Richard Core

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Reverting to 'booze culture'

Jul 21, 2008
Has the "Mad Men" TV show made drinking at the office hip again? Ad Age has a feature out today that says in-house bars at advertising agencies -- ...

"Borrowers Betrayed"

Jul 21, 2008
The Miami Herald has done a good piece of investigative work into how lack of regulation allowed persons with criminal histories to enter the...

At least a temporary drop in oil pressure

Jul 17, 2008
Not long ago we wouldn't have seen the news of oil closing just below $130 a barrel as a good thing for our pocketbooks. But here it is from the AP...

Espresso-over-ice request heats up online

Jul 15, 2008
Couldn't resist passing along this story of customer vs. barista that went down at the Murky Coffee shop in Arlington. Va. The customer wanted...

Now boarding: passengers holding ads

Jul 15, 2008
Advertisers have found yet another open space -- and a client definitely in need of cash -- to push their products: the airline boarding pass. The...

Social networking, baby style

Jul 14, 2008
Yahoo's "Tech Ticker" has a video interview with Tina Sharkey, chairwoman of BabyCenter, which Yahoo says "may be one of the largest interactive...

Microsoft, Netflix in streaming deal

Jul 11, 2008
Microsoft and Netflix say they've reached a deal that would make it possible to stream movies over the Internet to your TV, provided your set is...

Women CEOs in Silicon Valley at zero

Jul 11, 2008
The Mercury News in San Jose is reporting that the abrupt departure of VMware's Diane Greene from the company she co-founded 10 years ago leaves...

Is radio's future on the 'phone'?

Jul 10, 2008
While we obviously are big supporters of over-the-air radio here at Marketplace, we also listen a lot to Internet stations. Of course, the problem...

Trade association's Rx: fewer freebies

Jul 10, 2008
Have you noticed while waiting for the doctor to show up in the little exam room that just about every pen, paper pad and other item is labeled...