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Extreme Corporate Narrative Makeover: Why Your Company Needs a New Bedtime Story

You hear the word "narrative" a lot these days. That's because we're looking for personal relationships--dialogue, shared experience, a bedtime story. READ»

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Indy500's Danica Effect: Brands, Are You Listening?

I'm not exaggerating when I say that I've been going to the Indianapolis 500 since I was in diapers; my parents first brought me to the event when I was just a year old, and I've been attending every Memorial Day weekend since. As a ...READ»

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Treasure Hunters Roadshow Explains Sports Memorabilia Value

Treasure Hunters Roadshow and sports memorabilia.READ»

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CT&T's Multi-Amphibious Electric Car Cruises Through Water

We've always wanted an amphibious vehicle. And an electric amphibious vehicle? It's almost too much. But that's what Korean EV company CT&T is promising with the Multi Amphibious Vehicle, which debuted at this week's Detroit ...READ»

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Webcam Job Interviews: How to Survive and Thrive

Get ready for your close-up. As more companies cut recruiting costs, you're likely to encounter the newest hiring twist: the Webcam interview. We help you put your best face on disk.READ»

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eGrandPrix Launches Electric Vehicle Race

What better way to attract mainstream interest to electric cars than with a good old fashioned race? EMXGP, a new auto series spun off from the TTXGP electric motorcycle grand prix race, will launch in June with a race through ...READ»

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Now That's a Motorcycle

A U.K. firm resuscitates the beauty of 1960s motorcycle design--with laser etching and screen-printing.READ»

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Texas Chevy Dealer To Offer Limited Texas Edition Silverados after NASCAR Race

50 Texas Edition Silverados that will appear at the NASCAR Spring Cup Dickies 500 will return to Classic Chevy after the race to be sold to buyers on a first come first serve basis.READ»

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Fixing Conferences: Six Lessons From the Designers Accord Summit

A new way to organize small groups, a focus on a deliverable, and declaring the conference a Twitter-free zone were a few successful elements of a recent meeting of design educators.READ»

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NBC Plans to Pump Up Olympics Audio for Sled-Heads

Luge freaks, hold on to your skin-tight unitards. For its 2010 Winter Olympics coverage, NBC is firing up surround sound that'll make the luge and bobsled events sound as loud and crisp as NASCAR on Fox.READ»

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The Big Scooter Race

Scooter races can be dangerous, especially in a motor home park for seniors when the seniors are the ones doing the racing.READ»

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Getting the Most From a Conference

You've suffered through the cramped airplane ride, left friends & family behind and endured another chicken and rice lunch. At least have something to show for it!READ»

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Network TV Invades Gas Pumps and Magazines in Desperate Bid for Attention

As the fall TV season looms, the Big Four networks are furiously clamoring for attention. And since you're probably not watching live TV ads (because nobody watches live TV anymore), they're bombarding you with content wherever ...READ»

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Strategy and Business Execution Lessons Learned from NASCAR

NASCAR has lost some of its excitement and edge--what lessons can be applied to other businesses?READ»

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The Private Option: Cash for Bumpers

Cash for clunkers has already shown the impact that a government-run incentive program can have on the economy, but there is no reason that Uncle Sam has to keep the program to himself. Private companies and investors can get in on the action too, and have every reason to do so.READ»

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From a Texas Small Town and a Bedding Company, the Future of Journalism, Marketing, or Both

In these crazily experimental times for journalism, is there a place for--hold your nose, purists--corporate-sponsored reporters? Writer Dan Gearino, who’s exploring a community this month on one company’s marketing dime, thinks he’s onto something. READ»

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Thinking about buying a Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris or Nissan Versa in Miami?

Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris and Nissan Versa Comparison - The New Big 3’s Little 3.By Kurt Gensheimer <http://www.blackpagepress.com/automotive.html> From Carreview.comWhether or not you've grown up as a car buff, unless you're a ...READ»

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Long Island Hemi Shop Now Includes Mopar and Arrington Performance Parts

Mopar and Arrington parts are now available at the Hemi Shop in Westbury Long Island. Performance packages are custom designed for Jeep, Chrysler, and Dodge vehicles.READ»

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How Does the Navy Design the Nuclear Supercarrier of the Future?

With the help of virtual-reality simulations, of course. One journalist gets a sneak peek.READ»

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The 10 Most Creative People in Sports...

Are not who you might expect. No LeBron or Dwight. No Melo or Kobe. We rank the brains--the right-brain superstars--behind the teams, venues, and deals that are, yes, changing the game. READ»

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Race Car Made From Vegetables--Fuelled by Chocolate--Goes for a Test Spin

The Internet has been buzzing about the WorldFirst ecoF3 vehicle, a race car made from vegetables that runs on chocolate-derived biofuels, for the past month. Now the race car's developers at the Warwick Innovative Manufacturing ...READ»

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Hypermiling: Ford Fusion Goes 1,446 Miles on a Single Tank of Gas

Hypermiling isn't always practical--just try cruising way below the speed limit and coasting through red lights if you really want to anger your fellow drivers--but Ford has proven that it can save huge amounts of fuel. This past ...READ»

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Let This Be a Sign: Artist Shawn Wolfe's Blistering Commentary on Consumerism

Seattle-based designer Shawn Wolfe has built his career on cheeky and subversive work for MTV, K2, Sprite, Capitol Records and Old Navy. But at the heart of his self-initiated artwork is a critical and highly entertaining survey of ...READ»

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25 Ways to Jump-Start the Auto Business

Life-saving ideas from genomics whiz J. Craig Venter, Pimp My Ride star Xzibit, the GEICO gecko guy, the founder of Zipcar, Cisco's smart-garage guru, and more.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»