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Feed SubscriptionTateossian’s Latest London Store Offers New Custom Services
Tateossian, known for its wide variety of cuff links, from playful animals to serious gemstone designs, opened its fifth store in London—a sleek space right on Chelsea Harbour in Imperial Wharf—where it is offering custom services. In the store’s private workshop, located directly above the boutique, customers can have jewelry ...
Read More »Gucci Takes to Travel
Italian luxury brand Gucci is taking a step toward more functional, stylish luggage with the launch of its first four-wheel trolley ($2,750). The sleek carry-on piece features wheels that rotate 360 degrees and a leather retractable top handle
Read More »Robb Report readers join the jetpack set courtesy of JetLev
Taking water sports to new heights, a group of Robb Report readers recently tried out the JetLev R200 water-propelled jetpack. A 33-foot-long hose tethers the jetpack to a boat, where a marine engine pushes water through the hose and out of the R200’s two side-mounted water nozzles. The propulsion system ...
Read More »Video: Alzheimer’s study unable to find volunteers
The National Institute of Health has begun hosting a two-day summit on the fight against Alzheimer's disease. Wyatt Andrews reports a group of researchers in one study are facing an unexpected hurdle
Read More »LightSquared Files For Chapter 11
Wireless Internet provider LightSquared has filed for Chapter 11 protection. LightSquared, the ambitious 4G wireless venture recently poised to bring lightning-fast Internet to the masses, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier today. Government tests found that LightSquared's signals interfered with GPS reception, a setback LightSquared was never able to recover from.
Read More »5 Ways To Smarter Ideas From Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell
At the celebration of Mindshare 50th networking event in Los Angeles, Nolan Bushnell said improving intelligence doesn't require state-of-the-art gadgets or mind-altering medication--just a pair of skis and some yoga pants. Since 2006, the monthly networking event Mindshare has brought together some of Los Angeles’ smartest entrepreneurs, artists, and inventors with the promise of cheap booze, local music, and often mind-blowing presentations.
Read More »Promising Alzheimer’s research delayed by shortage of volunteer patients
Researchers draw closer to a test to identify Alzheimer's disease before symptoms set in, but many more patients needed for studies
Read More »A Job-Hopper Settles Down On The Farm, With Twitter
Alison Kosakowski, a 33-year-old former New York City brand planner turned dairy farm blogger, now helps farmers use social media to market themselves and share their unglamorous but rewarding reality. In 2009, Alison Kosakowki was living in New York, working as communications manager at the Maersk shipping company, when a kidnapping at sea brought her to Vermont. The captain of the Maersk Alabama, Richard Phillips, had been kidnapped by Somali pirates; Kosakowski was dispatched to Phillips’s home in Underhill, Vermont, to help the family handle media during the weeklong crisis, the wait for Phillips’s return, and the barrage of interview requests and book deals in the aftermath
Read More »$50 Million Lost To Online Romance Scammers Annually
A just-released report shows how fake debt collectors, fake state troopers, and fake soulmates are responsible for a new wave of highly complicated online scams.
Read More »Study: Smoking pot may ease pain, muscle spasms in people with multiple sclerosis
Patients smoking marijuana scored lower on multiple sclerosis spasticity tests - but also performed worse on cognitive tests
Read More »Video: Hidden dangers of sippy cups
Practically all young children in the United States use bottles, sippy cups or pacifiers, but they may not be as safe as parents think. Bigad Shaban reports
Read More »American Express Leverages Spending History, Location For Mobile Deals You Actually Care About
My Offers taps what AmEx calls the "spend graph" to give cardmembers access to deals and discounts at nearby merchants. And it knows your mom couldn't care less about getting 50% off tickets to a three-day electro-fest
Read More »Every Business Should Have a Cause
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans chef John Besh gave his booming catering company something it desperately needed: a social mission.
Read More »JPMorgan CEO: This Is Leadership?
Since when does a mea culpa deserve praise? JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon shows how low the leadership bar can go. If you watch certain financial news shows you'd think that JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is a genius.
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