Is there any reason that, say, a painter of academic portraits and a maker of anarchic installations should be thought of as being in the same business?
BrightSource Energy, a maker of solar power installations, and Aleris, an aluminum products producer, both withdrew their I.P.O.'s on Wednesday night.
Turnstone Systems, a maker of equipment and software for easier installation of high-speed online connections, closed at $97, after being offered at $29. Turnstone's technology lets phone companies install and maintain digital subscriber lines on copper wires by remote control.
Her parents, Doris and Raymond A. Leduc, live in Enfield, Conn., where the bride's father designs and sells equipment for Combustion Installation of New England, a maker of industrial steam-production and heating equipment.
Ms. Bloom herself is not just a maker of high-end objects but an inveterate collector of them, though she will either make her finds the basis of new installations or pass them on to others.
Agilent Technologies, a maker of test and measurement equipment, reported a larger-than-expected loss for the fiscal third quarter today because of weak demand and disruptions caused by the installation of a companywide management system.
Middleby is a maker of commercial ovens.
Christine Prescott is a maker of unusual things.
As well as a musical performance featuring members of local ambient noiseniks Sigur Rós, the Experiment Marathon is turning the Reykjavik Art Museum into a laboratory in which leading artists, architects and film-makers will create a smorgasbord of installations, screenings, performances and experimental films.
