Starwood Hotels 1st-qtr profit falls 81 percent, but surpasses Wall Street’s forecastNEW YORK — Starwood Hotels & Resorts Inc. said Thursday that its first-quarter profit plunged 81 percent, but deep cost cuts helped the lodging company’s adjusted results beat Wall Street’s expectations. He became a Big Brother at 65, and the relationship is 30 years old and still treasuredWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — It was an unlikely pairing, the old man and the boy. Suburban NYC family settles music piracy tussle for $7,000 after 4 yearsWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — After battling a suburban family for four years over music downloads, the recording industry has agreed to accept $7,000 — paid in installments — to settle its federal piracy lawsuit. Lawyer: Mom accused of endangering kids by putting them out of car simply drove around blockWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The woman who allegedly ordered her squabbling young daughters out of her car and drove off without them quickly returned to the scene expecting to pick them up, her lawyer said Friday. Mother accused of ordering her arguing daughters out of car, then driving offWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Usually, it’s an empty threat: “If you kids don’t stop fighting, I’m going to stop this car right now and leave you here!” But a mother from an upper-crust New York suburb went through with it, ordering her battling 10- and 12-year-old daughters out of her car in White Plains’ business district and driving off, police said Tuesday. |