Features By Richard Core
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Reverting to 'booze culture'
Has the "Mad Men" TV show made drinking at the office hip again? Ad Age has a feature out today that says in-house bars at advertising agencies -- ...
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"Borrowers Betrayed"
The Miami Herald has done a good piece of investigative work into how lack of regulation allowed persons with criminal histories to enter the...
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At least a temporary drop in oil pressure
Not long ago we wouldn't have seen the news of oil closing just below $130 a barrel as a good thing for our pocketbooks. But here it is from the AP...
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Espresso-over-ice request heats up online
Couldn't resist passing along this story of customer vs. barista that went down at the Murky Coffee shop in Arlington. Va. The customer wanted...
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Now boarding: passengers holding ads
Advertisers have found yet another open space -- and a client definitely in need of cash -- to push their products: the airline boarding pass. The...
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Social networking, baby style
Yahoo's "Tech Ticker" has a video interview with Tina Sharkey, chairwoman of BabyCenter, which Yahoo says "may be one of the largest interactive...
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Microsoft, Netflix in streaming deal
Microsoft and Netflix say they've reached a deal that would make it possible to stream movies over the Internet to your TV, provided your set is...
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Women CEOs in Silicon Valley at zero
The Mercury News in San Jose is reporting that the abrupt departure of VMware's Diane Greene from the company she co-founded 10 years ago leaves...
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Is radio's future on the 'phone'?
While we obviously are big supporters of over-the-air radio here at Marketplace, we also listen a lot to Internet stations. Of course, the problem...
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Trade association's Rx: fewer freebies
Have you noticed while waiting for the doctor to show up in the little exam room that just about every pen, paper pad and other item is labeled...


