Author name: Enthusiast

Despite the negative publicity surrounding John A. Paulson’s ill-fated investment in the Chinese timber company Sino-Forest, a bet on a company that acquired some assets of the failed lender IndyMac is up 200 percent, Reuters reports.

Teaching children construction is gaining momentum across the country as a way to develop imagination and confidence in the very young.

Wood has become a symbol of the moment, an imprint of nature to give fashion a feeling for ecology, inspiring designers from Laura and Kate Mulleavy at Rodarte to Phoebe Philo at Céline.

Where to buy tools for a set of forgotten skills, tastes and virtues referred to as “the household arts.”