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Man in the Woods
Reviewed by Leah Greenblatt | B
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Tables Available at Becco, Morimoto; Babbo Mostly Booked
Its 4 p.m., and that means its time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they could squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but dont guarantee the ...
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Faking the Big A
The Daily News notices that a Chinese takeout joint, Mings , has posted a counterfeit health-inspection grade. Better or worse than a fake Vendy award ? [ NYDN ] Read more posts by Daniel Maurer Filed Under: health concerns , department ..
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JIMMY BRESLINJimmy Breslin on the National Mood
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Where the jobs are now, and where they'll be next
U.S. companies modestly added jobs in August, easing concerns that the nation might slip back into a recession. The latest jobs report released by the Labor Department today is better than expected. Employment in the private sector rose by 67,000 ...
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Worries Mount Ahead Of Latest Employment Reports
The biggest cause for concern is that the data for August, due out Friday, could show the weakest business hiring in months. Although the economy is technically a year into a recovery, jobs numbers aren't yet reflecting that.
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Your Picks For Women Music Writers To Read Now
Our reading list of books, blogs, and articles continues to grow thanks to your suggestions.
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Why I Traded One Dream for Another
As a psychologist and a tenured professor who specialized in researching and devising strategies for teaching troubled children, Stewart Pisecco was doing the work he loved. But then he had an idea for something he thought could reach more children: ...
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Case Study: Zecco's 300% lift from Promoted Tweets
Twitter's new Promoted Tweets ad platform may be new, but it's already gotten top ratings from advertisers. Online investment brokerage Zecco announced Promoted Tweets has increased the company's engagement rates on Twitter by as much as 300%. Why is ...
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The scientific quest to combat aging -- two books take sides
LONG FOR THIS WORLD The Strange Science of Immortality By Jonathan Weiner Ecco. 310 pp. $27.99 THE YOUTH PILL Scientists at the Brink of an Anti-Aging Revolution By David Stipp Current. 308 pp. $26.95 It's striking that two new books on the same ...
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Florida tourism saved by -- social media. Really.
The state mounted a PR blitz to show beachgoers that Florida's surf had been spared an oily disaster. Presidential visits aside, it seems social media helped save summer tourism on the Gulf of Mexico By Shelley DuBois, reporter The BP( BP) Deepwater ...
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Marketing Daily: The Pay For Play Conundrum
PFP is unethical; it lessens the overarching value of PR as a whole, and makes bad business sense for our industry on every level.
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Marketing Daily: Nissan Says Leaf Is More Than Just A Car
While the campaign makes the electric Leaf vehicle halo for the entire brand, Nissan's new VP of marketing, Jon Brancheau, concedes that a major challenge will be explaining to consumers in a market full of hybrids, mild hybrids, gas-assist hybrids, ...
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Marketing Daily: Target Beefs Up Electronics Support
Offering further proof that it is taking just as many competitive cues from the likes of Best Buy as it is from rival Wal-Mart, Target Corp. says it is substantially strengthening its electronics offerings, adding free tech support for all products as ...
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Case Study: Zecco's 300% lift from Promoted Tweets
Twitter's new Promoted Tweets ad platform may be new, but it's already gotten top ratings from advertisers. Online investment brokerage Zecco announced Promoted Tweets has increased the company's engagement rates on Twitter by as much as 300%. Why is ...
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Zecco Announces Early Success With Twitter's Promoted Tweets Program
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - August 25, 2010) - Online brokerage firm Zecco (www.zecco.com) today announced early success from its involvement in the ongoing beta of Twitter's Promoted Tweets program. The program works with a handful of innovative ...
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Research Brief: Local Social Marketing In Need of a Solution
According to a new poll of brand marketers by Harris Interactive for Buddy Media, 72% of brand managers agree that social media offers great potential to reach existing and potential customers across the globe, but they are lacking tools and ...
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Mega Drive RPG Phantasy Star II coming to iPhone on Thursday
Sega does what Apple dont
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Caught! Kathy Griffin Laughs It Up With Glee Hunk
Kathy Griffin and Matthew Morrison were spotted hanging and laughing together at Audi's Pre-Emmy Party at Cecconi's Sunday night. Kath, if you're patrolling the blogs, good job girl,...
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Vienna Girardi Denied Entry to Party
Just because she won The Bachelor doesn't mean Vienna Girardi's stillgetting priority treatment.Case in point: Vienna was turned away from Audi's pre-Emmy party last...
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The long view
He smiles. You smile. Theres no resisting it. At 96, Renato Dulbeccos face has a few wrinkles and a couple of blemishes. But his smile is like a big round desk lamp, warming all that it touches.
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Amateur Harto wins on Challenge Tour
Amateur Andreas Harto became the fourth amateur to ever win on the Challenge Tour Sunday when he captured the ECCO Tour Championship.
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ECCO BIOM Yak Leather Golf Collection - Natural Motion for Golfers
The new ECCO BIOM Natural Motion Golf Shoes were developed to make your favorite leisure activity easier on your body. The first BIOM collection shoes were running shoes , after research into the human foot revealed that it's healthier to have your ...
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Renato Dulbecco on innovation
Check out a clip of the Nobel Laureate describing what he thinks is necessary for successful innovation
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Get back to work: 10 sectors that are actually hiring right now
Filed under: Career , Recession , In the News If the July unemployment numbers made you want to stick your head in the oven, take some heart. Some business sectors are actually hiring right now. Your challenge is to figure out how to get yourself ...
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The Number of the Day: 2 Tons
In the 1930s, Admiral Byrd brought 2 tons of NECCO Wafers to the South Pole for his men during their two-year stay.Related Fact: Necco Wafers originally came in eight flavors: orange, lemon, lime, clove, chocolate, cinnamon, licorice, and ...
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Business News You Need Today: Aug. 11, 2010
Here's news from the business world and other money matters to watch out for Wednesday (last updated at 7:56 a.m. Eastern time) :Walmart Quietly Raises Prices : Consumers who think prices at their local Walmart have been on the rise lately may not be ...
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[$$] Adecco Swings Into the Black (at The Wall Street Journal)
Adecco Swings Into the Black The world s largest temporary employment company by sales, Adecco, said demand for temporary staffing helped to swing to a second-quarter net profit.
