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Buying a Corvette? Now You Can Build the Engine Yourself
It’s been looked at as one of America’s dream muscle cars for the better part of 50 years, but until now if you wanted to buy a Chevrolet Corvette, you had to trust the engineers at General Motors to put the horsepower under the …
Exposed: Playboy and Penthouse Execs Battle For Control
Hugh Hefner wants to make Playboy private. As a company, that is.
Got Fantasy Sports Insurance? The 9 Weirdest Things You Can Insure
Insurance makes sense when it comes to your car, your health, or your life. But would you insure your legs, your nose, or your facial hair?
Don’t Be A Sucker! Generic Is The Same, But Cheaper
You know the money you’re spending for “brand names” on things like cereal and batteries? It’s pretty much the same thing as throwing you money into the trash!
Feds Close Four Bank Friday; 2010 Tally Reaches 90
It’s become something of a weekly tradition: The FDIC moves in late Friday night to shut down and break up failing banks. Last night, it was four new failures, pushing the 2010 list of failures to 90. (via Bloomberg Businessweek)
Good News: Will BP Cap the Well Weeks Ahead of Time?
Could the Gulf of Mexico oil spill finally end weeks ahead of the time BP officials say they expect to end it?
Pay Toilets? The Long, Slow Nickel-and-Diming of U.S. Air Travel
Airlines – when they’re not losing foreign leaders’ luggage, they’re charging us an arm and a leg for anything they can think of.
Scathing: Cavs Owner Dan Gilbert Blasts LeBron – in Comic Sans
This is how a city’s dream dies, with bitterness and plenty of fun fonts.
Quotes: Borders Launches E-Bookstore
“Borders is late, but not too late, because this is an emerging market. As a publisher, this is one more outlet for us.”
— JANE FRIEDMAN, chief executive of Open Road Integrated Media LLC, an e-book publisher, about the …
Lebron-Named Businesses Banking on James to Choose New York
LeBron James isn’t the only “Lebron” agonizing over his free-agency decision.
Can Netflix Compete with HBO and Showtime?
It has already helped kill off video stores, but after a new deal with film financier Relativity Media, can Netflix fight with the big dogs of premium cable?