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Acai Berry, pomegranate juice, mangosteen-and the FDA

Acai Berry, pomegranate juice, mangosteen- and the FDA. Acai Berry, Pomegranate juice, Mangosteen juice, etc.  They all claim a deep luscious taste and healthy nutritional value. Now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has set their sights on “functional” beverage producers.  Recently the FDA sent letters to 5 Ready to Drink (RTD) beverage companies citing ingredient and health claim […]

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Health

KFC to keep selling meaty Double Down

Thank you, America! Kentucky Fried Chicken is extending the offering of the Double Down Sandwich.  And of course, this will ruffle the feathers of some “health” cranks, who think that we Americans don’t know any better than to eat them. “Oh, poor me!  That mean ole advertising company is hypnotizing me into desiring those big […]

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Business News

NASDAQ:YHOO – Yahoo Acquires Associated Content, Stock Falls

NASDAQ:YHOO – Yahoo Acquires Associated Content, Stock Falls News is breaking that Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) has acquired the user generated content site Associated Content. Yahoo is saying that this acquisition will benefit them by expanding their source of high quality, original news and content. First let me say that Wall Street was not impressed with the […]

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Facebook Marketing

Dunkin Donuts Free Iced Coffee Day 2010

Dunkin Donuts Free Iced Coffee Day 2010 If you are among the many people already complaining on Facebook and other social media, you may have gone to your local Dunkin Donuts for your FREE iced coffee only to find that your store is not participating.  Here are some complaints I’ve seen already: “talk about false advertising, […]

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Business iPhone Mobile

NASDAQ:AAPL – $800 Million in iAd Revenue Expected This Year

NASDAQ:AAPL – $800 Million in iAd Revenue Expected This Year Apple’s new advertising platform iAd might be highly underestimated, especially among investors. Perhaps when Steve Jobs talks about his next big thing, maybe iAd is it. Apple unveiled iAd during its iPhone 4.0 developer preview. Steve Jobs made the announcement of the much anticipated mobile advertising […]

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Business

NYSE:GS – Goldman Sachs SEC Accusation Questioned by GOP

NYSE:GS – Goldman Sachs SEC Accusation Questioned by GOP Just when you thought that the accusations against Goldman Sachs were bad, how about the news that’s breaking about the SEC working in tandem to announce their fraud charges in conjunction with a Senate vote on financial regulatory legislation? Is it possible that The White House, […]

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Business

NASDAQ:GOOG – Google Stock Gets Upgraded

NASDAQ:GOOG – Google Stock Gets Upgraded Although yesterday seemed like nothing good was happening with Goldman Sachs, we can’t say that all was bad… Golman Sachs kept Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) on it’s buy list.