Vogue Down Under…

Send to KindleTweet It doesn’t take long for a woman to realize that trip to Sydney, Australia, will mean too much time shopping and not enough exploring. Maybe it’s the proximity to China, where almost all clothes are made, that offers an intense selection of shopping given the size of the city. From cheap and [...]

Death By Anal Penetration?

Send to KindleTweet I’m the last person to make a joke of suicide, but this case was likely a cry for help, or a push (pun intended) for pleasure. So, imagine my amusement when during a dismal Tuesday afternoon, I read on The Sun’s website that a 62-year-old man was hospitalized for reportedly trying to [...]

Corporation To Buy Tommy Hilfiger

Send to KindleTweet Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation (PVH) announced that it will acquire Tommy Hilfiger B.V. for about $3 billion. The purchase price includes the assumption of $100 billion in liabilities. The deal will create one of the world’s largest profitable apparel companies with revenue of roughly $4.6 billion. The deal, which is expected close in [...]

The Coffee Placebo

Send to KindleTweet Stressful times call for legal vices, and coffee is usually the last addiction to be tackled. People may give up alcohol, soda, sugar, even nicotine, but coffee seems to have both neurological and emotional effects that are hard to abandon. Coffee is like a security blanket for most Americans putting in too [...]

HBO Has Another Winner

Send to KindleTweet Anyone that’s lived in NYC for an extended period of time has at some point gone through a trying period. From friends leaving the city to tired jobs, lack of money or a creative personal drought, the city can drain and excite you at once. This often leads to sexcapades and overindulgence [...]

Aussie Faces

Send to KindleTweet Like America, Australia’s culture is described as multicultural, a mixture of the natives, the European colonists and all those that followed to the nation of about 22 million. These three Sydney-based journalism students are examples of the different types of beauties residing this city of just over four million. Name: Gabi; Presthaya; [...]

Notes on the First World: Is Advanced Better?

Send to KindleTweet I started writing this while sitting on a train in the south island of New Zealand, netbook on the table, Howard Zinn issue of The Progressive on my lap, and one coffee cup downed. I sit in this beautiful nation, one that knows enough to protect its part of the earth, pondering if [...]

Infusion 23 Owner To Buy Pert Plus, Sure

Send to KindleTweet Helen of Troy estimates they will create annual sales of approximately $65 million after hair care and antiperspirant brands Pert Plus and Sure are acquired by the end of the month. According to CosmeticsDesign, both brands were part of Procter & Gamble before being sold to the Innovative Brands in 2006. The [...]

Starwood Reveals Expansion Plans, Fashion Appointment

Send to KindleTweet Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide announced plans to open 50 new hotels in its Europe, Africa and Middle East unit by 2012. The firm just opened the Sheraton Bratislava Hotel and is on track to add 13 more this year. The plans will build upon the existing 240 hotels in 55 nations [...]

Jamba To Add Frozen Desserts

Send to KindleTweet Jamba Juice Company has teamed up with Oregon Ice Cream for the release of a collection of frozen fruit sorbet and yogurt bars that will be available in the freezer section of retail stores in the United States. The bars are made with fruit and contain prebiotic fiber, and will be available [...]

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