This Catwalk Helps Dreams Begin

The catwalk in Milan was showcasing a collection of three beautiful designer gowns but the designers were not from the fashion world. Milan’s San Vittore prison on Wednesday was the scene of the fashion show.

Designers like Prada and Alberta Ferretti had their collections go down the same catwalk as the prisoners who were launching their [...]

The Story Of The Weather Channel, A Bidding War and A Sex Scandal

What happens when a television channel starts looking around for the highest bidder? The Weather Channel did just that at the beginning of the year saying they could bring someone at least $5 billion in sales.

When the story broke on the New York Times that the Weather Channel and its website weather.com were out looking [...]

Blogger’s True Story About Being Damned To Hell

Have you been bad? I mean really bad, bad enough that perhaps you’ve been told you’re a candidate for Hades? Are the Moral Right on your back? Are your toes getting a bit singed from the brimstone? If so I have a line on a get out of Hell free card.

Randy Cassingham is a [...]

Recall: Bags From Indigo And Chapters

About 10,000 tote bags have been recalled from Indigo and Chapters book stores in Canada. The bags have caused a skin irritation in some people.

The bags were part of a promo for Mother’s Day. The gift bags are blue floral with a green lining and were offered as a gift with purchase. The stores pulled [...]

As The World Gets Hungrier The Big Name Food Companies Get Richer

The world food crisis is beginning to accelerate sending millions of people to the brink of starvation. As the world faces food prices so high that people are facing hunger mega agribusinesses are making a killing.

Something is not right here. With the price of wheat, corn and rice soaring how can the profits for the [...]

Mint Copyright Blunder To Cost Japan 10 Million Yen

Japan recently minted 4.8 million commemorative coins to mark a centenary of ties between their nation and Brazil. There’s a problem though that is costing the government 100 million Yen. They didn’t have the copyright to the design.

Japan had planned on distributing the coins in March thinking that an immigrants’ association owned the bronze memorial [...]

Yahoo CEO’s Salary In 2007: $1

Jerry Yang, the co-founder and CEO of Yahoo Inc. shouldn’t have to pay much tax on his personal IRS bill this year. He takes only $1 in salary because the Internet icon has already made him a billionaire.

Yahoo disclosed the compensation packages for Yang and other top-paid executives for 2007 on Tuesday.
Yang,39, did not receive [...]

Op-Ed: How Will The Sponsors Of The Olympics Fare In August?

This summer should be a marketer’s dream. The Olympics have always been a business mecca. But will Beijing 2008 prove to be a marketing nightmare?

The images that lead up to the Olympics generally bring a spirit of excitement to those watching. The torch being held high as it journeys to light the flame. This year [...]

Torontonian selling house for $1

Do you have a Loonie? If so, you have enough to purchase a east-end Toronto home. Omar Ibrahim is hoping that his listing price will create a bidding war on a home in an area that generally lists for $340,000.

Ibrahim’s real estate agent may just think his client is a little off the deep end [...]

Hidden Messages On Lululemon Athletica Reusable Bags Raise Eyebrows

Sometimes what you see isn’t the message at all. Consider the hidden messages from inside Lululemon Athletica shopping bags that one mother in Toronto found when doing a load of wash.

“Some brief or quick-fix incidences when our minds are clear to be creative are….when drunk or stoned…just after an orgasm,” it says.
Norma Columbus and her [...]