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That's not to say new billboard technology is free of challenges. Advertisers and privacy advocates are worried that interactive campaigns could be intrusive. Not everyone wants to be talked to by a billboard. "If somebody starts pinging phones, there's going to be consumer backlash," says Tom Burgess, CEO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting on Board | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

Vultaggio is the blue-collar anti-CEO, a former truck driver and Brooklyn beer distributor who, with innovative packaging and consumer-friendly pricing, has built Arizona into the fastest-growing major bottled-tea brand in the country. And he has done it on his own terms, dismissing the conventional wisdom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mavericks: Raising Arizona | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

Snapple was then the hot brand, so Vultaggio needed a way to distinguish his iced tea from his new rival. He picked the name Arizona after staring at a map; his Uncle Vito had moved there to ease his asthma. Vultaggio saw pricing as his true opportunity: Why not give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mavericks: Raising Arizona | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

Smith isn't the only person to have been burned in an Internet auction--not by far. According to the list of top consumer complaints to the Federal Trade Commission for 2005, released in January, Internet-related scams accounted for 46%, or 316,000, of all fraud gripes last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: Let The Ebuyer Beware | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

There's something different about Angela Merkel. Germans remain spellbound by the novelty of a female Chancellor, but it's her down-to-earth manner that really sets her apart. There isn't a politician in Europe today who would not be giddy with delight if they racked up the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Land of Smiles | 4/1/2006 | See Source »

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