eyeglasses News Archive

21-Feb-2009

 

  • Mercury? De Soto? Call It a Winner (New York Times)
    Combining a 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis sedan and panels from 11 different cars, including a 1957 De Soto, Steve Heller won the Collectible Car of the Year contest.


  • The energy of color affects (The Herald-Mail)
    Scientists have studied the effect of color on our mood, health and way of thinking for many years. Our preference of one color over another may have something to do with the way color makes us feel.


  • Report of the Secretary-General of the WTO on the financial and economic crisis and trade-related developments (AME Info)
    Juma Al Kait, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Trade's Director of Trade Negotiations and World Trade Organization (WTO) Affairs, said that the WTO's Trade Policy Review Body has issued an initial report that will provide members vital information on the repercussions of the financial and economic crisis and the impact on world trade.


  • Gold fever sweeps suburbia (Los Angeles Times)
    As prices soar and personal finances sour, Californians are selling off their old jewelry to generate extra cash. Juggling glasses of white wine and baggies filled with baubles, dozens of women descended on a well-appointed Orange County home this week to trade in their old golden treasures for hefty checks.


  • Red Cross ?Fire Hurts? campaign extended (The Sentinel)
    Since Jan. 26, the Cumberland County American Red Cross had responded to seven fires, assisting eight families and 31 individuals.


  • Props used by Ernie Kovacs part of Dallas auction (Access Atlanta)
    Dallas ? Props used by 1950s television comedian Ernie Kovacs, including a pair of eyeglasses with images of eyes on the lenses, are being sold this weekend by a Dallas collectibles auctioneer.


  • Italian Stocks: Bulgari, Fiat, Generali, Intesa, and UniCredit (Bloomberg)
    Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Italy?s benchmark S&P/MIB Index fell for a fifth day, losing 558, or 3.4 percent, to 15,943, heading for the biggest weekly loss in 2009.


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