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...Big-ticket items like grills, appliances and patio furniture were particularly soft. And the kinds of projects contractors are working on “are changing from large-scale remodels to smaller projects”....
...Shahien Nasiripour, in the FT’s DC bureau, says the victory is significant for Ms Warren as she prepares to fill Ted Kennedy’s former seat: “Elizabeth Warren dreamt up the Consumer Financial Protection...
...“I grew up in the suburbs of San Francisco and Washington DC, and feel most at home skiing or hiking in the mountains of Montana....
...He also has a chain of burger restaurants called Ted’s Montana Grill, and will open one later this year in Time Warner’s Time Life building....
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