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6 major brands that have been resurrected from the dead

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The LEGO Group has been around since 1932.

It’s not unusual for some brands to die out. But rarely some brands come back from the dead. Many brands like New Coke, Circuit City, and Borders are likely to be gone forever. But some companies find that certain dying brands still have some attraction for consumers. Maybe because at one time they were well-known, at least well enough to make them worthwhile targets for new investment.  (Pics)

 

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Makeup Makes Women Look More Competent

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A Dramatic transformation.

It’s conventional wisdom that women wear make-up to appear more beautiful, but according to a new study, there’s another effect: they appear more competent.

Here’s the intriguing study by Pyschology professor Nancy Etcoff and colleagues…

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The rise of Customer-Driven innovation

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Crowdsourcing for innovation.

Numerous studies demonstrate that 70-80% of all new products fail. Lack of relevance, lack of differentiation, inappropriate pricing and muddled messaging all factor into a brand’s struggle when launching a new product.

However, the ultimate judgment of new products falls to consumers, who, ironically, are often absent from the development process. That development stage stands the greatest chance of generating transformative new ideas early on, before the brand has made a significant investment…

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The car will be the next big boom in mobile technology

 World News - Sept. 15, 2011

Cars are about to get connected to the internet like never before.

One of the great mobile devices we have is the car.  And cars are about to get connected to the Internet like never before.  Not only will it change how we drive, but it will change the economics of the car business as well.

 

 

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Business, Economy, Latest Trend

Banks demolish forclosed homes to ease housing market pressures

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It has become cheaper for banks to demolish forclosed property than to continue to hold onto it.

The sight of excavators tearing down vacant buildings has become common in the foreclosure-ravaged city of Cleveland.  The housing crisis hit this area early and hard. But the story behind the recent wave of demolitions is novel — and cities around the country are taking notice.

 

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Analysis, Business, Economy, Health & Fitness, Latest Trend, Money Talk

As health premiums rise even the insured are spending less on care

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More money is spent on health insurance but less money is spent on care.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers show more money is being spent on health insurance but less on care.  Americans are spending more money on insurance premiums, and they’re spending less out of pocket on health services. The trend doesn’t reflect patients getting more health coverage for their insurance money, experts say. It reflects patients, even those with insurance, avoiding spending cash on health care they think can be put off.

 

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Top 10 biggest landowners in the U.S.

John Malone

No. 1: John Malone
2.2 million acres in Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Maine and New Hampshire.

With its up-and-down fortunes and constant threat of being outflanked by the next iPad-delivered Internet service the media business can be very nerve-wracking. Maybe that’s why Liberty Media’s John Malone pours so much of his extra cash into land.

 

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Kickstarter surpasses $100 million in pledges

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Taking off like a rocket.

Popular crowd funding platform Kickstarter has announced that more than 1 million people have backed at least one project, resulting in more than $100 million dollars in pledges.

Kickstarter allows users to post their projects and find funding for them from the Kickstarter community. Everything from the iPod nano watch to indie films have gotten their start on the crowd funding website.

It took Kickstarter just under two-and-a-half years to reach the 1 million backers milestone, according to a plethora of stats the company published on its blog…

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Promise of 5 million green jobs falls short

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The program was supposed to train 125,000 workers, but only 53,000 have been “trained” so far.

The story of the green jobs subisdy gets more embarrassing by the day. President Obama promised three years ago that by the end of the decade America would have five million green jobs, but so far some $90 billion in government spending has delivered very few.

 

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