Golf shoes are an important aspect of any golfing outfit. Comfort, balance and posture is crucial for attaining that all important swing. This coming spring season of 2012 offers a great selection of golf shoes suitable for any player at any level, within any budget. Here we review the top 5 golf shoes available for [...]
The United States, through pioneering companies Apple and IBM Corp. has dominated the personal computer market for three decades but China overtook the US in this industry last quarter. The shipment of personal computers in China increased 15 percent to 18.5 million for the second quarter, the first time it surpassed the US which decreased [...]
Macy’s Inc. has become the first major retailer to post results after the U.S. debt rating was downgraded, as it reported a second quarter increase of 64 percent in terms of earnings. Consumers were fearful about the possibility of another recession after the downgrading of the U.S. Macy’s boosted its outlook for the full year, [...]
A new study released Tuesday shows that instead of the traditional advertisements that target youngsters, companies that have pledged not to directly market unhealthy food and beverages to children have resorted to product placement on television shows. The Yale University study called this method which includes high exposure to sugary soft drinks on prime-time TV [...]
Some of the largest grocers in the United States have committed Wednesday to join the efforts of First Lady Michelle Obama to bring healthy foods to the urban and rural areas in the country where there is poor access to fresh groceries. Among the food retailers that joined Obama at the White House include Walmart, [...]
Fast-food giant McDonald’s is set to build its biggest restaurant ever, with more seating capacity than the current McDonald’s in Orlando, Florida, in time for the London Olympics in 2012. The new McDonald’s restaurant is a two-story facility that will stand on a 32,000-square-foot space. It will have a total seating capacity of 1,500 to [...]
The unbeatable offers of online daily deals may have led to a surge in the number of shoppers signing up for deals on sites like Living Social and Groupon but they should be wary about taking these deals on face value. New websites are starting to come up all the time, leading to the rapid [...]
Apple’s iPad is a product desired by gadget-crazy consumers but affordability is another question. The solution may have been found by an enterprising Chinese who desperately wanted the iPad but like most people, could not afford it. Liu Xinying demonstrates, in a 20-minute video posted on the Chinese YouTube equivalent “Youku”, the process of assembling [...]
Toys R Us, the largest toy retailer in the world, is expected to push through with its planned initial public offering in 2012. An IPO application was filed by the company for up to $800 million in May last year, with plans to conduct an IPO during the first half of 2011. However, lacklustre sales [...]
About half a billion dollars in debt may have been left behind by Michael Jackson when he died in 2009 but profits from licensing agreements, music sales and upcoming projects have turned his one-suffering estate into a thriving one. Reuters has obtained legal documents that have been filed in February which shows that while Jackson’s [...]
