Joseph Banks (1743-1820) was born on 13 February 1743 in Lincolnshire. His father, William Banks, was a wealthy landowner. As a child, he enjoyed the outdoors and developed a passion for natural ...

Men’s Wearhouse’s $1.2 billion turnabout offer for Jos. A. Bank Clothiers might have painted the smaller men’s retailer into a corner.After all, it was Jos. Bank’s idea to combine the two ...

Weak performance at retailer Jos A. Bank continued to hurt results at parent company Men's Wearhouse (MW). Its shares ended 17% lower Thursday after sliding as much as 26% during the day. Late ...

In 1772, Joseph Banks commissioned the foremost painter of animals in England, George Stubbs, to paint a dingo and a kangaroo. To our modern eyes, the paintings lack the vitality and strength of ...