Week after week of cold and misery has kept car buyers away from auto dealerships in 2014. The weather should also be indirectly helping them get better prices on new-car purchases this spring.
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Sweet! The Smooth Rise of Non-Bitter Not-Quite-Beer Beverages
We’ve all heard about how quickly America’s craft beer market is growing. Two traditional beer alternatives—hard ciders and fruity malt alcoholic beverages like Bud Light Lime Straw-Ber-Rita—are expanding even more impressively, and unlike beer, which skews heavily male, these brews are enjoyed evenly by men and women.
Brand You Never Heard of Is Begging You Not to Stop Eating It
That’s one way not to do social media marketing for Lent…
Most Shocking Second a Day Ad Is Exactly That
Whoa
Travelers: It’s About Damn Time Airlines Toughened Up Baggage Policies
United is ratcheting up stricter carry-on baggage rule enforcement, and the result is that more passengers will be hit with fees. To which many travelers say: Wonderful!
Facebook To Restrict Gun Ads
The social network will delete posts from users selling illegal guns, among other restrictions
3 Dead Simple Ways to Catch a Liar in the Act
Watch for these tells
Icahn: eBay Has the Worst Corporate Governance—Ever
Activist investor Carl Icahn says eBay is the worst-run company he’s ever seen. The billionaire who regularly clashes with tech’s biggest CEOs told CNBC’s Squawk Box that eBay’s corporate governance leaves a lot to be
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H&R Block Is Calling All Hipsters to Do Their Taxes
Those darn hipsters, with their artisanal toothpicks and thick glasses and ironic tax returns. Believe it or not, H&R Block is trying to attach that last trait to the hipster stereotype. The tax preparation company has declared a
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How Much of Your Success Is Due to Dumb Luck?
Would you like the Mona Lisa if others didn’t? Would you still think Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony was good? Would you still think the songs of the Beatles were superior to those of, say, Justin Bieber?
In a report last …
Climate Change Could Mean No Guac For You — At Least At Chipotle
Is a burrito truly a burrito without it?
Beef: It’s What’s No Longer Affordable for Dinner
To paraphrase a Paula Cole song, where have all the cows gone?
The Man Behind Microsoft's Ruthless Attack Ads Has a New Target
Microsoft has been waging one of the most aggressive campaigns against another tech company in recent memory with its divisive “Scroogled” commercials in the last two years. Now, the man behind the attack ads against Google is
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