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Ford to invest $2.3 bln in Brazil in five years
Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:48 PM EST (xinhuanet)
The American car manufacturer Ford announced Friday that it would invest 4 billion reais (2.3 billion U.S. dollars) in Brazil over the next five years. The factory in Bahia, northeastern Brazil, will be the destination for most of the investment.
Costco Wholesale opening first Manhattan store
Seeded on Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:27 PM EST (The Seattle Times)
Jeff Brotman, Costco Wholesale's chairman, has waited at least a decade for this day, when the chain he co-founded opens its first store in Manhattan.
Starbucks focuses on relevance over cool as 4Q earnings loom
Seeded on Sun Nov 1, 2009 4:22 PM EST (The Seattle Times)
Starbucks' number of transactions at U.S. stores began to decline in mid-2007, when the economy was still growing and the company was opening seven stores a day. Its early falloff could have been a sign of Starbucks reaching a saturation point with customers.
Little-known HTC ready to bring its brand into the limelight
Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:14 AM EDT (The Seattle Times)
The Taiwanese mobile-phone company with U.S. headquarters in Bellevue is launching a campaign this week to raise the profile of the HTC brand. An ad blitz trumpeting a new slogan is intended to reach 95 percent of Americans at least 36 times during the holiday season.
UW grads set pub crawl record
Seeded on Sat Oct 17, 2009 1:57 PM EDT (The Seattle Times)
A group of friends who say they set a new unofficial Guinness World Record for most pubs visited in a 24-hour period. Led by Pat Finley and Dan Wachtler, the 10 men visited 101 Seattle bars in a little more than 15 hours a week ago.
George H.W. Bush, Obama Celebrate Volunteerism
Seeded on Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:50 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
Friday, Obama stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Bush's father, the 41st president, in a joint celebration of volunteerism and civic involvement that hinted at a possible thaw that might yet emerge between the two camps.
Venture Capital Firms Allowed to Live - WSJ.com
Seeded on Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:53 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
The investment model that created Intel, Apple and Google will be allowed to exist. According to his draft legislation, Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank has rejected a Treasury plan to subject venture capital firms to "systemic risk" regulation.
Lamborghini testing at the UW: The rest of the story
Seeded on Tue Oct 6, 2009 8:45 PM EDT (The Seattle Times)
Today opens the Automobili Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory at the University of Washington. Lamborghini has been quietly working with the school for years, taking advantage of its expertise in exotic-material testing and its close partnership with Boeing.
Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL Are Spending Old-Media-Style
Seeded on Sun Oct 4, 2009 5:40 PM EDT (Advertising Age)
Facebook and Twitter get all the attention, but Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft, all onetime winners in their respective categories (portals, internet access, operating systems), are out to remind the world they're still the heavy-hitters on the web.
Washington moves up on Forbess best states for business
Seeded on Thu Sep 24, 2009 2:39 PM EDT ()
Washington ranks No. 1 in the country for growth potential. But the state ranked fairly low in the business costs category (27) and quality of health category (24), which is an index of schools, health, crime, cost of living and poverty rates.
Oil Industry Sets a Brisk Pace of New Discoveries
Seeded on Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:47 AM EDT (Newsvine)
The oil industry has been on a hot streak this year, thanks to a series of major discoveries that have rekindled a sense of excitement across the petroleum sector, despite falling prices and a tough economy.
What's the Point of Fashion Week?
Seeded on Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:46 AM EDT (The Latest From VanityFair.com)
While it's tempting to judge this bi-annual convergence of chic for the elitist attitude alone American fashion is a multi-billion-dollar industry and this is its week to shine. But does Fashion Week have relevance beyond an insular cadre of privileged New Yorkers?
RedBeacon Wins The Top Prize At TechCrunch50 2009
Seeded on Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:15 PM EDT (TechCrunch)
The 50 startup presentations are over, the judges votes are in, Michael and Jason chewed over the top contenders, and the winner of this year's TechCrunch50 is RedBeacon. The startup aims to help consumers find local service providers such as plumbers, bakers, and contractors.
Mota Motors Takes The Pain Out Of The Used Car Marketplace
Seeded on Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:10 PM EDT (TechCrunch)
Mota's multi-faceted service effectively holds your hand through the entire used car buying (or selling) process, offering a level of trust and convenience that has been difficult to achieve on traditional peer-to-peer car sales channels like CraigsList.
Kraft PR Strategy Similar to InBev Anheuser-Bush
Seeded on Wed Sep 9, 2009 6:42 PM EDT (Advertising Age)
If Kraft Foods' aggressive PR strategy behind its unsolicited $16.8 billion bid for Cadbury looks a bit familiar, it's because the marketer is pulling from a successful playbook: InBev's takeover of Anheuser-Busch.
What a Kraft Takeover of Cadbury Would Mean
Seeded on Tue Sep 8, 2009 6:37 PM EDT (Advertising Age)
Should Kraft Foods' takeover play for Cadbury eventually succeed, it would create a $51 billion package-food and confectionary company and a $2.7 billion global advertiser.
HTC Wants Smartphone as Familiar as iPhone, BlackBerry
Seeded on Mon Sep 7, 2009 9:22 PM EDT (Advertising Age)
For more than a decade, the maker behind T-Mobile's G1 Google smartphone has been making handsets on which wireless carriers can slap their own logos. But now Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC wants to make a name for itself, and has hired Deutsch, Los Angeles.
Bellevue has 'regional deal' in place for future Bel-Red development
Seeded on Mon Sep 7, 2009 4:29 PM EDT (The Seattle Times)
Bellevue and King County have reached a complicated deal that allows developers to build more densely in the city's Bel-Red neighborhood, in exchange for payments that will permanently preserve from 3,000 to 6,000 acres of rural land in the county.
NASA Sets the Date We Finally Land on Mars: April 15, 2025
Seeded on Sun Sep 6, 2009 3:09 PM EDT (Newsvine)
The ISS is key in NASA's plan to land astronauts on Mars in less than sixteen years. While space buffs have been arguing back and forth about whether we have the money there is already a solid mission plan in place.
A Vegan in the National Football League?
Seeded on Sun Sep 6, 2009 12:43 PM EDT (Discovery.com)
After reading The China Study in 2007, the 6-foot-5, 251-lb. athlete experimented with veganism and now subsists on an almost entirely plant-based diet. In 2008—his first meat-free season—Gonzalez stuck to his diet and broke two major records for his position.
Volkswagen targets mainstream America
Seeded on Sun Sep 6, 2009 12:38 PM EDT (Newsvine)
Volkswagen has ambitious plans to directly challenge Toyota — and a cornerstone of the plan for global expansion is to boost sales in the U.S. by building products with more American flavor.
Pricey areas see big growth in home sales
Seeded on Sat Sep 5, 2009 11:10 AM EDT (The Seattle Times)
Home closings in Queen Anne and Magnolia were up 74 percent in August from the same month in 2008, from 31 to 54. In West Bellevue/Medina — the priciest area into which the service divides the county — the increase was a whopping 169 percent, from 13 to 35.
Tiffany & Co. opens new concept store in University Village
Seeded on Thu Sep 3, 2009 2:42 PM EDT ()
See, unapproachable locked displays are so last year. Those great Frank Gehry necklaces are shown in open air. Pick one up, give it a try. Take a wood and lacquer Elsa Peretti bangle for a spin.
The Quick 10: 10 Secret Menu Items at Fast Food Restaurants
Seeded on Tue Sep 1, 2009 6:57 PM EDT ()
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to seek out covert items at fast food chains around the country. Be warned, this mission includes very real dangers such as hardening arteries and skyrocketing cholesterol. We've compiled a list to get you started.
Internal memo details Starbucks 2nd undercover neighborhood store
Seeded on Tue Sep 1, 2009 5:02 PM EDT ()
Starbucks passed along this internal memo detailing some of the strategy around the next of their concept shops to hit Capitol Hill. Hey Joe Bar, meet your new neighbor Roy Street Coffee & Tea. Here's some explanation of the strategy and more from the Starbucks memo:
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