Tupperware, pioneer of food storage and sales parties, files for bankruptcy

Tupperware, pioneer of food storage and sales parties, files for bankruptcy

Tupperware Brands, the company that revolutionized food storage decades ago, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Tupperware, based in Orlando, Fla., plans to continue operating during the bankruptcy proceedings and will seek court approval for a sale, “in order to protect its iconic brand,” the company said just before midnight on Tuesday.  The company … Read more

Opinion | Hong Kong for 1930s tourists: shopping, sedan chair rides, a side trip to southern China recommended in guidebook

Opinion | Hong Kong for 1930s tourists: shopping, sedan chair rides, a side trip to southern China recommended in guidebook

What did visitors to Hong Kong experience in the mid-1930s? International leisure travel, then, was only for the affluent; almost anyone else who ventured beyond their home countries did so for work opportunities; tourist activities encountered en route were just a welcome bonus. After the free-spending, worldwide economic boom that characterised the Roaring Twenties abruptly … Read more

The Rediscovery of a Depression-Era Masterpiece

The Rediscovery of a Depression-Era Masterpiece

A new restoration of Frank Borzage’s “Man’s Castle,” starring Loretta Young and Spencer Tracy, showcases the visionary Hollywood director’s lusty yet spiritual artistry. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong … Read more

Salt built this California ghost town. Now salt is destroying it.

Salt built this California ghost town. Now salt is destroying it.

Saltdale is not California’s most picturesque ghost town. It’s certainly not the largest, nor is it the most historical. But it may be the next to disappear. Saltdale sinks into Koehn Lake, a dry lakebed with salt deposits on its surface in the Mojave Desert, about 20 miles north of California City. Up close, the old … Read more