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Not a myth: Retail therapy may improve your mood
“Retail therapy” may be more than a quaint catch phrase — new research suggests that easing sadness may be just a purchase away.Shopping to improve one’s mood, long derided as a temporary fix for the blues, has been the subject of a string of new reports and surveys that suggest that shopping while sad may indeed help ease this feeling and minimize the impact of a looming stressful event.More tha… Continue reading
Why Spain isn’t likely to catch anti-establishment bug
In the aftermath of Italy’s vote and the resulting political stalemate, some markets and European capitals have been worried that Spain could catch the anti-establishment bug. Continue reading
Macklemore — I’ve Definitely SPANKED IT on Airplanes
Macklemore knows … Continue reading
Lindsay Lohan — Hops Plane to L.A. in the Nick of Time
Lindsay Lohan waited until almost the last second, but she showed up at JFK airport just moments ago to catch a flight to Los Angeles.As TMZ first reported, Lindsay was first scheduled to fly across the country yesterday in order to make her court… Continue reading
Salmon: Annals of Quantitative Overconfidence, Boeing Edition
NEW YORK (Reuters Blogs) — On Jan. 7, the auxiliary power unit (APU) of a Boeing 787 caught fire at Boston’s Logan airport. Continue reading
What the Dalai Lama said about the India rape case at the Jaipur Literature Festival
Crowds lined his path and leaned off arched terraces to catch a glimpse of the Dalai Lama at his first ever appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival. The annual gathering, Asia’s largest, of literati in this city of desert palaces has begun to attract global celebrities in recent years, with even Oprah Winfrey holding court here last year. Continue reading
Strip Club to Lindsay Lohan — We’ll Save Your Storage Locker, IF …
Lindsay Lohan might NOT have to bid farewell to her storage locker full of personal belongings … ’cause a famous strip club is offering to pony up the cash to save it — but there’s a huge catch. Continue reading
Carol Burnett — Sued FROM THE GRAVE Over Home Video Deal
For once, someone’s NOT laughing at “The Carol Burnett Show” — namely the guy who helped create the TV classic, and is now suing over a home video deal, but the catch is … HE’S DEAD.The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in LA County Superior Court by… Continue reading
