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Commentary By Carol Dean Have order books ever reflected the true size of demand for a bond sale? Thats the question one debt investor recently raised when asked about the book size of Hungarys recent debt sale. That deal had a reported order book of about $9 billion for a $3.25 billion bond offering. More [...]

When was the last time you looked up a telephone number#160;by flipping through the white or yellow pages of a big, bulky phone book? #160; A survey done for WhitePages, the online white pages outfit behind#160;the Ban the Phone Book Initiative, said that nearly seven out of 10 people hardly, if ever, use the paper [...]

This advice is worth revisiting as interest in content marketing surges. As we race to keep pace with fast-moving consumers, technologies and platforms, Im growing concerned that we are at risk of ignoring boring stuff that can offer huge returns.  This is how Ive come to view e-books. Theyre a giant opportunity — and virtually [...]

The Friends of the AK Smiley Public Library will hold a rare books silent auction Feb. 26, 1 pm, at the library. The auction is featuring books by British authors HG Wells (1866-1946) and Adelaide Procter (1825-1864), and American authors Bliss Perry (1860-1954) and Willa Cather (1873-1947). Interested parties may view the books in the [...]

Who put the bomp, Barry Mann asked in his 1961 single, in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp? Mr. Mann wanted to shake that person’s hand. Enlarge This Image Alessandra Montalto/The New York Times THE SOUNDTRACK OF MY LIFE By Clive Davis With Anthony DeCurtis. Illustrated. 586 pages. Simon & Schuster. $30. HITMAKER The Man [...]

When the proposal for a book about the plight of the American housewife by a little-known journalist named Betty Friedan began circulating at the publishing house W. W. Norton in early 1959, not everyone was convinced that it was a world-changing blockbuster. Enlarge This Image Marilyn K. Yee/The New York Times “The Feminine Mystique,” by [...]

WE are all influenced by, and have access to, the same information, says sculptor Tom Bendtsen. And yet were able to construct vastly different ideas and arguments. Knowledge gleaned from books can be used to construe whatever you want. People tend to believe that more information makes you smarter and the more information you have, [...]

After being linked to a 2011 killing and, as a result, serving time in prison for violating parole, two men on Monday were booked in the shooting death of an eyewitness to the slaying they had originally been implicated in, according to New Orleans officials. Police jailed Jerel T. Clavo, 27, and Chris Williams, 29, [...]

Judiths Reading Room, a nonprofit literacy organization in Bethlehem, recently donated 1,000 books to the Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley in South Bethlehem. The center serves about 2,500 low-income people each month whose children typically are not enrolled in daycare or pre-school programs. These children may enter kindergarten without the reading skills needed to succeed in [...]

The University Press of Kansas is asking you to judge a book by its cover. From March 4 to 15, UPK, 2502 Westbrooke Circle in Lawrence, will be home to the Association of American University Presses Book, Jacket and Journal Show, according to a news release. The exhibit will be on display from 9 am to [...]