Lego has launched the biggest model in its 74-year history -- a 5,922-piece replica of the Taj Mahal. (more)
Lego has launched the biggest model in its 74-year history -- a 5,922-piece replica of the Taj Mahal. (more)
General Motors India will invest $200 million in a new engine facility. (more)
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"I think there's a lot of confusion about what architects do," says Brandy Brooks in a Boston Globe piece by Francie Latour. (more) |
Whole Foods Market in Chandler has started serving three-course, sit-down dinners built around themes. (more)
Harrods has launched a new range of ice creams with "traditional" British flavours including Yorkshire pudding and Arbroath smokies. (more)
Canine crooners have been auditioning to take part in a special doggy choir. (more)
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"Everything meant to turn Ground Zero into a symbol of rebirth and regeneration was subverted by political weakness or opportunism and New York's bottom-line, top-dollar mentality," writes Ada Louise Huxtable in the Wall Street Journal. (more) |
Vimto, the purple fruit cordial that is popular in the region during Ramadan, is facing stiff competition this year from Coca-Cola. (more)
As a software developer who worked with NASA, Timothy Childs built vision-tracking systems for the space shuttle. Now the former techie has a new venture that he says is out of this world: chocolate. (more)
General Motors has received interest from two separate investors from the Gulf Arab region to buy its Hummer brand. (more)
Southwest Airlines will eliminate nearly 200 flights early next year as it struggles with high fuel costs and a weakening economy. (more)
The race to go green has taken to the high seas with two Japanese companies saying they would begin work on the world's first ship to have propulsion engines partially powered by solar energy. (more)
Mexicans will soon be able to pay for small purchases such as restaurant meals and taxi rides using their mobile telephones. (more)
The price of rat meat has quadrupled in Cambodia this year as inflation has put other meat beyond the reach of poor people. (more)
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"It's like putting expensive Swiss seats in a generic car and then selling it as Swiss-made," says Swatch ceo Nick Hayek in a Wall Street Journal piece by Martin Gelnar. (more) |
In a normal year, the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt wouldn't be any different from the 2008 model, save for a few minor cosmetic changes. But this is far from a normal year. (more)
A federal jury has awarded Mattel $40 million in damages in a federal copyright lawsuit that pitted the house of Barbie against MGA Entertainment, the maker of the saucy Bratz dolls. (more)
As food prices rise, some are rediscovering old-fashioned home economics. (more)
Many travelers are fleeing airlines' premium-seat sections as corporations and entrepreneurs react to higher fares and a stumbling economy. (more)
Leases are falling out of favor, which is bad for import brands. (more)
"Pizzaioli" or pizza chefs in Naples handed out free pizzas in protest at high prices charged by rivals who, they say, use the spike in commodity prices to rip off consumers. (more)
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