A collection of stories tagged 'domino' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:44:35 EST Europe is engaged in its own bank rescue bailouts. The governments of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg rescued financial firm Fortis over the weekend to prevent a domino-like spread of failure. Britain is nationalizing mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/56548 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95187259&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:00:00 EDT Markets in Asia reacted Thursday to the big drop in U.S. markets Wednesday by selling shares. After a volatile day, Asian stock indexes fell an average of 2 percent, as investors worried about the next domino to fall on Wall Street. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/55967 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94748544&ft=1&f=1006 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:52:00 EDT Markets have tumbled after the investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, and the brokerage firm Merrill Lynch agreed to be bought by Bank of America. Financial experts explain what's happening on Wall Street today and discuss the larger picture for the U.S. economy. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/55793 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94632004&ft=1&f=1006 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:34:00 EDT Credit card lending could be the next domino to fall from the mortgage crisis, some analysts say. We explore what's driving credit card lending out of control and see how much debt Santa Monica residents carry around in their back pockets. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/52800 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92630935&ft=1&f=1012 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:00:00 EDT Why mess with the simplicity and inexpensiveness of Domino's? Because getting creative with unconventional ingredients means infinite ways to enjoy one of the world's most appealing foods. After all, it's just pizza. It's easy as pie. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45437 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19170027&ft=1&f=1051 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:33:00 EST Fats Domino was presented with reproductions of his gold record collection swept away along with his New Orleans home in the lower 9th Ward by Hurricane Katrina. Historians spent months tracking down original 78's of hits, dipping them in gold and replicating even the labels. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/38164 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12768999 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:00:00 EDT A fourth suspect in an alleged plot to bomb fuel facilities at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York surrendered to authorities today in Trinidad. Experts say there are safeguards in place to prevent that domino effect, but even taking out a portion of the pipeline would shut down the airport. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/35328 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10741228 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:52:00 EDT Rock 'n' roll legend Fats Domino was on stage last Saturday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina hit his hometown of New Orleans. The 79-year-old sat at a piano to play a medley of his hits at Tipitina's nightclub. New Orleans Times-Picayune music writer Keith Spera talks about the show. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/34941 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10470031 Sat, 26 May 2007 08:00:00 EDT Fats Domino nearly perished and his home was heavily damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. But the New Orleans music legend says he's optimistic about the future of the city and his neighborhood in the Lower Ninth Ward. "We're gonna make it," he says. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/17220 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5259801 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:57:10 EST Domino's Pizza founder Daniel Monaghan is bankrolling the development of Ave Maria, a new town in southwest Florida being built around a Catholic law school of the same name. Monaghan wants the town to espouse conservative Catholic values -- which means no access to contraceptives or abortion procedures. Amy Tardiff of member station WGCU reports. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/17185 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5258999 Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:26:27 EST Domino's Pizza founder Thomas Monaghan has plans for a new community in Florida that will be governed by strict Roman Catholic principles. Monaghan, a longtime opponent of abortion, is putting $250 million of his own money into creating the city of Ave Maria. Satirist Brian Unger comments on the Catholic city and what will -- and won't -- be allowed within its borders. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/16973 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5247329 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 14:48:21 EST Super Bowl Sunday is typically the biggest day of the year for pizza deliveries. Madeleine Brand talks to Jeff Dufficy, a Domino's Pizza franchise owner, about how delivery workers get ready for the big day. Some hold pep rallies in the morning, and still other drivers equip their cars with satellite radios to keep track of lulls in the game, when orders generally spike. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/2363 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5187422 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST Ed Gordon continues the discussion about the U.S. Supreme Court's consideration of a discrimination lawsuit against Domino's Pizza with plaintiff John McDonald and his attorney Matthew Callister. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/3227 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5043817 Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST The U.S. Supreme Court considers whether an African-American businessman can sue Domino's Pizza for racial discrimination. Legal experts believe this case could ultimately affect how discrimination lawsuits involving contracts are handled. Ed Gordon discuss the case with Goodwin Liu, law professor at the Boalt School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/6351 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5043814 Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan presents a roundup what movie critics are saying about the weekend's new movie releases. Out this week: Domino, Elizabethtown and The Squid and the Whale. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/3747 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4958837 Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT We offer a musical tribute to the Big Easy: Fats Domino's version of "Do You Know What It's Like To Miss New Orleans?" The famed singer, now 77, narrowly escaped the floodwaters with several members of his family. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/4281 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4832037 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT The Domino Kings August 18, 2005 · Music critic Ken Tucker reviews two new CDs: The Domino Kings' Some Kind of Sign and Brian Capps' Walk Through Walls. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/4753 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4805585 Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT Domino is a magazine dedicated to shopping for the home. It features lots of product information and relatively little writing. Editor-in-chief Deborah Needleman and magazine industry analyst Samir Husni tell Linda Wertheimer how Domino fits into new publishing trends. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/8384 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4795214 Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT