was valued at $ 3.8 billion . GM , which spun off Delphi as a separate company in 1999 , reacquired partial ownership of in the Troy-based supplier in October 2009 as it exited bankruptcy as a new firm owned mostly by former creditors . Delphi filed for bankruptcy in 2005 . '' `` We are systematically delivering on our commitment to strengthen and simplify our balance sheet , '' '' said Dan Ammann , who officially becomes GM 's senior vice president and chief financial officer today . The sale ends a painful period for GM , which had sought to end its ties with Delphi , only to be forced to reacquire its global steering business in 2009 . It sold the business to a Chinese government firm last year . The sale does n't change GM 's day-to-day relationship with the global auto supplier . '' `` It allows GM and Delphi to have a normal automaker , supplier relationship , '' '' said GM spokesman Jim Cain . GM will report $ 1.6 billion in revenue from the sale in the first quarter of 2011 . While GM will eventually earn $ 3.8 billion on the sale , it previously spent $ 12.5 billion to help the supplier during its bankruptcy stay . Analyst Joe Phillippi , AutoTrends Consulting in Short Hills , N.J. , said the sale is n't likely to change things much for GM or the auto supplier . '' `` This is the culmination of a process that began more than 10 years ago , '' '' Phillippi said . '' `` GM is bringing in more cash and they 'll pay down more debt , pure and simple . '' '' On Thursday , the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. -- the government 's pension insurer -- sold its stake in Delphi for $ 594 million . The move helps clear the way for Delphi 's private equity owners to sell the company or take it public . PBGC , which pays Delphi 's pension benefits , obtained an interest in Delphi Automotive in 2009 for claims on its bankruptcy-terminated pension plans . dshepardson@detnews.com

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German arrested in stadium bomb plot DORTMUND , Germany , April 1 -LRB- UPI -RRB- - A 25-year-old German man has been arrested for allegedly burying a cache of bombs near a German soccer stadium in a blackmail plot , authorities say . The unnamed German national was arrested in Cologne on Tuesday after allegedly placing the explosives in a parking garage near the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund , home of the Borussia Dortmund team , the Federal Office of Criminal Investigation told The Local news agency . The bombs were safely defused , and three more were found at the man 's home in Krefeld , officials said . Investigators said they began tracking the man after he e-mailed the German Embassy in Pakistan , offering information about two planned attacks in Germany by a group . The warning appeared to be a blackmail bid and was worded like an unsolved attempted blackmail case last year . '' `` The suspect apparently acted alone with a general criminal motive , '' '' a federal spokesman said . '' `` There are absolutely no ties to terrorist or Islamist organizations . '' '' Authorities say he admitted placing the bombs . Dortmund police spokesman Michael Stein told the BBC : '' `` We expect no security threat at all for the upcoming Bundesliga match on Saturday . Visitors are invited to come to Dortmund . They will be safe here . '' ''

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LVMH Moves Forward With Gehry Art Museum see photos Forbes Images Click for full photo gallery : Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation After local authorities halted construction of Bernard Arnault 's new art museum in Paris , the French Senate yesterday approved a bill that will allow it to continue . That 's good news for LVMH , which commissioned Frank Gehry to design the building -- formally known as the Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation -- in 2006 , at a cost of $ 200 million . The museum will hold Arnault 's vast corporate and private collections of art , including 20th-century classics from Picasso , Yves Klein , Henry Moore and Andy Warhol mixed with modern work by Agnes Martin , Frank Serra , Jeff Koons and Pierre Huyghe . Earlier this year , the administrative tribunal of Paris , a part of the national judiciary system , had revoked the center 's building permit citing its apparent encroachment on the Jardin d'Acclimatation , a childrens park next to the building site . Opponents to the site had also complained that a new building would disrupt the verdant peace of the historic park . Christophe Girard , the deputy mayor in charge of culture of the city of Paris and the director of marketing strategy for the fashion sector of LVMH , filed and won an appeal . Gehry , for his part , told reporters he was `` distressed , shocked and furious '' at the threat to his `` magical '' creation . His spokesman criticized the `` selfishness , lack of civic pride and ignorance '' of the groups opposing the building and predicted that in a few years it will be considered `` a national monument . '' Located in the center of the Bois de Boulogne , the giant glass-encased structure will look like an iceberg dressed in a cloud , '' according to Arnault 's cultural adviser , Jean-Paul Claverie . Gehry has said the translucent panels are positioned to reflect different colors and light patterns throughout the day . Mostly though the complex -LRB- it includes a restaurant and auditorium -RRB- will demonstrate Arnault 's role as the penultimate tastemaker and LVMH as an institution devoted to fostering high culture in France and abroad . The Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation is set to open in late 2012 . Follow me on Twitter : @HannahElliott

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