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Olive Garden Enters the World of Bizarro Marketing
Since inception, Olive Garden restaurants have based their marketing on the idea that bigger is better, offering an “endless pasta bowl.” Well, as the company’s owner, Darden Restaurants, Inc., has recently found out, that’s not what people want any more.
Opposition Spurs Summers to Withdraw as Fed Chairman Candidate
Yesterday, President Obama’s leading contender for the Federal Reserve chairman position, Lawrence Summers, withdrew his name from consideration, citing the potential for an “acrimonious” confirmation battle.
The Graying of the World: Germans Export Grandma
While many investors acknowledge that the Baby Boomer generation’s creep towards retirement is taxing America’s elder care industry, they have little idea of its global scale.
U.S. August 2013 Retail Sales Missed Forecast; Barclays Cuts U.S. Q3 GDP Growth Forecast
U.S. retail sales for August missed economists’ forecasts, even as demand for automobiles remained strong, indicating a major part of the economy has slowed in the third quarter.
How Do You Spell Successful IPO? 140 Characters at a Time
Yesterday, the microblogging super-site Twitter, Inc., announced its intentions to stage an initial public offering (IPO).
1,461 Days of Summers
Japan’s Nikkei newspaper has published a story claiming that President Obama is set to name Lawrence Summers to become the next the Fed chairman as early as next week.