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Going soft on us

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Sep 17, 2008

Times are rough, but researchers at Georgia Pacific's Innovation Institute in Neenah, Wis., have come up with a way to bring a little bit of...

Posted In: extra soft toilet paper, Great Northern, toilet paper, tp

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Thanks for the memories

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Sep 16, 2008

Yesterday, tourists were posing for pictures outside of Lehman Brothers in New York City, doubtless to show everyone back home that they were there...

Posted In: Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, New York City

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The sweet deal

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Sep 15, 2008

No surprise the dollar fell today after the news of the shake-ups on Wall Street. But a good pie is still worth... well, at least a '72 Chevy pick...

Posted In: '72 Chevy pick-up, barter, Chevy, pie, trade

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Botox might help migraines

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Sep 12, 2008

Botox eases wrinkles, but can it also ease migraine headaches? Allergan says it can. The company that produces Botox reports that two large tests...

Posted In: Allergan, Botox, headaches, migraines

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The new Beatles Monopoly game -- Yeah, yeah, yeah!

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Sep 11, 2008

Now this is fab. USAopoly is hoping to capitalize on a new generation of Beatlemania (and the old one too) with a new Monopoly game -- The Beatles...

Posted In: Beatles, board game, game, George and Ringo, John, Monopoly, Paul

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Heads up: Air New Zealand is looking for a few bald men

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Sep 10, 2008

My mother always said she had eyes in the back of her head. Now, a New Zealand airline wants to put temporary tattoos on the back of the heads of...

Posted In: Air New Zealand, bald men, human billboards, tattoo

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United stock plunges on really big oops

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Sep 9, 2008

UAL stocks tanked -- and we mean tanked -- when a headline that flashed across trading screens erroneously reported that the carrier was filing for...

Posted In: stocks, UAL, United Airliines

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Bad buzz on Seinfeld and Gates ad

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Sep 8, 2008

Microsoft's new commercial with Jerry Seinfeld isn't exactly drawing rave reviews. Here are a few of the headlines:...

Posted In: advertising, commercial, computers, Microsoft, operating systems, Seinfeld, Vista

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Will it be easy being green -- and red?

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Sep 8, 2008

Here's a Muppet News Flash: NBC has announced that a new movie starring Kermit and the gang will be released during the holidays. The cast of "Le...

Posted In: Christmas, holidays, Kermit, Miss Piggy, Muppets, Whoopi Goldberg

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More hot wheels

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Sep 5, 2008

Call it reverse sticker shock. A report by JP Morgan auto analysts says the average price of a new vehicle fell more than 2 percent in the second...

Posted In: auto prices, auto sales, JPMorgan

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