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Coffee Break Survey: Executive Toys 2010

VIDEO: Gal at ComicCon, the place where toy lovers collideThank Buddha it's Friday. A playful day, when meetings should be light 'n' easy, decisions fully reversible Monday and it's okay to occasionally flip back and forth between ...READ»

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Hirsute Angel Offers Road Safety Reminders, Swiss Style

Switzerland, that gnomic country full of gold, cheese, and cuckoo clocks (although we all know now Orson Welles was wrong on that last note) is a curious mix of the hi- and low-tech--and guess which camp this traffic-calming ...READ»

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Ferrari Drops Wickedly Sneaky Cigarette Advertising From Its Race Cars

Still, you've got to admire the wicked branding genius that inspired the now defunct design.READ»

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Ferrari F10 Steering Wheel Looks Like a Robot Barfed on It

Is this the worst interface ever designed?READ»

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Super-Slick Ferrari 599 Electric Hybrid Revealed in Geneva

Hot off the heels of Porsche's reveal of its 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid concept, Ferrari has unveiled a snazzy hybrid electric supercar of its own: the Ferrari 599. The bright green concept vehicle, revealed at this week's Geneva ...READ»

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The Coke Machine of the Future

Hot or not, the new Freestyle fountain, originally code-named Project Jet, has been a top-secret priority at Coca-Cola for the past four years. It's an audacious move for Coke, representing the largest investment in equipment ...READ»

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Mark Wilson's Better Used Cars Offering Limited Time Financing at 5.7%

Wilson's Better Used Cars, Ontario's premiere used car dealer, is introducing limited financing at 5.7% and an unlimited KM warranty on most inventory in stock.READ»

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Virtue’s Top Social Brands of 2009: iPhone #1

Earlier this week, marketing firm Virtue released its annual list of the top 100 most social brands, where Apple and its many products reigned supreme for the second year in a row. Despite holding less than a quarter of market share in the computing world...READ»

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After The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

With the title already decided, Jenson Button arrived for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, sponsored by Etihad Airways, nicely relaxed. He is 90% certain to sign up with Brawn GP again next year although probably for considerably more money. ...READ»

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Used Car Dealer in Dekalb-Sycamore, IL Excited About The Arrival of 2008-2009 Hyunda Sonata

The arrival of the 2008 & 2009 Hyundai Sonata has got the employees of a premier Dekalb-Sycamore, Il used car dealership excited. The internet sales manager, Tim Jennings, of Tom Sparks Auto, has already seen the success of the ...READ»

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Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Innovation* But Were Afraid To Ask

This is way too long for a blog, but what the heck... “There is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new system”- Machiavelli (1469-1527) One of the ...READ»

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Zzzzzap, Whrrrr, or Pshzzzzzz. How Should Electric Cars Sound?

Sci-fi film makers have for years had to solve a tricky problem: How should electric cars sound? Nissan's facing a similar problem for its real e-car, and turned back to Sci-fi--its Leaf EV will sound like those in Blade Runner. Over ...READ»

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IBM's SAPIR: The Smartphone Image-Recognition App That Recognizes Everything

Ever looked at a vacation photo and wondered "where the heck did I take this?" IBM's got an image recognition system that should solve the problem--and it points to the future of smartphone tech. The name of this new technology ...READ»

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Beyond CSI: Inside Anthony Zuiker's New Cross-Platform Experiment

Anthony Zuiker created CSI, generating more than $6 billion. But with his new cross-platform experiment, his killer instinct is really kicking in.READ»

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Where Have All the Colors Gone? Or, Why We're Now Living in a Spineless, Black and White World.

Ever wondered why the only colors many industries now offer you are black, white, silver, or gray? I love colors and it strikes me as odd how colors have been tuned out of so many products. While some colors are seasonal and ...READ»

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Craft, the Wisdom of the Hand

It's nice to know that Jeff Immelt, GE's CEO, and I think alike. Just as I was writing this piece, I happened to read his comments on the business culture in this country: "I believe that a popular, 30-year notion that ...READ»

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Casey Gelvin - The Future is now

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Porsche Goes Solar with Array at California Facility

Porsche has joined the ranks of solar-supporting companies Ferrari and Toyota by installing its first U.S. solar array at the Porsche Logistics Facility in Ontario, California. The 372-panel array will be one of the largest in the ...READ»

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NASCAR Team to Clean Up its Eco-Cred, But Formula 1 Still Wins That Race

NASCAR, if you think about it, represents all that's environmentally nasty about gasoline vehicles--fuel-guzzling cars muscling their way around a track at as high a speed as possible for entertainment. Sprint Cup team Hall of Fame ...READ»

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jason konior fund

Konior Jason Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano For those of you who lament not being around to see the unveiling of the 1962 250 GTO, considered by many to be Ferrari's masterpiece, cry into your racing-red hankies no longer: The 599 Gran ...READ»

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Ideo's David Kelley on "Design Thinking"

David Kelley, founder of the design firm Ideo and the Stanford d.school, was leading a charmed existence. Then he felt a lump.READ»

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Howard Wilner the 2006 Geneva Motor Show

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Calendar: What's Happening October 2008

What's happening in October, from National Boss Day to trick-or-treating.READ»

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"Making Talent a Strategic Priority": Thoughts From the Fringe (Part 1)

Talent acquisition. What should a company's priorities be. Acquiring talent, or managing talent? This post discusses the HR role in managing talent successfully by realizing that not everyone is created equal. The new McKinsey ...READ»

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Consumers leading Institutions - Nate Garvis

Nate Garvis, Vice President of Government Affairs for Target Corporation, spoke in the political section of PUSH 2008 about leadership in reverse. He is responsible for political, legislative and regulatory affairs at the ...READ»