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As Women Rise, Corporate Korea Corks the Bottle

Alexia — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:21:17 EDT

In a time-honored practice in South Korea's corporate culture, the 38-year-old manager at an online game company took his 10-person team on twice-weekly after-work drinking bouts. He exhorted his subordinates to drink, including a 29-year-old graphic designer who protested that her limit was two glasses of beer.

Channel: Women Tags: korea women coporate gaming

Sparkle through the summer with Nina's gold, glittery metallic handbag

GlamourGirl — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:11:23 EDT

The glitter trend may have reached it's height last Christmas, but lately it seems to have been going through a bit or revival, with shoes and handbags covered in the stuff starting to crop up in the stores again.

Channel: Women Tags: accessories handbag purse

Let Kate Spade's clutch bag convert you from beach to bar

GlamourGirl — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:12:59 EDT

Because I'm a bit of a dork, convertible clutches get me overexcited. I know they're not rocket salad, but they're such a simple and effective idea, I can't help but love them. This cotton canvas Solola Jocelyn by Kate Spade would make the perfect day to evening summer bag. Two bags in one for just $195. I'm summer lovin' it.

Channel: Women Tags: accessories bag purse

Fast & Easy Dinner: Lamb Chops with Tomatoes

GlamourGirl — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:21:44 EDT

I used to save lamb chops for holidays, but then I realized that they can be just as delicious grilled to perfection and served with a homemade salsa. Lamb chops are actually wonderful when you are short on time because they cook in under 20 minutes.

Channel: Food Tags: lamb chops

Does Your Knife Need Sharpening?

GlamourGirl — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:29:06 EDT

you think your knives are sharp, but aren't completely sure, here's a simple test you can do to find out. Just hold a sheet of paper away from you and try slicing simple vertical strips. If the knife doesn't cut the paper, or snags as it slices through, then it's time to take them to the knife sharpener!

Channel: Women Tags: kitchen tools knife

I Love Lucy: The Accidental Feminist

idyll — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:02:04 EDT

Ricky TRIED to rule Lucy. The charm of Lucy, both then and now, for me was/is that Lucy is ultimately UNRULEABLE! In her own rebellious way, she proves that women can break the molds within which their world tries to cast them, even if they do not do so for explicit socio-political reasons. Lucy was just being Lucy. A free-spirited rule breaker.

Channel: Women Tags: TV lucy

Interview with Family Historian Stephanie Coontz

idyll — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:07:34 EDT

Marriage has evolved from the economic and political alliance of two or more family groups, to an individual love-match, which over the past thirty years has catalyzed the creation of new family forms like gay and lesbian families and helped dissolve the division of labor between husband as breadwinner and wife as homemaker.

Channel: Family Tags: marriage history

Men Who Cook

Rigel — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:30:42 EDT

Six steps to help get your guy into the kitchen- and to love it.

Channel: Food Tags: kitchen cook cooking men man

Walking Can Reduce the Risk of Cancer

the_arkitect — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:51:27 EDT

Women with breast cancer can halve their risk of dying from the disease if they eat fruit and take up walking, research released yesterday has shown.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: cancer walking

A Diet Pill That Expands (So You Don't)

Rigel — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:47:13 EDT

Italian scientists are testing a new diet pill that turns into a clear, gelatinous blob the size of a tennis ball that may help shrink waistlines by giving dieters a sense of satiety.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: weight loss diet dieting diet pill italian

Jewelry merchant on eBay fined $400,000 for bidding up auctions

TechnologyExpert — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 10:51:22 EDT

A jewelry company on eBay Inc. that allegedly bid on its own auctions to illegally drive up prices by as much as 20 percent agreed to pay $400,000 in restitution and penalties, the New York state attorney general's office said on Saturday.

Channel: Shopping Tags: eBay Fraud Jewelry Auctions

Retailers are turning green -- yes, even Wal-Mart and Home Depot

Deidre — Fri, 18 May 2007 22:17:22 EDT

The environment is a growing concern for retailers across the country as they feel pressure to cut energy use, curb carbon emissions and slash waste, while in the process encouraging suppliers to develop eco-friendly products and practices and helping consumers to shop -- and live -- green.

Channel: Shopping Tags: home depot wal mart green eco friendly

Yahoo Continues to Support the LGBT Community with its Second Annual Pride Site

smanofsteel76 — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:12:05 EDT

Yahoo! Pride, the company's LGBT employee stakeholder group with over 150 LGBT employees in over 13 Yahoo offices worldwide, is celebrating the peak of Gay Pride season by unveiling its second annual Yahoo LGBT Pride site.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: Yahoo Pride site employees offices

Indulge Yourself with Gevalia Coffee

rizolduan — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:05:47 EDT

For coffee lovers, Gevalia is one of the favorites both for the convenience of shopping at home and a vast selection of quality coffee to choose from. Gevalia coffee became well known for giving away a free coffee pot with your first order and for shipping a different package of coffee every month for as long as you wished to receive the coffee.

Channel: Women Tags: gevalia coffee gourmet coffee coffee grinder green mountain coffee coffee mate

Yoko breaks silence to reveal Lennon's last words

TechnologyExpert — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 01:16:05 EDT

For 40 years Yoko Ono has kept a silent dignity in the face of global vilification meted out by legions of Beatles fans. But today, in an emotional interview, she reveals the last words her husband John Lennon uttered moments before he was gunned down on a New York street in 1980 by Mark Chapman.

Channel: Celebrities Tags: John Lennons Last Words Yoko Ono Mark Chapman