haven’t been in school for a decade now, but I still remember every outfit, of every first day, of every grade. And I’m not alone.
“Oh, throughout the ages!” says Adrian Mainella, host of Fashion File, who was already shopping at Harry Rosen by the eighth grade. “You tell me what age you want, and I’ll [...]

By Harnessing the power of “word-of-mouth” advertising Patti Ainalis has driven her fashion label a long way from its humble beginnings in a spare room.
As a 21-year-old, Ms Ainalis decided that the three-by-two room opening onto a footpath, was perfect to display her women’s suits to the public.
“I thought, ‘Well, we’ll open the doors and [...]

Economic outlook, 79% of business travelers are feeling pressure from their employers to cut travel expenses, according to a new survey.
sponsored by Orbitz for Business, a unit of online travel company Orbitz Worldwide Inc. (OWW), and Business Traveler magazine - one-third of respondents said their main concern is cutting the cost of air travel. That’s [...]

Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. became the second business, behind telecom giant AT&T, to deploy Microsoft’s computer technology which essentially turns table tops into touch-controlled computer displays.
“People continue to be excited about the endless possibilities of Surface technology and how it can transform everyday scenarios, including the social and entertainment space,” said Microsoft Surface general manager Pete [...]

Utilizing information released by the National Weather Service at 9 a.m., Thursday, June 12, 2008, the Cedar River at Waverly is forecast to crest at 16 feet on Saturday evening. Updated information will be provided as it becomes available.
Waverly City Hall – Offices are closed. For assistance, go to the Waverly Public Library. Sandbags—Additional sandbags [...]

Rainmakers Marketing Group was ranked as Indiana’s13th largest business association according to the Indiana Business Journal. This is the first time Rainmakers has appeared on the list.
In the nearly six years since it’s formation, Rainmakers has expanded to over 1,300 members throughout the state of Indiana. With 26 events monthly, members have multiple opportunities to [...]

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) has been boasting his state’s health insurance reform initiative has reduced the number of uninsured by half, with nearly 300,000 more people added to the state’s health insurance rolls. What he doesn’t mention is that four out of five of them are relying heavily on taxpayer subsidies for their health [...]

Alliance Boots has announced significant growth last year driven by strong health and beauty sales and cost cutting measures.
The UK pharmacy and beauty manufacturer reported revenues of ?15.304bn for the year ending March 31 2008, an increase of 4.8
per cent on last year’s results.
Trading profit for the company increased by 20.3 per cent to ?771m [...]

Not nearly enough has been said about the massive subcultural phenomenon that has grown out of the photographic narcissism of girls.
Put it this way: the most fought-over toy in our house is my digital camera, which is put to heavy use practically every evening and weekend, taking hundreds of shots of my 15-year-old daughter and [...]

Simple, functional and reasonably priced Scandinavian design is absolutely adored by the Chinese these days.
Anne Charlotte Lembye, a young entrepreneur from Denmark, sensed the business potential of the market and opened CPH, a store selling Danish-designed ladies wear and accessories on Taikang Road in Shanghai two weeks ago.
Featuring a clean, all-white edgy outline, the two-story [...]