In the new Broadway-bound musical Hands on a Hardbody, ten East Texans seek to reverse their hard luck lives in a competition to win a Nissan truck. In one song, Used To Be, the contestants lament the loss of independent stores across Texas. “How will we know when we’re home,” the cast croons, “in a [...]

Borders Group, the struggling bookseller, has a new Chairman of the Board, Bennett LeBow. LeBow’s a member of Vector Group Ltd., the investor group that recently acquired 15% of Borders (35% if warrants are exercised). According to interim Borders CEO Mike Edwards, LeBow “will play an extremely important role in helping us redefine the Borders [...]