Daily Archives: Friday, June 7, 2002

If you followed that final link in the previous post, you discovered a story about lawmakers complaining about smokeless tobacco (that’s chewing tobacco and snuff to the rest of us) targeting teens. This morning, U.S. Tobacco Company, announced they were … Continue reading →

According to the Washington Post, “San Diego Superior Court Judge Ronald Prager ruled that R.J. Reynolds Co., the maker of Camel and Winston cigarettes, had acted improperly by running cigarette ads in magazines, such as Vibe, Spin and Rolling Stone, … Continue reading →

With no humorous reference to the previous post, I’ll point to a story in the NY Post that reports that “O,” the Oprah Magazine, is seeing declining newstand sales. However, the reason may be because all those women (I’m biting … Continue reading →

The LA Times runs a feature on Grace Magazine, a new launch for “plus-size” women. The article is filled with intendend (and some unintended) puns (“it’s a huge, huge market”). Quote: Samir Husni, the head of University of Mississippi’s magazine … Continue reading →

Since I stopped criticizing economists for being clueless about unemployment numbers, I can’t gloat that the May numbers “surprised” economists by sinking to 5.8%. Later: Here’s a link to what some economists said about today’s numbers.