| We’ve written previously about the reverse trend of internet memes inspiring honest-to-goodness books , but it appears that the web’s influence on real life as reflected in popular media knows no bounds following news that five of New York Magazine ’s most prolific commenters have made the unprecedented leap from peanut gallery to professional. The five vocal contributors will be lending their unique perspectives to a series of chatroom-style ads for British bank HSBC. The campaign is tied t |
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| Japan’s Tokio Marine profit, premium revenue rise TOKYO (MarketWatch) — Japan’s Tokio Marine Holdings Tuesday posted an April-June group net profit of 35.34 billion yen ($366 million), up 22.5% from the year-ago quarter. The property and casualty insurer said its net premium revenue was up 2.4% on year in the latest quarter to 593.8 billion yen, and it predicted a profit of 80 billion yen for the full fiscal year ending in March 2010. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on sto |
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| WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – When the rain held off and The Glen heated up, Smoke was in his element. |
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| PETA were so much impressed by Lady GaGa ’a Kermit the Frog poncho that they want the IT singer to get naked for their celebrity-popular I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur campaign. PETA activists believe GaGa will bring her unique style to the new ad if she agrees to pose naked to protect animals. PETA want her to pose with a few playing cards covering her body meaning her chart-topping ‘Poker Face’ single. Though Lady GaGa hasn’t confirmed her participation yet, PETA stand all |
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| Next year's budget is just about wrapped up at C28 Inc., a small business in Corona that designs and sells edgy Christian-themed clothes and jewelry for teens. C28's budget process isn't just an exercise in guessing sales and costs for 2010. It involves a hard look at what would happen if sales rose, fell or held steady. "Nobody likes surprises in business," said Kevin Miller, chief financial officer at the retailer and wholesaler, which employs 85 people and does about $12 million in annu |
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| U.K. retail sales up 1.8% in July LONDON (MarketWatch) — U.K. retail sales rose 1.8% on a like-for-like basis and 3.6% on a total basis in July, compared to the same point a year ago, the British Retail Consortium said Tuesday. Food sales growth slowed, partly reflecting lower inflation. Homewares and furniture benefited from clearance discounts and the wettest July on record, the BRC said. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWat |
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| Through 56 games , New Yankee Stadium is on pace for 249 home runs. That would put them 54 home runs behind the single season record established at Coors Field in 1999. When this concept was put together (by suggestion of David Chalk) New Yankee Stadium was on pace for 281 home runs. So in a short time, I’ve already knocked them 32 homers further off the record setting pace. But hey, what else would you expect from me? Game #57 Coors Field (August 16th, 1999) Braves 14, Rockies 6 |
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| International Power operating profit up 12% LONDON (MarketWatch) — International Power said Tuesday that its first-half net profit jumped to 402 million pounds ($662 million) from 8 million pounds a year earlier due largely to one-off gains in the latest results and losses a year earlier. The group said operating profit for the period rose 12% to 555 million pounds from 495 million pounds and underlying revenue rose 11% to 2.49 billion pounds. Chairman Neville Simms said the result was helped by |
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| Above is a piece, with English subtitles, from last night’s Cyprus TV news reporting that the remains of a family of four killed by Turkish soldiers during Turkey’s invasion of the island in 1974 have been identified. The father, mother and their two handicapped children, from the occupied village of Lapithos, were buried under a lemon tree in the grounds of the home and their remains discovered and handed over to occupation authorities in 2002 by the Turkish settlers occupying the property as t |
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| Adecco swings to quarterly net loss LONDON (MarketWatch) — Swiss staffing firm Adecco said Tuesday that it swung to a second-quarter net loss of 147 million Swiss francs, hurt by impairment charges on goodwill and intangible assets. Last year the firm posted a profit of 212 million euros. Adecco said that it doesn’t anticipate a material pick-up of business activities and has initiated further restructuring measures although it did note that revenue decline rates appeared to have stabilised over |
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| Oil rises above $71 after Chinese data, ahead of stocksSINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil rose below $71 a barrel on Tuesday, ending a three-day losing streak ahead of U.S. data expected to show a fall in gasoline stocks, with weaker-than-expected Chinese economic data acting as a drag. See original here:Oil rises above $71 after Chinese data, ahead of stocks Share and Enjoy: |
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| Vedanta Resource revises terms of Asarco offer LONDON (MarketWatch) — Miner Vedanta Resources said Tuesday that it has revised its offer to acquire Asarco, reducing the value of a copper price participation deal to $208 million, from a previous level of $770 million. The company will also offer $1.59 billion in cash. The consideration was changed to reflect an increase in copper prices and to meet the expectations of creditors, the firm said. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news burst |
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| Let’sGetHonestBlog I’ve been researching a few research grants today, balancing things like Abstinence Education and Community Based Abstinence-Education grants with Medical research on Male Contraception (guess which funding won out??) (Actually both types got the grants,so I suppose the winners are, however, those grants benefitted — or will — and the losers are the taxpayers — if they didn’t. For example,based on several factors, I’d say the Abstinence Education is a bust. Not that I’m ant |
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| InterContinental Hotels swings to quarterly loss LONDON (MarketWatch) — InterContinental Hotels said Tuesday that it swung to a second-quarter loss of $56 million. Last year, the firm posted a profit of $101 million. The hotel operator took a $162 million impairment charge in the quarter. Revenue declined to $375 million, from $515 million last yearLink:InterContinental Hotels swings to quarterly loss Share and Enjoy: |
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