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Car Companies Satisfy Buyers Better Than Apple
KickingTiresCustomer satisfaction for the automotive industry is at its highest point in about 20 years, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index, as reported by USA Today. The automotive industry ranked 84 out of 100, tying its best-ever rank in......Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Toyota, Dodge, Automotive Equipment, Companies and Corporations
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Some reading for the snowbound
Dining@LargeSorry for the slow day, gang.I have been battling insomnia lately. This is new. I'm blaming my cats. They've gone mad. I was also on deadline today.Now, as the sun is setting, I present you with some of the juicier items......Tags: Berkeley (Alameda, California), Recipes, NPR, Social Sciences, Google Inc.
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Gulf oil spill fallout: Time for Plan B
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsThis week's seafood special from the Gulf: Blackened shrimp. I know, there's nothing humorous about an environmental disaster the magnitude of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, but sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying. Everyone's on edge now,......Tags: Alabama, Water Pollution, Louisiana, Disasters, Politics
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FDA urged to better police food, supplements
The SwampA new report released this morning by the influential Institute of Medicine proposes calls for the Food and Drug Administration to apply the same scientific rigor to evaluating health claims for food and nutritional supplements as it does to determining...Tags: Instrument Engineering, Drugs and Medicines, Utah, Food Industry, Health
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Michelle Obama: Fashion, fitness czarina
The Swampby Mark Silva First Lady Michelle Obama may have been touring the cavernous halls and splendid courtyard of the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City today with the first lady of Mexico, but there was nothing prehistoric about the......Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), PepsiCo Inc., Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Mexico City, Mexico
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Well, that's the other side of the world...
Take 1,100 people out of a city in North America and the world would have something to talk about for weeks, regardless of the circumstances. Changes would occur, with 9/11 serving as the obvious example. Have the same number of people killed in a place...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Pakistan, Dominican Republic, Bangladesh, Malaysia
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Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Day
Goggles on, boys and girls. The test kitchen food processor is wobbling like a Tilt-A-Whirl at the county fair. Before the tidbits go wild, let's dish: Think before you eat. Friday's Food Revolution Day is part of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's...
Tags: Recipes, Brevard County, Dining and Drinking, Orlando Restaurants, Restaurants
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Rosenthal: Transformation part of retail game, Sears' Lampert says
When prices essentially match, what stores are left to sell is themselves. More than just the products they move, they compete on the basis of the shopping experiences they offer and the identities those experiences bolster. Customer loyalty has never...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Economy, Business and Finance, Walmart, Consumers, Supervalu Inc.
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Carmakers quibble over the obvious: Hands-free is not risk-free
It's always amazing that we need academic studies to state the obvious, such as the one in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology a few years ago finding that people are happier during weekends. No less amazing, though, is the knee-jerk...
Tags: Highway Transportation, Services and Shopping, Beverage Industry, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Transportation
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Coca-Cola has deep pockets -- but no princess
I had the privilege to attend the coronation of the 2013-14 Somerset County dairy princess last week. For those unfamiliar with the dairy princess, I'll briefly explain. Every year a new county dairy princess is selected to promote the value of...Tags: Beverage Industry, Coca-Cola Co., Marketing, Somerset County (Pennsylvania)
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U.S. techies heading to Latin America
The exodus of young Latin American entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley and other U.S. technology centers may soon become a two-way street - growing numbers of U.S. techies are heading south to benefit from generous aid packages for high-tech startups....Tags: Startups, Argentina, IBM, Chile, Brazil
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Rosenthal: Sears Holdings' Edward Lampert discusses company's future, new role in it
He's been a big-time investor in the retail sector for more than 15 years and was chairman of Kmart after it emerged from bankruptcy about a decade ago. A few years later, he paired it with once-dominant Sears. Yet even as Eddie Lampert is poised next...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Economy, Business and Finance, Walmart, Real Estate Sellers, Homes
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