Blackstone, a leading global investment firm, is on the verge of acquiring the Four Seasons hotel in San Francisco for approximately $130 million. This potential acquisition highlights Blackstone’s ...

The firm’s first San Francisco hotel acquisition in a decade would be a vote of confidence for the city’s budding recovery and in the luxury-hotel segment.

In 1723, composer Antonio Vivaldi penned a musical paean to each of the passing periods of the year, and his "Four Seasons," a grouping of concerti devoted to spring, summer, fall and winter, ...