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'Don't try to be all things to all people': your startup fix to start the week

In 1951, she decided to start a small mail-order business – it combined her name and the name of her Mount Vernon, New York, home. Lillian Vernon converted her idea of selling ... their political ... read more

4 Westchester Cities Join Forces to Bring Ultra-High Speed Broadband to County

The cities of New Rochelle, White Plains, Mount Vernon ... business, health care organization and educational institution in the next three to five years. The cities will soon sign a Smart City ... read more

Presidents Bush and Clinton unite to train new leaders

MOUNT VERNON, Va ... so they become a peer group for each other." Leaders of the nation's 13 presidential centers sometimes confer on legal and legislative issues that affect all of them. They have ... read more

Macron’s Gamble: Keep Trump Close and Brace for Turbulence Ahead

Through two official dinners, a visit to Mount Vernon, tree planting and hand holding, the personal chemistry between the two leaders ... idea and insisted it was not “a personal action or initiative. ... read more

16 Legendary Women Entrepreneurs

These women are all different, yet they share similar ... Menasche in Leipzig, Germany, in 1929, Vernon came to the U.S. in 1937 when the Nazi threat intensified. In 1951, she decided to start a ... read more

The Delicious History of the White House Executive Chef

Well, that task belongs to the White House executive chef. Since 1961, only seven people have held ... For example, while preparing to serve 132 guests at George Washington’s home, Mount Vernon, he ... read more

Bio and Q&A with Gerry Connolly

I've worked a lot with our business community to promote high tech ... I also like taking people to our historic locations, Mount Vernon, Gunston Hall or Civil War battlefields. Q: Tell us something ... read more

10 flying objects people have mistaken for alien spaceships

Plus, flying-wing aircraft were first conceptualized (but not utilized) in Nazi Germany at the end of World War II ... In 2010, students at the Milestone School in Mount Vernon, New York threw an ... read more

Will Trump's Trade War Finally Break America's Close Relationship With Europe?

President Donald Trump walks with French President Emmanuel Macron at Mount Vernon, the estate of first U.S. President ... that tie the U.S.-U.K., the U.S.-Europe, the U.S.-Germany together, the idea ... read more

Gudy Gaskill, mother of the Colorado Trail, dies at 89

She attended Western State College of Colorado — now Western State Colorado University — in Gunnison, teaching German to pay her tuition ... In 1966, she sold a house to the Watt family in Mount ... read more

Deutsche Bank’s Lost Decade Haunts Sewing as Key Overhaul Nears

bring down costs as a share of revenue, extend market leadership at home and grow in Asia. He targets a pretax return on equity of 25%, an ambitious goal that German politicians condemn ... read more

Hemp Beer Is Dank, Delicious, and Coming Soon to a Bar Near You

After all, they share common ancestors, common flavor profiles ... Washington's Secret Stash—so named because the president grew hemp on his farm at Mount Vernon in the days before such production was ... read more