Steve Jobs and company sued for stock fraud. (more)
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"Old typefaces offer almost subliminal cues for the brain that help construct an aura of reality around a document," writes Peter Wayner in the New York Times. (more) |
To raise cash, some science and environmental groups will let donors name species for a fee. (more)
Denmark, with its democracy, social equality and peaceful atmosphere, is the happiest country in the world. (more)
Blue-chip stocks are seeing red these days, but the Dow Jones 2008 Summer Games index is going for the gold. (more)
Earvin "Magic" Johnson announced his arrival as a businessman 13 years ago, when he took part in an unusual meeting with gang leaders from the Bloods and the Crips. (more)
Canada's richest people may be bad for the environment, a new report suggests. (more)
A team of players dressed like Rambo have won the Swamp Soccer World Championship in Scotland. (more)
Shoppers in New York City might be excused for mistaking Barack Obama for a cult hero in the league of Bob Marley or Che Guevara because like those youth icons, he is being marketed as a fashion item. (more)
The familiar logo of the world's largest retailer is getting a makeover. (more)
Gentlemen, got your "guyliner"? Cosmetic companies have a skin product or two just for you. (more)
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"We want our customers to come in and feel like they're in Alice in Wonderland, not Hooters," says Susan Hancock, owner of the Royal/T in Culver City, Calif., reports David Hochman in the New York Times. (more) |
Dell rolls out a snazzy purple laptop as part of an overhaul of its consumer PC offering. (more)
It may be "dry heat" out there, but Phoenix still leads a list of America's sweatiest cities. (more)
The folks at Duracell have decided it is time we have a virtual museum dedicated to inventions that rarely receive the recognition they deserve. (more)
Beijing’s great new architecture is a mixed blessing for the city. (more)
As athletes prepare to strike sporting gold at the Beijing Olympics, so big-name brands are hoping that time and effort spent in preparation for the games will also prove lucrative. (more)
The Salem-based company best known for outfitting its baristas in bikinis plans to open a new location in Portland. (more)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has emerged in little more than a decade as the world's largest philanthropy. (more)
About 20 protesters gathered outside the gates of Coca-Cola's headquarters to decry the beverage company's sponsorship of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. (more)
Town hall staff in a Poland town have put a chimp on the payroll as a tourism promotions inspector. (more)
The $6 million lawsuit filed by the New York City street performer known as The Naked Cowboy against M&Ms candy maker Mars Inc can go forward on grounds of trademark infringement. (more)
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"It means something to have been made in the exact same spot for 125 years, and it's unconscionable not to respect that," says Fred W. Sauceman in a New York Times article about White Lily Flour by Shaila Dewan. (more) |
In our advertising-driven society, political candidates have to carefully define their brands. (more)
Restaurants using fancy typeface on their menus can often get away with fancy prices too with people perceiving complicated font to mean complex food that needs greater skills to prepare. (more)
Ukrainian undertakers say they have built the world's first death-themed restaurant -- in a 65ft long coffin. (more)
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