The following essay examines the literary collaboration of Ann and Jane Taylor. Goodness, humor, and a knowledge of children's foibles (and children's pleasure in reading about appropriate punishments) characterize the writing of Ann and Jane Taylor,...

SYRACUSE - Lord & Taylor President and Chief Executive Officer Jane Elfers spoke at Syracuse University's Genet Auditorium in Slocum Hall on April 10. Elfers, a 1983 graduate of Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., outlined Lord & Taylor's 177-year history, described recent changes in...

LEBANON -- About two decades ago, Ric and Jane Taylor thought they were settling into retirement in a new home on 33 acres overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains. Then their daughter, Danielle, changed everything. "She said, 'Dad, what are they going to write...

Customers lined up outside branches of a British mortgage bank for a second day on Saturday as fears spread over the bank's emergency loan from the Bank of England amid global financial turmoil.Customers withdrew 1 billion pounds ($2 billion) from Northern Rock, Britain's fifth largest...

Hundreds of customers lined up to withdraw their savings from a British mortgage bank Saturday, ignoring government assurances that their money was safe despite the bank's request for an emergency loan.Police were called in some cities to steer panicked crowds away as Northern Rock bank...