President Obama Packs The House in Ohio
President Obama is heading to Ohio today on a campaign swing—not for the presidency but for his health care plan. Dan Bobkoff, reporter for WCPN in Cleveland, Ohio, is getting ready to join the crowds...
View ArticleToo Soon To Blame Payroll Tax For Stagnant Retail Sales?
For Darden Restaurants, the company behind Olive Garden and Red Lobster, its earnings projections out last week were not pretty. Sales will fall, it said, and company CEO Clarence Otis called higher...
View ArticleBudweiser May Seem Watery, But It Tests At Full Strength, Lab Says
Update at 7:35 p.m. ET: Beer Is At Full Strength, Tests SaySamples of Budweiser and other Anheuser-Busch InBev beers were found to be in line with their advertised alcohol content, according to lab...
View ArticleCan 'Smart Gun' Technology Help Prevent Violence?
For years, many have dreamed of so-called smart guns, weapons that know their rightful owner and won't fire in the wrong hands. Think James Bond's gun in Skyfall.A few major gun makers experimented...
View ArticleFarm Bill's Sugar Subsidy More Taxing Than Sweet, Critics Say
While you indulge in some Easter Peeps and chocolates this weekend, you might want to think about all that sugar. No, this isn't a calorie warning. In the U.S., raw sugar can cost twice the world...
View ArticleIs The Company Behind Rodman's Korea Visit The Future Of Media?
How did Dennis Rodman end up having dinner with Kim Jong Un in North Korea? It was the idea of Vice Media, which has grown from a counterculture magazine into a full-fledged youth media...
View ArticleStartup CEO Wields Small Antenna In TV Streaming Battle
A top executive at News Corp. dropped a bombshell this week when he said the company is considering taking Fox's over-the-air network to cable. The announcement follows a court win for a startup...
View ArticleWould You Pay A Higher Price For 'Ethical' Clothing?
Look at photographs from the Bangladesh garment factory collapse, and you can see clothing in the rubble destined for a store called Joe Fresh, one of the many retailers using supercheap fashions made...
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