Word: consumerized
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The Lipitor ads are certainly not the first to rely on stretching the consumer's belief - others have featured actors posing as doctors, or lesser-known doctors endorsing everything from diet aids to nutritional supplements. But Jarvik is recognized for his work in developing the artificial heart, and to a...
Why is everyone going crazy? Is it something in the water, the crushing weight of soulless international imperialistic consumer capitalism, or perhaps those accursed trans-fats? Christiopher Lane, the author of “Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness” has a different suggestion. Lane argues that...
In a world at war with toxins, violence, global warming and weird diseases, Nancy Gibbs' attack on Valentine's Day (which she called "A Day to Forget") is right up there with the Grinch stealing Christmas [Feb. 18]. Perhaps Gibbs, too, needs to check the size of her heart. She...
Philips says it will differentiate its products through lifestyle-driven innovation. On that score, it's enjoying greater success. In 2006, 53% of group sales came from products launched in the previous three years. That's more than double the level of 2003. Last March, for instance, Philips--in partnership...
U.S. officials and the Paris-based International Energy Agency predict that oil demand will ease off this year with weaker economies in the United States and Europe. But while Americans and Europeans wince these days while filling their tanks, people in China and many other countries buy gas at heavily...