Having a ball
Having a ballIn the supposedly benighted music business, a lot of things are making money Correction to this article EVEN by the elevated standards of such things, Lady Gaga's “Monster Ball” concert is over the top. The show, which is loosely organised around the theme of a woman's search for the ultimate party, features a fountain of fake blood, a burning piano and a host of dancing men. At one p
Good and hungry
FAST-FOOD firms have to be a thick-skinned bunch. Health experts regularly lambast them for peddling food that makes people fat. Critics even complain that McDonald's, whose golden arches symbolise calorie excess, should not have been allowed to sponsor the World Cup. These are things fast-food firms have learnt to cope with and to deflect. But not perhaps for much longer. The burger business face
Lives of others
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THESE are not easy times for booksellers. Borders, a big American one, ditched its boss in January and has closed stores, but is still at risk of collapse, some analysts say. The British chain of the same name, which it once owned, failed last year. Barnes & Noble, the world's biggest bookseller, appointed a new boss last month to help it confront the triple threat of the recession, increased comp
E-publish or perish
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THE initiative was designed to draw attention to a serious issue and it achieved its goal. Pleaserobme.com is a simple website that publishes a live feed of posts that appear on Twitter, a microblogging service, showing that the authors are somewhere other than their home. Many of the tweets come from users of Foursquare, a service that lets people publicise their location so their friends can see
Joining the queue
Joining the queueThe recession has accelerated big changes for firms that help people find jobs “IN 2008 10m people came to us, and we placed 4m in jobs. In 2009 it was 11m, and we only placed around 3m. It's been a tough year.” So says Jeff Joerres, the boss of Manpower, an employment-services firm best known for its army of temporary workers. The highest unemployment rates in decades have meant
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HOLLYWOOD came late to the internet. Protected for years from digital piracy by huge file sizes, it was not forced to develop an online retail model, as the music business was. Nor, having watched newspapers struggle on the internet, did it much want to try. This week it finally stepped forward, touting two systems for selling films and television shows online. The initiatives are well thought-out
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