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Coldwell Banker’s Second Life
Don’t think the Second Life land rush is over. Now a huge real estate firm is entering the 3D virtual world, as the service’s headlong growth continues.
Real estate deals may be slowing in the real world, but in the three-dimensional online one of Second Life the market remains hot. Now Coldwell Banker, one of the [...]
Buffett: No free rides on Berkshire’s dollar
World’s most successful investor reimburses his company for postage and phone calls for personal use, and doesn’t use company cars or airplanes.
The world’s most successful investor – and second richest man – is perhaps also its least lavish CEO.
Warren Buffett refuses to use company cars or airplanes for any business that’s remotely personal, and each [...]
Enron executives’ custom-made desks on eBay
A Houston-based charity will auction Enron executives’ custom-made desks on eBay, which have a minimum bid of $25,000 each.
Once the center of power, the desk of former Enron Corp. founder and chief executive officer Ken Lay is up for sale on eBay Inc.
The Houston-based charity Saving Animals Across Borders is also auctioning the desk that [...]
Rise of the Jetrosexuals
A few years ago, a new sexual classification emerged on the scene. As funny as I thought it was when I first heard the term “metrosexual,” I think it’s even funnier that it stuck around. Oh no, metrosexuals weren’t just a passing fad –people now comfortably identify themselves as such. Now it appears there is [...]
“Crazy Coffins” A New Booming Business In England
There’s one thing they always say about money – you can’t take it with you.
So before you go, you can at least arrange for a memorable send off.
One company in England has taken that directive quite literally to heart, creating a bizarre new business that sits on the tentative border between creativity and extreme bad [...]
Crazy behaviors of the insanely wealthy
James West (1903-57)
“Silver Dollar Jim” was quintessential Texas. Although he got a law degree, he made his money in cattle and oil, and liked to be photographed in a ten-gallon hat. He got his nickname because he would only tip silver dollars (sometimes fistfuls at a time). Deciding that blue was the best color, [...]
101 Dumbest Moments in Business
CNN Money’s 2006’s biggest boors, buffoons, and blunderers.
Wall Mart | In an attempt to put a smiley face on its tarnished image, Wal-Mart hires heavy-hitting public relations firm Edelman, which sets about using tactics derived from political races to reverse public perceptions of the giant retailer.
Dubbing its campaign “Candidate Wal-Mart,” the firm trumpets all [...]
