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Forget the sales act: Here are the five rules to closing a deal with confidence. Obviously, if you don’t close deals, you aren’t going to make any money
Read More »Cruises lead strong revival of New Orleans tourism
Mark and Glenda Dodd of Panama City Beach, Florida, could have booked a Mexico-bound cruise out of Miami, but on Monday they stood among hundreds of other passengers lining up to board the Carnival Cruise Line ship Elation in New Orleans.
Read More »Video: Heart patient sees results in stem cell study
After suffering a serious heart attack two years ago, Ken Miles volunteered to be patient No. 1 in a risky clinical trial involving stem cells
Read More »Video: A victory against heart disease?
A lot of stem cell studies give hope but ultimately don't pan out.
Read More »Video: Supreme Court to review health care act
The Supreme Court will decide whether President Obama's landmark health care legislation, which requires that all Americans buy health insurance or pay a penalty, is unconstitutional. Jan Crawford reports.
Read More »Novelty Neapolitan Neckwear
In the house where Vincenzo Ulturale grew up in Naples, Italy, his parents converted the family living room into a makeshift workshop where they sewed neckwear and taught their son to do the same.
Read More »McIntosh Labs’ Living Legend
Since its founding in 1949, McIntosh Laboratory has been closely associated with tube amplifiers—and its MC275 tube amp, first introduced in 1961, has remained a favorite among tube-loving audiophiles. But with changing times, McIntosh ceased production of its tube-based amps 10 years later, giving in to an industry that, at ...
Read More »Troy Adams’ Inspiring L.A. Home Showroom
Troy Adams is widely regarded as the creator of FusionDesign, an amalgam of American, European, and Asian design aesthetics and sensibilities. Now the Los Angeles–based interior designer has opened Studio Becker by Troy Adams Design, a by-appointment, state-of-the-art kitchen, bath, and home design showroom described as an e-ticket attraction for ...
Read More »Rachel Sussman’s Favorite Tools For Photographing The World’s Oldest Living Things
Rachel Sussman, Photographer .boxxy {display:inline-block;width:280px;border:none;margin:6px;vertical-align:top;} Photo by Jeff Elkins Rachel Sussman lives in the past.
Read More »Stem cells help regenerate damaged heart
Ken Milles' heart improved 50 percent after receiving laboratory-grown stem cells in small, experimental medical trial
Read More »Tony Fadell’s Newest Invention Is The iPod Of Thermostats
Meet the thermostat directly inspired by the iPod. Courtesy of Nest Labs Tony Fadell developed the first iPod (and 17 subsequent versions) and departed Apple in 2009. Now he's selling a thermostat--but not, of course, just any thermostat.
Read More »Tony Fadell’s Newest Invention Is The iPod Of Thermostats
Meet the thermostat directly inspired by the iPod. Courtesy of Nest Labs Tony Fadell developed the first iPod (and 17 subsequent versions) and departed Apple in 2009. Now he's selling a thermostat--but not, of course, just any thermostat.
Read More »Edith A. Miller’s Cosmopolitan Origins
How a round-trip, 12,000-mile journey revived a clothing line. img.thiswrapper {margin-bottom:10px;} This fall, Barneys New York and J.Crew began selling a new women's fashion line called Edith A. Miller--and in doing so gave new life to a forgotten, 91-year-old Pennsylvania maker of white undershirts
Read More »Are You Ready to Sell on TV?
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