Savvy entrepreneurs and larger retailers are opening up temporary stores, or “pop-ups” in empty storefronts, simultaneously boosting their brand and bottom line. The stores can last anywhere from a few days to a few months. And with the U.S. retail vacancy rate at 7.6%, for the third quarter of 2009, compared with 6.4% for the third quarter of 2008, according CoStar Group, Inc.– and the holidays just around the corner– now might be the best time to take advantage of the weak commercial real estate market.
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Notorious B.I.G. Apology to Kandi Burruss
Posted by: JustGrinding Back when Kandi Burruss was in the group Xscape, the Notorious B.I.G. dissed the group on an unreleased song- suggesting that he would rather have sex with drag queen Rupaul then with them. Kandi recounts how he apologized to the group on the night of his death…(via Nahright.com)
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PHOTOS: Guess Which One Of MJ’s Kid Knows Karate
Posted by: BlogXilla On Monday, One of Michael Jackson’s kids lead the charge as he and his group of cousins and siblings left their weekly karate class.
Looking appropriately disheveled after the workout, the children headed back home in the care of their nanny. Jackson’s daughter Paris and youngest son Blanket were also on hand.
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Glee’s Amber Riley Says She’s "Not Fat Girl"
Posted by: BlogXilla The resident diva in Mr. Schuester’s group of Gleeks, Amber steals the show with her big voice and bigger self-confidence. “Just be happy with who you are,” Amber says. “You’re not your dress size, you’re not your shoe size, you’re not your pants size. If I’m going to wear a name tag, it’s going to say ‘Amber Riley,’ not ‘Fat Girl’!”
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Raj Rajaratnam: Who Is He?
Filed under: Professional Profiles, Personal Finance, News, The Economy
Only the latest white collar crook to be arrested and charged with insider trading in the stock of companies including HIlton, Clearwire and Google. The founder of Galleon Group, a major hedge fund and worth $1.3 billion is (or if perhaps found guilty WAS) the world’s 559th most richest person (according to Forbes), The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested 52-year-old Rajaratnam and five others on Friday in New York.
The other money-mongering suspects include:
+Danielle Chiesi, employee of New Castle Funds formerly the equity hedge fund group of Bear Stearns Asset Management+Mark Kurland, New Castle executive
+Rajiv Goel of Intel Capital
+Anil Kumar, director at McKinsey & Co., management consulting firm
+Robert Moffat, executive at IBM
What else do we know about the ringleader? Although a democrat and financial supporter of both Barack Obama’s campaign for presidency and several of Hilary Clinton’s; among the disturbing facts revealed is that Rajaratnam is said to have funded the Sri Lankan noxious terrorist group Tamil Tigers.
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Illegal insider trading is a capital offense. It is a greedy violation believed to raise the cost of capital for securities issuers, thus decreasing overall economic growth. As if the world’s economy isn’t suffering enough. The financial penalties for such a crime could amount to as much as three times the amount gained or the loss avoided from illegal trading, not to mention the perpetual prison timeinsider trading. In this case the founder of the Galleon Hedge Fund is said to have garnered in excess of $20 million. His bail was set at $100 million to be secured by $20 million in collateral. Do the math. Crime NEVER pays.
Read the full account here at the Huffington Post
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Animal rights group set to protest Vick (AP)
A Bay Area animal rights group is planning a protest against Michael Vick before his game against the Oakland Raiders on Sunday. The group In Defense of Animals says it will protest outside Oakland Coliseum before Vick plays his first road game for the Philadelphia Eagles since being reinstated to the NFL following an 18-month prison sentence for his involvement in a dogfighting ring.
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The Penguin Stopped From Buying NFL Team!
Posted by: The Connector Once again, Rush Limbaugh’s (aka The Penguin) been pushed away from the NFL — the talk-show host has been officially dropped by a group looking to buy the St. Louis Rams. A rep from the group claimed Rush got the boot because his participation complicated the effort. Ever since word got out that the conservative mouthpiece was interested in the team, several people lashed out against it — including the owner of the Indianapolis Colts, the head of the NFL Player’s Association and even Al Sharpton. It might be the best thing that happened to Rush — the Rams haven’t won a single game this season.
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Limbaugh cut from group bidding for Rams (AP)
Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams. Limbaugh was to be a limited partner in a bid led by St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts, but Checketts said in a statement Wednesday that Limbaugh's participation had complicated the effort.
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Fired ref on list of camp replacements (AP)
A referee who was previously fired by the NBA is among the group of replacements who have agreed to participate in training camp next week. Michael Henderson is one of 44 who was sent an e-mail from the NBA's referees operations department on Friday. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the e-mail, which provides the replacements with details about the meetings, scheduled to begin Thursday…
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Where In The World Are The Best Wages?
Posted by: Illmatic Which country can you make the most money in?
It pays to work in Switzerland: employees in Zurich and Geneva have the highest net wages in the world, a study by banking group UBS shows, while those in India’s Mumbai take home the lowest.
The Swiss cities were also ranked among the top five most expensive in the world in the bank’s 2009 “Price and Earnings” international study.
“With its extremely high gross wages and comparatively low tax rates, Switzerland is a very employee-friendly country,” the Swiss bank said in a statement.
The study, published every three years, compares the income and purchasing power of employees in 73 cities across the globe, highlighting wide discrepancies in wages between different regions, and even within the same country.
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Go Green East Harlem
Celebrate great food and healthy eating with the residents of East Harlem. Restaurants, caterers, farmers’ markets, members of community groups and a group of darned good cooks, with the help of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, have pooled their resources to come up with scrumptious recipes that can also boast health benefits. From Greenmarket’s tangy peach-corn salsa, to Mo-Bay’s delicious collard greens, to Rao’s famous Lemon Chicken, ending with Debbie Quinones lovely limbel de el Caribe, Go Green East Harlem covers the map when it comes to world cuisine. The book also features information on health benefits of certain foods, ways to make takeout food healthier, how to stock a kitchen and how to steer clear of the double threat of obesity and diabetes.
