There are a lot of reasons not to like the HUMMER – General Motors‘ monstrous and profane über-UTE. It …
Archive for August, 2006
American made, at least in part, sometimes
by Elizabeth Cornell, August 15, 2006, 9:20 amThe newest tiny trend in business strategy: Allowing consumers to choose the region where their products, or their components, are made. (“Made in USA? Now, Customers Get to Choose,” published recently in The Wall Street Journal.)
Interestingly, the article appeared in the health section of the paper …
The (Burger) King of Hollywood
by Joe Bramhall, August 15, 2006, 8:00 amIndustry trade magazine Advertising Age revealed recently that ad firm Crispin Porter is shopping a script to various movie studios for a film that is meant to promote one of its …
Closing the door on open seating?
by Lee Simmons, August 14, 2006, 7:00 amLast month Southwest Airlines announced it would begin experimenting with assigned seating on selected flights from San Diego. For a good many long-time Southwest passengers such as myself, this news is nothing less than catastrophic.
Before I rant, first a little …
The king is dead! Long live the king!
by Michaela Drapes, August 11, 2006, 7:00 amTwo Fridays ago – after the markets closed, naturally — Pfizer bumped former CEO Henry (Hank) McKinnell out of the executive suite with a year remaining on his employment contract, and installed the company’s general counsel of four years, Jeffrey Kindler, in his …
Karma is a factor in the game of Monopoly
by Daysha Taylor, August 10, 2006, 7:00 amThey reviewed the lengthy form, making sure that each selection was perfectly marked. The excitement built as they licked the envelope and raised the flag on the mailbox. After many months, they received their first package only to find it wasn’t what they had ordered. Then a second …
It’s a fact: You can’t buy cool at Wal-Mart
by Vanita Trippe, August 9, 2006, 8:00 amBoy, can I get things wrong. I went off in search of a favorite cartoon, which (in my memory) was published in Condé Nast Publications’ The New Yorker. A fruitless trip to The …
Summer is the new Fall
by Larry Bills, August 8, 2006, 8:00 am“Hi. My name is Larry, and I’m a TV-aholic.”
Or so the salutation would go if there was a rehab program for people like me. I like to watch TV. Lots of it. You can easily find my favorite places around my house. They generally face the TV, …
When grey starts to look extra dingy
by Elizabeth Cornell, August 7, 2006, 8:00 amWhen The New York Times last week ran an article about one doctor’s arrest over the promotion of secondary uses (read: not approved by the FDA) of pharmaceuticals, it touched on a subject that has been colored a very flat grey– that is, exactly between …
Fans penalized in NFL Network showdown
by Joe Bramhall, August 4, 2006, 8:00 amOnce Condi Rice finishes up restoring tranquility to the Middle East, maybe she could return home and broker a peace between the National Football League and the big cable companies. The NFL Network has launched …
