I’VE had a long career as a business journalist, beginning at Forbes and including eight years as the editor of Money, a personal finance magazine. But I’ve never faced a more confounding reporting challenge than the one I’m engaged in now: What will I pay next year for the pill that controls my blood cancer? After making more than 70 phone calls to 16 organizations over the past few weeks,...
Designer made herself into a manufacturer
Label: BusinessShoemaker Annie Mohaupt nearly closed down a year ago after her move to make sandals in China proved a bust. In the year that followed, she started her own factory in Chicago, producing and selling her luxury wooden shoes. (Posted Dec. 1st, 2012) ...
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Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher kills girlfriend, self
Label: WorldChiefs Player Involved in Murder-Suicide (Posted Dec. 1st, 2012)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher this morning shot and killed his girlfriend...
Sony’s radical PlayStation 4 controller concept: A motion-control device you can split in half
Label: TechnologyWhile Nintendo (NTDOY) has been busy innovating with unique controllers on the Wii and Wii U, Sony’s (SNE) DualShock controller for its PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 has remained virtually the same since 1997. A newly discovered patent reveals Sony might be planning on a radical overhaul of the DualShock for the PlayStation 4 that’s rumored to arrive next year. U.S. patent 20120302347A1...
Show sheds light on Handel’s hidden “Messiah” helper
Label: LifestyleLONDON (Reuters) – Anyone dusting off their copy of George Frederic Handel‘s “Messiah” in the run-up to Christmas this year might spare a thought for the unsung hero of the piece.Without Charles Jennens, experts argue that the 18th century oratorio would never have been created, robbing Western choral music of one of its greatest works.Handel House Museum, located in the cozy London home where the...
Jewel parent says sale talks proceeding
Label: Business Exterior of Jewel-Osco's first "Green Store" located at 370 N. Desplaines in Chicago. ...
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Powerball jackpot winner: 'We'll have a good Christmas'
Label: WorldA 52-year-old Missouri mechanic and his wife claimed their share Friday of the record $588 million Powerball jackpot. ( Source: Associated Press) ...
Study: DVRs now in half of US pay-TV homes
Label: TechnologyNEW YORK (AP) — A new survey finds that digital video recorders are now in more than half of all U.S. homes that subscribe to cable or satellite TV services.Leichtman Research Group‘s survey of 1,300 households found that 52 percent of the ones that have pay-TV service also have a DVR. That translates to about 45 percent of all households and is up from 13.5 percent of all households surveyed five...
No charges against Chris Brown in Fla. phone grab
Label: LifestyleMIAMI (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown won’t be charged with a crime after a woman claimed he snatched her cell phone when she tried to take his photo outside a Miami Beach club.A memo released Friday by the Miami-Dade County State Attorney‘s office concludes there is no evidence that Brown intended to steal the phone in February or that he deleted the photo. One or the other is necessary...
Jewel parent says sale talks proceeding
Label: Business Exterior of Jewel-Osco's first "Green Store" located at 370 N. Desplaines in Chicago. ...
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