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Billionaire-Owned Companies Are Growing and Hiring »
Posted by: 7 months, 4 weeks ago in Business & Finance
For 30 years Gloria Jean Craven was an employee of Pillowtex, the nation's third-largest home textile manufacturer. When the plant abruptly filed for bankruptcy ...
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Stuck for a recipe? Just use Twitter and find a top chef |
Life and style |
The Observer »Posted by: 7 months, 4 weeks ago in Style
Twitter users have started to post entire recipes online in no more than 140 characters - but some instructions are confusing. We challenged leading chefs to ...
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David Fishman, 12, takes a bite into New York's chefs and restaurant reviewers - Telegraph »
Posted by: 7 months, 4 weeks ago in Style
David Fishman had some issues with the soppressata di polpo, a terrine of
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Mediterranean octopus served with an olive, caper and herb vinaigrette on a ...Read (185) | Share | Discuss (1) | Read Full Story at telegraph.co.uk
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What the price of oil will teach us: analogue is expensive, digital is cheap |
Technology |
guardian.co.uk »Posted by: 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The price of oil might be depressed at the moment, but when it starts rising we'll discover a new world where we'll really ...
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Southwest CEO says travel slump hasnt hitbottom »
Posted by: 8 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
DALLAS : The chief executive of Southwest Airlines says travel slumped in early March from February' s already sluggish pace and the airline industry hasn' t ...
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An interview with Karim Rashid »
Posted by: 8 months, 2 weeks ago in Style
Designer Karim Rashid, 48, has had more than 2,500 objects put into production and has worked with more than 500 companies, including Prada, Alessi ...
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Visiting the cigar factory »
Posted by: 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Havana, Feb. 25 -- Today I'm visiting El Laguito, the Cohiba factory where only Castro's own cigars and his gifts for diplomats and heads ...
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Fisher museum plan toned down to mesh with park »
Posted by: 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
There's a new design for the museum that Gap founder Donald Fisher wants to build in San Francisco's Presidio, and it's the ...
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globeandmail.com: FRUGALNOMICS: DIY CORSETS »
Posted by: 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Corsets as outerwear are not for the sartorially shy. Perhaps that's why celebrities love them so much. When Sarah Jessica Parker wore a voluminous ...
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Grocery store food bars not monitored like restaurants | ajc.com »
Posted by: 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
Grocery store shoppers attracted to the increasingly popular salad bars and steam tables of ready-to-eat foods have a more difficult time than restaurant patrons in ...
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Vanity Fair Girl Band Contractually Obligated to Perform in Lingerie | BNET Advertising Blog | BNET »
Posted by: 9 months ago in Style
Bra manufacturer Vanity Fair has created an all-girl band who are contractually obligated to perform topless except for their bras, according to Ad Age .
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BBC NEWS | UK | England | West Yorkshire | Oliver restaurant plans shelved »
Posted by: 9 months ago in Style
TV chef Jamie Oliver's charity shelves plans to open a restaurant in Leeds, blaming the economic downturn.
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China tries to stop Yves St Laurent Christie's art auction - Telegraph »
Posted by: 9 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
The Chinese government is seeking the return of the two animal heads - a rabbit and a rat - which were part of a celebrated water fountain ...
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Minks give their all fur Wisconsin ranchers - JSOnline »
Posted by: 9 months ago in News
Sheboygan Falls - Wisconsin farmers always worry about weather. But for one small group of agricultural producers, a cold winter in Russia is great for business.
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Self-Organizing Nanotech Could Store 250 DVDs on One Coin-Size Surface | 80beats | Discover Magazine »
Posted by: 9 months ago in Science & Technology
Sapphire crystals may be the next material to transform the electronics industry, thanks to nanotechnology researchers who have announced a new way of storing data ...
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