| Car that uses 10,000 cups of espresso as fuel! Jem Stansfield, a BBC presenter, will drive from London to Manchester to test an experimental car, which runs on coffee... | |
| Explosion by "Underwear Bomber" could not have blown up plane An experiment conducted by a BBC documentary team has proven that even if the "Underwear Bomber" had exploded his device on Christmas day, 2009, the Airbus A330 would have... |
| Espn Gives Abc A New Wide World Of Sports ESPN/ABC will today announce a sort of 21st-century update of a 20-century concept: Saturday afternoon network sports shows, that do not include big events, in the old time slot of ABC's Wide World... |
| <strong>abc News: </strong>sudden Sniffing Death Syndrome Kills Teens Your Face on Meth? A New Anti-Drug Program This sudden and tragic death, known as Sudden Sniffing Death Syndrome, can occur even with a teen's first time sniffing. "I didn't know she was... |
| <strong>mcclatchy Newspapers: </strong>obama Outlines Plan To Spur U.s. Exports And Jobs WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday laid out plans to help U.S. businesses double their export sales and add what he said would be 2 million more jobs at home during the next 5... |
| Google Makes Its Local Shopping Move offer mobile device users inventory checks on local stores, allowing them to see if products are available. The program has already enlisted some key retailers including Sears, Best buy,... |
| Valencia Festival Of Media Names Award Nominees shortlist of nominees for its second annual awards show to take place on April 20 in Valencia, Spain. The awards show, of which Advertising Age is a sponsor, is part of the three-day festival that... |
| Is Voice-based Bubbly The New Twitter? Bollywood stars Kareena Kapoor and Aamir Khan began using Bubbly and talking about it ahead of the premiere of their hit film 'Three... |
| John Ferriter Joins Octagon Former WMA top reality agent John Ferriter has lined up his next gig following the acrimonious divorce with WME shortly after last year's merger of WMA and Endeavor. In somewhat of a surprise,... |
| <strong>abc News: </strong>what If You Never Stopped Growing? More Photos The cute little girl grew into a beautiful young woman who was popular, athletic and no different from anyone else in her neighborhood. At 18, she was 5 feet 8 and weighed 140 pounds --... |
| <strong>mcclatchy Newspapers: </strong>kansas Lawmakers Think Of The Unthinkable: More Taxes TOPEKA — In January, sales tax increases, eliminating sales tax exemptions and increasing sin taxes found only tepid support among lawmakers. That's changing.The transformation is partially... |
| New York Times Won’t Be Sold Or Split, Chairman Says March 11 (Bloomberg) -- New York Times Co. won’t be sold or split apart and the company is “delighted” to have billionaire Carlos Slim as an investor, Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr.... |
| Matias Palm-jensen Quits Isobar's Swedish Agency Farfar NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- In a big week for agency departures in Europe, Matias Palm-Jensen, creative heavyweight and founder of Swedish digital agency Farfar, quit the shop, a cornerstone of Aegis... |
| Dobrow Checks The Pulse Of 'saturday Night Live' Saturday Night Live " nowadays. At 8:45 p.m., I retire to the bedroom armed with the sexy accoutrements of advancing age -- bifocals, a glass of warm milk, the latest Brokaw opus on "The Greatest... |
| Do Marketers Still Need News Brands? Let's take a quick, one-question quiz together. Marketers need news brands: A. less than before B. about the same C. more than before First, bonus points to anyone who answered D, "Who the... |
| Chad Ochocinco Inks Vh1 Reality Show VH1 is teaming with Chad Ochocinco for a dating reality show. The Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver will appear in a show that applies a sports bracket-style system to a dating show. In "The ... |
| <strong>abc News: </strong>exclusive: Diane Sawyer Inside The Secret Shelters For Afghan Women Seventeen-year-old Bebe tells "World News"' Diane Sawyer about how her face was mutilated by her Taliban husband for running away to escape his beatings. She and other battered woman have sought... |
| <strong>mcclatchy Newspapers: </strong>florida's Unemployment Rate 11.9 Percent In January Florida's unemployment rate rose to 11.9 percent in January, tying the highest rate ever recorded in the state, and the number of out-of-work Floridians stood at 1.1 million, the state labor... |
| Airline Twitter Promotion Attracts Huge Crowds JetBlue employee Morgan Johnston took this photo of the people who showed up in the Financial District when the airline launched an ambitious campaign to give away free tickets by telling Twitter... |
| Bing Use Inches Up In February Microsoft's Bing grabbed 11.5 percent of all search queries in the U.S. in February, slightly higher than its 11.3 percent share the prior month, according to the latest figures from ComScore. Yahoo,... |
| Taking The Extreme Sports Rush To The Bathroom Coca-Cola Co's leading Japanese canned coffee brand Georgia has a Georgia Max Coffee version full of sugar and caffeine that enjoys a particular affinity with the extreme sports scene. Extreme sports... |
| Recruit Based On Who Can Deliver Your Brand Promise At our agency, the traditional approach to employee recruitment and evaluation is dead. We're firm believers that today's businesses -- small or big companies, organizations or agencies like ours --... |
| Starz Extends Licensing Deal Through 2015 Starz is extending its licensing agreement with Walt Disney Studios through 2015, giving the network access to titles from Marvel, Touchstone, Disney-Pixar and other divisions of the company. ... |
| Betty White To Host 'snl' In May "Golden Girls" actress Betty White will host NBC's "Saturday Night Live" for the first time in her seven-decade career during May sweeps. The six-time Emmy winner will take the stage live from... |
| <strong>abc News: </strong>mass School Closures Approved In Kansas In this photo taken Feb. 28, 2010, the Kansas City Board of Education building, located near the Sprint Center, is seen from McGee Street, in Kansas City, Mo. Sale of the building would help as the... |
| <strong>mcclatchy Newspapers: </strong>commentary: In Phelps Case, Supreme Court Must Be Cautious There's a certain justice in the fact that during the same week the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., agreed to hear a case involving Kansas hate-monger Fred Phelps, the first gay couples were... |
| Hp Aims For 'amazing' With Ad Campaign PC market leader , is embarking on a new effort designed to juice up its image among people who may see it only as a traditional printer manufacturer. Developed by the ad... |
| Pepsi's World Cup Campaign Infiltrates Viral Chart NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Coke may be the official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, but Pepsi's 2.5-minute "Oh Africa" is the first World Cup ad to make the viral chart, and portends well... |
| 2-second Video Clip In Toyota Report Causes Headache For Abc News NEW YORK — For the want of a better two-second picture of a tachometer, ABC News has called into question its reporting on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles. The network's handling of... |
| <strong>abc News: </strong>7.2: Strongest Aftershock Yet Hits Quake-ravaged Chile Chilean President Sebastian Pinera is urging citizens along the coast to move quickly to higher ground following five strongly felt aftershocks, including the biggest since last month's 8.8-magnitude... |
| <strong>abc News: </strong>deadline, Doa: Could Dems Derail Obama's Health Care Push? health care bill, but serious questions remain as to whether the final legislation can be passed by President Obama's deadline of March 18, when he departs for Indonesia and... |
| <strong>mcclatchy Newspapers: </strong>commentary: No Reason For Obama To Backtrack On 9-11 Trials At some point in the next week, President Obama is expected to announce whether he's decided to backtrack on his decision to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-admitted mastermind of the 9/11... |
| Florida Citrus Sports, Espn Ink 8-year Tv Pact Bowl through 2018. According to a release, the 2011 Capital One Bowl will be shown on ESPN Jan. 1 and may be simulcast on ESPN360.com and ESPN Mobile TV. William T. Dymond, president, CEO and... |
| Browser Ballot Not On Tap For Asia Opera Software, the chief complainant in the European Commission browser case against Microsoft, will not be pushing for a similar action in the Asia-Pacific region. The Mozilla Foundation's Open to... |
| Pink Floyd Wins Court Fight On Downloads Rock band Pink Floyd has won a court battle against downtrodden EMI that will force the record company to stop selling the band's individual songs as... |
| Layoffs Hit Bloomberg Bizweek Around 25 Bloomberg BusinessWeek staffers are being let go today as the title continues its integration with new owner Bloomberg LP. Those being pink-slipped are art and editorial staffers.... |
| Staff Cuts Hit 'bloomberg Bizweek' - Lucia Moses, Mediaweek Approximately 25 Bloomberg BusinessWeek staffers are being let go today as the title continues its integration with new owner Bloomberg LP. Those being pink-slipped... |
| Iger Keeps Options Open For Abc Bob Iger At Disney's annual shareholders meeting, CEO Bob Iger didn't dismiss the idea of selling ABC and rebuked one of the company's classic animated films. Calling the movie "antiquated"... |
| Carol Bartz Wants Yahoo To Move Faster NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- A year into her tenure as Yahoo CEO, Carol Bartz attended one of the advertising industry's annual gatherings, the 4A's Transformation confab in San Francisco. Much like the... |
| <strong>mcclatchy Newspapers: </strong>florida Bill Pushes To Ban Sale Of Exotic Reptiles As a bill banning the sale and trade of Burmese pythons and other invasive reptiles came up for a vote at a House committee hearing Wednesday, sponsor Rep. Trudi Williams made a mockly stern request:... |
| Motorola Bringing Bing To China, Via Android With Google's future in China uncertain, Motorola and Microsoft cut a deal to put the software giant's Bing search engine on Android handsets in China. In... |
| 2-second Video In Toyota Report Causes Headache For Abc News NEW YORK — For the want of a better two-second picture of a tachometer, ABC News has called into question its reporting on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles. The network's handling of... |
| 2-second Video Causes Headache For Abc News NEW YORK — For the want of a better two-second picture of a tachometer, ABC News has called into question its reporting on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles. The network's handling of... |
| <strong>mcclatchy Newspapers: </strong>loggerhead Turtles Should Have 'endangered' Status, Scientists Say With loggerhead nestings on Atlantic beaches continuing to trend down, federal scientists have proposed the sea turtles' designation be changed from "threatened" to the more critical "endangered." ... |
| Wearing Your Stickybit On Your Sleeve, Or Elsewhere Barcode-based advertising has been around for a while, but Stickybits stands out because of the consumer-friendly, do-it-yourself angle that it puts on the concept. "When you solve a very compelling... |
| Chasing Groupon, Livingsocial Raises $25 Million LivingSocial , announced Thursday that it's raised $25 million in a Series B funding round geared strictly toward growth and expansion. The round was led by U.S. Venture Partners with participation... |
