Posted in Advertising, Business on July 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Cheescake Factory is celebrating its 30th anniversay on July 30th this year. To celebrate they are going to offer a slice of any of their cheescakes for $1.50 on the 30th. This is the price of a slice when they opened 30 years ago. It’s limited to one per person, but if you bring [...]
Posted in Business, Cars, Environment, Money and the Economy, News, Society, Technology on June 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A group of scientists has genetically modified some bugs so that they excrete what is basically oil.
We all understand the problems of an oil based economy right now. With limited resources and high demand, the prices of fuel is going up. In an ideal world we could switch to more accomodating sources of energy. However, [...]
Posted in Business, Clothing, Money and the Economy, Trends on May 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Interesting set of facts from an article in the NY Times. While prices across the board are rising because of the economy and rising cost of fuel, clothing, at least if you aren’t going for high fashion, is actually cheaper now than before.
As luxury fashion has become more expensive, mainstream apparel has become markedly less [...]
Posted in Business, Fitness and Health, Law on April 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A judge in NYC has ordered that the new law mandating restaurants list the calories of their foods on menus is legal.
That means when you go into Burger King you will see that whopper has over 600 calories, or that some Starbucks coffee has over 700! (I actually love starbucks, sorry friend)
I wonder if this [...]
Posted in Business, Humor, Money and the Economy, Relationships and Sex on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
According to the Times of London, a dating site created a list of the world’s top 100 billionaires and analyzed the tresses of the rich guy’s wives and girlfriends. The results? 62% of billionaires had married women with brown hair.
So, if you want to marry rich and relax, break out that bottle of hair dye. [...]
Posted in Advertising, Business, Relationships and Sex on April 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Two different studies discuss what makes men and women more likely to purchase things. Stores know this, and use it to influence their shoppers.
What makes men purchase things might not surprise you, but for women the primer surprised me.
First the guys:
The study showed that when heterosexual men are exposed to positive emotional stimuli — in [...]
Posted in Business, Clothing, Money and the Economy, Trends on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Ordered something from J.Crew the other day. When it arrived today, there was a brochure describing all the customer services J.Crew offers.
Hidden near the bottom was a comment that there is a 10% discount for college students in store.
I can’t even begin to fathom how much money I could have saved over the years had [...]
Posted in Business, Cell Phones, Technology on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Rumors, and more substantial and creditable rumors are floating around that the iphone 2 is set to be unveiled this summer.
Mac apparently ordered a batch of new phones from a manufacturing plant in Asia.
The normal iphone is sold out at AT&T and apple stores around the county.
Now, an AT&T chairman hints that all their smarphones [...]
Posted in Business, Careers, Money and the Economy, Trends on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Many people have heard of the term professional shoppers. These are the people who go out and find you items that suit your personal taste, whether it is clothing or home decor. This tends to be an upscale industry. People who are too busy making millions will hire someone to shop for them.
I think that [...]
Posted in Business, Entertainment, Music, News, Technology on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
The US Justice Department has approved the merger of XM and Sirius satillite radio. This is key because both companies are losing money. By joining forces they can better bargain with competitors and offer more channels across both of their satellite systems. It also paves the way for the FCC to approve.
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