March 2008
122 posts
February 2008
105 posts
“It seems many air travelers are totally oblivious to even the basics of in-flight etiquette.”
—Whatever happened to common courtesy? - Tips- msnbc.com
“In the latest survey, one in five global consumers said they would choose to buy Gucci (over any other luxury brand) if money was no option, making the Italian fashion brand that was revived by Tom Ford in the 1990’s the most coveted and aspirational luxury brand in the world today.”
—Nielsen - Press Release: GUCCI reigns as the Most Coveted luxury brand in the world – according to Nielsen’s latest Global Luxury Brands Survey
“Beijing drivers seem eager to challenge the physics principle that no two objects can simultaneously occupy the same point in space.”
—Guide to driving in Beijing during the Olympics | Autos | Reuters
“This is fantastic, and horribly addictive. We have discovered a wonderfully random luxury brand pronunciation channel on YouTube”
—Luxury pronunciation for (electroclash) dummies — Agenda Inc. - LiveFeed
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“It’s been hailed as the future of mass transit and ridiculed as a big gamble on little more than an amusement park ride”
—300-mph train would whisk travelers from Vegas to Disneyland - USATODAY.com
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“Germany’s highest court has ruled that spying on personal computers violates privacy, but governments across Europe are under pressure to help their security services fight terrorism and organised crime.”
—BBC NEWS | Europe | The most spied upon people in Europe
“The European Commission has fined US computer giant Microsoft for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour”
—BBC NEWS | Business | EU fines Microsoft record $1.4bn
“The Kremlin was today accused of mounting an unprecedented attack on academic freedom after officials in St Petersburg closed down one of the country’s top universities.”
—Russian university that advised on election monitoring closed as fire risk | World news | guardian.co.uk
