While he isn’t currently available for promotional work, businesses would have the most success on social media with President Barack Obama endorsing their goods and services, new research shows.A study by social marketing platform SocialToaster revealed that Obama is considered the most influential celebrity on social media. Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Ashton Kutcher and Anderson Cooper followed the...
“Hunger Games” and “Hobbit” most-anticipated films of 2013: poll
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – This year will look a lot like 2012 at the box office, with “The Hunger Games” and Hobbits at the top of cinemagoers must-see lists, according to a survey by ticket-seller Fandango released on Thursday.The second installment in “The Hunger Games” trilogy, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” which is set for a November release, topped the list as 2013′s most-anticipated blockbuster.The...
5-Hour Energy’s ‘No Crash Later’ Claim Is Disputed
Label: HealthThe distributor of the top-selling energy “shot,” 5-Hour Energy, has long claimed on product labels, in promotions and in television advertisements that the concentrated caffeine drink produced “no crash later” — the type of letdown that consumers of energy drinks often feel when the beverages’ effects wear off. But an advertising watchdog group said on Wednesday that it had told the company...
Net worth of world's richest rose by $241B in 2012
Label: Business The richest people on the planet got richer in 2012, adding $241 billion to their collective net worth, according to the Bloomberg...
Jan
02
Taxes to rise for most Americans despite 'fiscal cliff' deal
Label: World President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans looked...
Apple testing new iPhone, iOS 7: report
Label: Technology(Reuters) – Apple Inc has started testing a new iPhone and the next version of its iOS software, news website The Next Web reported.Apple shares were up 2.6 percent at $ 546.06 in premarket trading. The stock closed at $ 532.17 on the Nasdaq on Monday.Application developers have found in their app usage logs references to a new iPhone identifier, iPhone 6.1, running iOS 7 operating system, the website...
Jon Stewart to host Grammy’s MusiCares tribute
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Jon Stewart is hosting the MusiCares salute to Bruce Springsteen.The Recording Academy also announced Wednesday that Elton John, Neil Young, Mumford & Sons, Sting, Mavis Staples and Kenny Chesney will be among more than a dozen performers who will help pay tribute to Springsteen during the Feb. 8 benefit concert, held in Los Angeles two days before the Grammy Awards.Springsteen...
In Theory: Pill Could Join Arsenal Against Bedbugs
Label: HealthTHE HYPOTHESIS A common deworming drug can be used to kill bedbugs.THE INVESTIGATOR Dr. Johnathan M. Sheele, Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolIt was a visit to a cousin in New York City two years ago that inspired Thang D. Tran, a medical student at Eastern Virginia Medical School, to volunteer to become a human booby trap in the war on bedbugs.“She told me everyone in New York was scared of bedbugs,”...
Dow soars 2% after deal to avoid 'cliff'
Label: Business NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks surged on the first trading day of 2013 after lawmakers agreed a deal to avoid massive tax hikes...
Jan
01
Bears general manager: 'We need to consistently be in the playoffs'
Label: World A day after the Chicago Bears fired head coach Lovie Smith, general manager Phil Emery explained his decision to the media at...
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