Submitted by Michaelfidler:
So far, so good: Speedo and watchmaker Omega said they're keeping endorsement deals with Michael Phelps, despite pictures of the champion swimmer smoking pot. But he must pretend to quit weed forever.Phelps apologized for his actions, just like he did after being arrested for driving drunk following the 2004 Athens games, r (Read More)
: what message does this give to people that look up to him??? (I guess thats most of us - he's 6'4!) but you get my point.. The same happened here with Kate Moss and her coke habbit...
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Dallas, TX-based RiseSmart, a job search site targeting +$100k jobs, has raised a $1.5 million seed round from various angels. Among the investors are Craig Stamm, former CFO of CareerBuilder and Headhunter.net, Mark Hamden of HRSmart and Louis Ramery, SVP of Sears Holding. The company describes itself as a hybrid between a (Read More)
VentureBeat
The entertainment trade magazine, Variety, today launched a new social network dubbed ‘the Biz‘. Created in conjunction with online job site Jobster, this network is said to be the first for the entertainment business.Variety hopes to carve a niche out of larger social networks like LinkedIn, MySpace and Faceboo (Read More)