On March 25, 2010
Publishers Put Pricey Premiums on iPad Content
The Wall Street Journal might be available on a paid subscription basis on the iPad when that device hits retail shelves April 3, according to a story published Wednesday in the Journal. A subscription to that publication…
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On March 25, 2010
How Banning CVS From Government Healthcare Could Lower Prescription Costs
At first glance, a Senate bill that would ban CVS Caremark (CVS) from bidding on the federal government's healthcare plan makes no sense. Why would you want fewer companies to bid on a $10 billion taxpayer-funded prescription drug contract? Surely,
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On March 25, 2010
Small Businesses Tax Burdens Cripple America
Since the late eighties, American small businesses' cost and burden of dealing with taxes has more than doubled, leaving us to wonder: What's really being done to help working America simplify taxes?
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On March 25, 2010
Earth Hour Now, ETS Next | BTalk
[podcast] On today's BTalk podcast Greg Bourne from the WWF talks about Earth Hour and Michael Salvatico from Climakind explains the need for an Emissions Trading Scheme and the experience so far from the EU.
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On March 25, 2010
Random House Avoids Apple iPad to Keep Authors in the Dark
Random House balks over Apple's contract because it doesn't want authors to know what they should make.
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On March 25, 2010
comScore, .Fox Demonstrate Online Ads’ Effectiveness
Believe it or not, banner blindness and ad blockers haven't made online advertising ineffective. According to new information from .Fox and comScore, online ads can indeed be of real use, and so may be something that more small business owners…
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On March 25, 2010
Rejoice! Ad Age’s Garfield to Aid Nation’s Chronic Shortage of Marketing Consultants
I won't be the only person snorting over my coffee at the news that Advertising Age's Bob Garfield will end his review column in April and become a consultant. Garfield -- who also co-hosts the NPR program "On the Media"
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On March 25, 2010
Harrah’s CEO Places Strange Bet on Women Who Wear High-Heels in Atlantic City
I'm sure that reporter Deena Beesley thought it was a unique lead on her profile of Harrah's Entertainment chief executive Gary Loveman, but instead it kind of painted him as a stiletto-worshipping foot fetishist. The chief executive officer of Las Vegas-based Harrah's Entertainment
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On March 25, 2010
Forever 21 Goes Gaga for Its First Designer Collaboration with Brian Lichtenberg
Often making headlines for knocking off designers, Forever 21's turned over a new leaf and announced it will produce a line of tops with Brian Lichtenberg, designer of Lady Gaga's tape outfit.
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On March 25, 2010
Tesco Leads Retail Effort to Woo Hispanic Shoppers
Hispanic consumers are more optimistic about the economy than the general U.S. population -- and they prove it by spending their money. As a consequence, retailers who can cater to Latinos may be at an advantage in the recovery. Britain's
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