February 19, 2009
The news that Microsoft has hired a senior Wal-Mart executive to spearhead a move into retail will not come as much of a shock. These days retailers run the world, and companies like Microsoft, which have typically supplied big retail, are now increasingly drawn to the idea of opening up for themsel...
Branding Strategy Insider
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Mark Ritson
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January 30, 2009
Filed under: Budget Travel Call it cheap. Call it resourceful. But when you've got travel on the brain and you're on a budget, you gotta do whatcha gotta do. A post on MSNBC.com embraces the cheap with ingenuity. They've pulled together a list of ideas for shaving a few dollars off of some of those ...
Gadling
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Alison Brick
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January 19, 2009
Our first inaugural ball! Wooooo, get the camera ready! Where's Beyoncé? Where's Tom Hanks? Where's Oprah? Not at these parties....
Wash Post Education
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Monica Hesse and Dan Zak
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January 09, 2009
Please bear with me. It’s Friday night and the most preposterous bullshit in the universe is on right now, namely, Ghost Whisper. It’s a re-run, but no less odious. The Wife’s brain must be turned to clabber. However, I just had dinner with her and she seemed fine. We went to Costc...
Vie de Malchance
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Fec the Apostate
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December 29, 2008
"That's about a million books on those shelves," Chuck Roberts says proudly....
Wash Post Metro
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Bob Thompson
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December 13, 2008
Filed under: Earnings reports, Nokia Corp. (NOK), Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (KKD), H and R Block (HRB), Kroger Co (KR), Costco Wholesale (COST), FedEx Corp (FDX), Procter and Gamble (PG), Eastman Kodak (EK), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Dow Chemical (DOW), Texas Instruments (TXN), CKE Restaurants (CKR) Here...
BloggingStocks
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Trey Thoelcke
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December 07, 2008
Filed under: Earnings reports, Forecasts, AutoZone Inc (AZO), H and R Block (HRB), Ciena Corp (CIEN), Kroger Co (KR), Costco Wholesale (COST) Even as the holiday season ramps up and the calendar quarter begins to wind down, earnings reports continue to dribble in. Among the companies scheduled to re...
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Trey Thoelcke
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December 05, 2008
Wow, we’re talking about Christmas already. Time sure flies! More and more businesses are removing “Christmas” from Christmas. Happy Holidays from Costco and others…. Personally, however, I’m not too disturbed when our secular nation rejects a Christian holiday. ...
Fundamentally Reformed
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fundyreformed
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November 29, 2008
A couple weeks ago we were watching Food Network and for about 10 seconds they showed someone wrapping a shrimp in some sort of wonton or wrap or roll. This got a brain worm in Dallas’ head that he wanted to make it for Thanksgiving… never mind that he never had before and didn’t h...
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Circuit City's latest challenge strolled in to the company's Rockville Pike store yesterday about 10 a.m. His name: Glen Howard. His target: a 32-inch Samsung flat-screen television. The price he saw at Best Buy: $499. The Circuit City price: $499....
Wash Post Business
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Michael S. Rosenwald
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