Clothier Tonny Sorensen lists Bev Hills home at $6.9 million

Former Von Dutch chief executive and clothier Tonny Sorensen has left his signature on his personal residence in Beverly Hills and listed it at $6.9 million. The gated midcentury modern was built in 1961 but completely redone by the Danish entrepreneur. He combined his love of minimalism and high-quality materials in the single-story, 6,000-square-foot home. Read more [...]

Angels of ’97 events, road races, art openings and music

Cornelius will conduct another Operation Medicine Drop disposal day Saturday, like this one last fall. From left, pharmacist Megan Quick, Officer Vickie Williams and Sgt. George. See more below (Christina Ritchie Rogers /CorneliusNews.net) By BILL KISER CorneliusNews.net A major annual literary lecture featuring poet Edward Hirsch, a pair of art exhibits at Davidson College, lots of music, four Saturday road races and a St. Patrick’s Day event at the U.S. National Whitewater Center Read more [...]

For sale: 1930s grade II-listed Marcel Breuer-designed Sea Lane House in East …

For sale: 1930s grade II-listed Marcel Breuer-designed Sea Lane House in East Preston, West Sussex An amazing house has just hit the market. In fact, this Marcel Breuer-designed Sea Lane House in East Preston, West Sussex has come onto the market for the first time since the 1940s. A unique modernist property, this is the only house in Britain to have been wholly designed by the great Bauhaus-trained architect and designer Marcel Breuer. For that reason, this Read more [...]

Enemies of the internet are listed

JOURNALIST GROUP Reporters without Borders has published its list of the countries with the worst attitudes towards the internet and online censorship. A couple of new countries have joined the list for this year, so if there is a dinner for the worst nations, then whoever organises that needs to add Bahrain and Belarus to a seating arrangement that already includes Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. These Read more [...]

IGSA Makes Changes to Its 2012 DH Skate Events Calendar

The International Gravity Association (IGSA) made news earlier this year with the promise of adding more events to its 2012 lineup. An initial schedule was released shortly after but things have changed since then. There have been more events added and a few date changes. Here's a brief look at some of what's on tap: Non-Series Events The Laguna Seca Invitational Downhill Skateboard Race is slated to take place April 19, 2012, at the Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, Read more [...]

Metro Detroit home sales were up 13% in February

Metro Detroit home sales were up 13% in February and median sales prices were up as well, according to data released this today by Realcomp.While it’s good news for the market this month, things haven’t returned to normal, said Karen Kage, CEO of Realcomp, the Farmington Hills-based multiple listing service. The surge was caused by continued low inventories in the market that draws multiple offers to some houses for sale. And despite record low interest rates for mortgages, cash sales accounted Read more [...]

Analysis: Flexibility for participants must be the watchword

With the number of online programmes growing all the time, this year’s Financial Times listing of distance learning MBAs – now in its seventh year – is the largest to date. Using a web-based questionnaire, 48 business schools – nine of which are in the listing for the first time – outlined the courses they offer. The details of these are summarised in our table. Listed first are schools accredited by either AACSB or Equis; participation in the FT’s Global MBA Ranking requires this certification. Read more [...]

A mansion tax would affect tourism by targeting owners of historic homes

SIR – Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, has various proposals for a “tycoon tax” (report, March 10). This is flawed on many levels, not least because, if introduced, his targets will simply leave. Those with the resources to pay an “army of lawyers and accountants” also have the resources to move to a jurisdiction that doesn’t operate such a mechanism for revenue collection. What Mr Clegg knows, but chooses to ignore, is that his targets already use private Read more [...]