Red Bull founder Chaleo Yoovidhya got his wings this week, passing away at the age of 89. Leaving behind a personal fortune of $5 billion, he also leaves a legacy as the founder of an even more succe...
Pleas to stop killing and torturing children, women and unarmed civilians have fallen on deaf ears - but these tunes havent! Are you an aspiring dictator? Obviously your wife should be drawing inspir...
Wikipedia hasn’t been officially named as a suspect in the death of Encyclopaedia Britannica – officially shutting down the printing presses today, but the writing’s been on the wal...
A young man dressed in skinny jeans, with a longer haircut is a pretty common sight in most major cities in the US and Europe. In Iraq, however, it’s enough to get someone killed. In Iraq, this...
CNN will reportedly buy social media blog Mashable for more than $200 million, according to Reuters blogger Felix Salmon. Salmon said that a source told him that CNN will announce the deal on Tuesday...
Wall Streets latest whiz kid Just when you think the job market couldn’t get any more competitive, along comes a super computer know-it-all that doesn’t request time off, or lunch or bath...
Consumers in the US pushed retail spending figures up ever so slightly for the first week of March, topping last year’s figures by .1%. That might be enough to avoid breaking out the recession ...
In case its too difficult to tell, Lindsay Lohan is on the left While Blondie singer Debbie Harry looks great for a 60-something woman, it doesn’t say much for Lindsay Lohan‘s current app...
Nearly anyone who has grown up in the United States knows what a grade of “A” signifies. “A” high school students get into better colleges and universities, “A” co...
How much has Gillette spent convincing guys that their razors are “the best a man can get?” There’s no definitive figure, but a significant portion of what you pay for the brand nam...
Yes, its a green leaf that you can smoke, but it isnt what you think Are you a fan of smoking leafy substances? If you’re looking for a legal alternative to marijuana and tobacco just doesnR...
Macys website “Online sales, which include macys.com and bloomingdales.com, rose 31.3 percent. Online sales are included in revenue at stores open at least a year. The department store chain, w...
The restaurant business is a tough one, and celebrity (gained outside of culinary skills) doesn’t seem to help improve the odds. We never knew Morgan Freeman even had a restaurant, and perhaps ...
Fashion brands were initially hesitant about social media, but the number of brands without a social presence is now dwarfed by those who’ve redoubled efforts towards gaining more fans and foll...
MySpace, once the dominant social network, is now generally held up as exhibit A of what goes wrong when technology fails to keep pace with user behavior. Even though the network waved the white flag...
Could Girl Scouts Cookie candy bars be coming soon? This image from Reddit (via Jezebel) shows what appears to be a sample of just that. While the Thin Mints flavor is the only one to surface, the pa...
Even though Go Daddy has more domain name transfers coming in than it has going out, the company still wants to remind you that it opposes SOPA every chance they get. {The Next Web} Screenshot via th...
Less than 24 hours after word got out that Verizon Wireless planned to introduce a painfully ironic “convenience” fee of $2 for anyone paying their bill online, the carrier has just officially confir...
If you have a few vacation days to use in 2012, and you get enough snow and cold weather at home, the newly opened Disney Aulani resort in Hawaii offers a new option for family vacationers. Refreshin...
Wendy’s Co., the third-biggest U.S. fast-food chain, added goose-liver pate and truffles to burgers as it invests as much as $200 million on a return to Japan two years after leaving the country. The...
I’ve never been slim — I played offensive line in high school — but I’m no cow either. (I’m happily a “Russell Crowe” body type.) So I immediately went across the street...
The gaming sector traded up sharply today on reports that a Department of Justice opinion could open the door to legalized online gambling. The Department of Justice’s opinion was sought as New...
A slow news cycle combined with ugly and abhorrent language means it’s been impossible to miss the story of Jackie, the Dutch fashion magazine that published a piece declaring Rihanna the ̶...
Just when we thought the heavy weight of reality had set in, and Fashion’s Night Out organizers would do something sensible like bringing the invented shopping holiday to an end, Anna Wintour a...
Spotify has only been available in the US since July, but they aren’t wasting any time going after as many corners of the online music market as they can. Today at LeWeb, Spotify founder Daniel...
We’re still not seeing American Apparel as the next Apple or Amazon, but the company reported (on time!) a rare bit of good news: sales in the 3rd quarter were up 5%. But don’t get the id...
A new U.S. Department of Agriculture report says sales of “local foods,” whether sold direct to consumers at farmers markets or through intermediaries such as grocers or restaurants, amou...
Image via Hedi Slimane Diary Few people leave their profession when they are at the top of the game. In fashion, perhaps only Tom Ford comes to mind. But even Mr. Ford — after a stint in Hollywood th...
“Handcrafted,” “artisanal” and “homegrown” may be buzz words for gourmets, but they can be red flags for regulators concerned about food safety, zoning or myriad o...
They started with orange and pepper-flavored vodkas, and then they moved on to absurd flavors like cupcake. Now it’s gone to its logical extreme. There is a new brand of peanut butter-flavored ...
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