The Buzz

An Internet rumor is hard to stop, but maybe The New York Times can do it.
The Times reported Wednesday on the University of Kentucky’s long-running campaign to stifle false e-mail reports that it had canceled a class on the Holocaust to appease skeptical Muslims.
“It’s Kafkaesque,” UK Provost Kumble R. Subbaswamy told the Times. “Just when [...]

Do you remember Morris Book Shop?
If so, you must have been in Lexington between 1935 and 1978, when owner Joseph Houlihan closed the store at 224 East Main Street after losing the lease.
The store provided stellar customer service and propelled Houlihan to two terms as president of the American Booksellers Association.
Thirty years later, another Morris [...]

A couple of unusual flags are flying at Valvoline headquarters on Blazer Parkway near Richmond Road.
They are there to honor Ashland Inc. employees from China and Singapore who are in Lexington for a couple of weeks to learn about computer software that allows Ashland to run its businesses with fewer employees.
Ashland is Valvoline’s parent company.
In [...]

It’s tough enough when your company has an off year or two.
It’s worse when The Wall Street Journal tells the whole world about it.
Case in point, Lexington’s very own Lexmark International.
In Monday’s Journal Report, the newspaper calculated the returns on a $1,000 investment in various major stocks.
It reported that Lexmark was the 20th “worst performer” [...]

It’s tough enough when your company has an off year or two.
It’s worse when The Wall Street Journal tells the whole world about it.
Case in point, Lexington’s very own Lexmark International.
In Monday’s Journal Report, the newspaper calculated the returns on a $1,000 investment in various major stocks.
It reported that Lexmark was the 20th “worst performer” [...]

Okay, everybody, make sure your hair is combed, your teeth are brushed and your hands are clean.
They are coming to look us over.
Editorial and marketing teams from Sky magazine will be in Lexington in March and April to do a 28-page special section for Sky’s June issue.
Dubbed “Portrait: Lexington’s Bluegrass Region,” it could be seen [...]

Okay, everybody, make sure your hair is combed, your teeth are brushed and your hands are clean.
They are coming to look us over.
Editorial and marketing teams from Sky magazine will be in Lexington in March and April to do a 28-page special section for Sky’s June issue.
Dubbed “Portrait: Lexington’s Bluegrass Region,” it could be seen [...]

You’ve got a great idea for a new business, but you don’t have the dough, the moolah, the greenbacks to make it fly.
Dude, it’s time to get creative, like James Martin.
The 23-year-old Corbin native graduated from the University of Kentucky in December with a degree in middle-school education.
He didn’t want to start a teaching job [...]

If it’s not the top rung, you can see it from there.
Kim Reeder, who grew up in Morehead, has been named a partner in the Big Four accounting firm of KPMG LLP.
Reeder practices state and local tax accounting, and will be based in Silicon Valley, Calif., after a brief stint with KPMG’s Washington National Tax [...]

If you’re bored with the same ole snacks, try the PickleSickle — sometimes called Bob’s Pickle Pops — that’s made from freshly squeezed pickles.
Thank of it as frozen green orange juice.
“It is hard to imagine that someone thought of the idea of creating a frozen treat made from pickle juice,” says PickleSickle co-founder David Millar. [...]