Word: copycatting
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...range from a study of the murders to a pornographic potboiler. One film was being made last summer when the latest victims were killed. The movie crew went to the site of the crime and filmed new scenes to update the story. Officials fear that the movies will encourage copycat murders at a time when the police have their hands full dealing with the original killer. --By John Moody. Reported by Walter Galling/Florence
...Exchange opened its new market for growing businesses, the Irish Enterprise Exchange. Even Deutsche Börse has reportedly eyed a copycat exchange. What's the rush? Alternext is seeking to mirror the success of the LSE's Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Ten years after it opened, AIM now boasts more than 1,100 listings; last year alone, more than 300 companies were quoted, twice as many as in the previous year. The attraction for cash-hungry minnows is obvious. Firms don't need to produce a trading record, and benefit from lighter regulation. But while AIM makes raising capital...
...broad-brimmed hat looked like a lampshade. I don't mean to be critical, it's just the truth. Joy D. Koch Taytay, the Philippines The Duke of Windsor's marriage to Wallis Simpson in 1937 lent a certain acceptance to marrying a divorced woman, and no doubt many copycat marriages followed, some of them less than successful. It is noteworthy that most subsequent photos of the Duke showed a sad man. Now Prince Charles' marriage to Camilla has given cachet to marrying one's mistress and could lead to a rash of copycat marriages, some of which will...
...Duke of Windsor's marriage to Wallis Simpson in 1937 lent a certain acceptance to marrying a divorced woman, and no doubt many copycat marriages followed, some of them less than successful. It is noteworthy that most subsequent photos of the duke showed a sad man. Now Prince Charles' marriage to Camilla has given cachet to marrying one's mistress and could lead to a rash of copycat marriages, some of which will be less than successful. Let's see whether Charles' future photos reveal...
...silver bullet, depending on whom you ask. But in either case, it is clearly one of the most talked about new products in the industry, roiling competitors, realigning expectations and even prompting lawsuits--from Botox maker Allergan, which disputes StriVectin's advertising claims, and from StriVectin itself, against alleged copycat marketers pushing similarly named knock-offs. Priced at a hefty $135 per 6-oz. tube, StriVectin, made by privately held Klein-Becker, a division of Salt Lake City, Utah-- based weight-loss-supplement maker Basic Research, last year tallied an estimated $60 million in sales, almost double the sales that...