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NEWS ABOUT: flowers

flowers stories: 8 news summaries

(Newser) - 1-800-Flowers.com continues its record of early technology adoption, Robin Wauters writes in TechCrunch, opening a storefront within Facebook. The company hit the Internet at the surprisingly early date of 1992, and was the first retailer on AOL two years later. It claims it’s the first retailer operating on... More »

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social networking • Internet • online retailers • Facebook • 1 800 flowers.com • flowers • mobile Internet

(Newser) - French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy just loves her fleurs and she's often photographed arranging blooms in the Elysée Palace. Problem is, the flowers are costing French taxpayers $1,100 a day, and they want the spending nipped in the bud. The blooming bills were revealed in the first state... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • spending • Elysee • audit • flowers • Carla Bruni • French




 Flower Shows 
 Wilt Under 
 Recession  

Hard times, changing tastes killing off lavish displays

Mar 7, 09 6:30 AM CST
(Newser) - The economic downturn and changing demographics are killing off flower shows across America, the New York Times reports. Sponsorship money is drooping and greenhouses are becoming costlier to heat. One of the most famous, the New England Flower Show, canceled this year’s event after 137 years of bringing an... More »

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gardening • recession • flowers • horticulture • recession depression

Alcatraz Garden Blooms Despite Years of Neglect

Once cared for by prisoners, plants still thrive on 'The Rock'

Sep 27, 08 6:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The hardened inmates on San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island had tough neighbors who endure to this day: sun-kissed geraniums, snapdragons, gazanias, and roses. Thanks to an ambitious restoration project, “The Rock” is blooming, the Sacramento Bee reports. After work began 5 years ago, gardeners discovered 145 plant varieties that... More »

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San Francisco • prison • flowers • inmates • Alcatraz • renovation

Season Springs Forward as Climate Warms Up

Bees are buzzing, trees are flowering, and biologists are worrying

Mar 20, 08 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Today is officially the first day of spring, but spring has been gradually shifting into winter, the AP reports. Signs of spring—trees flowering, animals coming out of hibernation—are coming earlier every year. The shifting season has biologists seriously worried. "The alarm clock that all the plants and... More »

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climate change • weather • global warming • allergy • biologists • seasons • flowers • pollen

Kenya's Quiet Casualty: Flowers

Violence threatens nation's 3rd-largest industry

Feb 9, 08 6:25 AM CST
(Newser) - The violence in Kenya has come at the worst possible time for an industry quietly flourishing in the warmth of the nation's long, sunny days—flowers. Kenya supplies 25% of Europe's cut flowers, making it the third-largest industry behind tourism and tea, the Economist reports. Roses are the main crop,... More »

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Kenya • Nairobi • flowers • roses • Lake Naivasha

Online Buyers Want Blenders, Not Diamonds

Luxury takes a
backseat to the
practical this season

Dec 24, 07 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - With a shaky economy causing consumers angst this holiday season, online e-tailers say shoppers are opting for functional over frivolous. E-sales of furniture and appliances have spiked more than 70%, while sales of jewelry, watches, and flowers have dropped, reports the New York Times. “It’s certainly counter to... More »

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luxury goods • retail sales • holiday shopping • jewelry • flowers • ComScore • furniture.com • watches • e sales

$16K on Flowers Accents Pelosi's Spending Spree

New speaker's $3M
outlay doubles her
GOP predecessor's

Dec 12, 07 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi spent 63% more in her first nine months as House speaker than Dennis Hastert did over the same period last year—including $16,000 on flowers, the Hill reports. Republicans said the $3 million figure gave the lie to Democrats’ promises of fiscal responsibility; Pelosi aides say the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • government spending • Nicolas Sarkozy • Tom DeLay • Dennis Hastert • flowers • speaker of the House

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