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...purple drank. Of course it isn't. "The word drank is celebratory slang," he says. "The name of my product is hip and fun to say: 'I'm going to get my drank on,' " Bianchi says, sounding quite un-hip. A clever marketer, Bianchi isn't exactly ducking the dustup. "We wanted something fun, something that was a healthy alternative to people for using drugs and alcohol," he says. "If there's controversy about it, it only brings attention to our product...
John Thain's swift departure as head of Bank of America's (BofA) Merrill Lynch unit after a 15-minute dustup with his boss, CEO Ken Lewis, is a consequence of friction that occurs when conflicting business maxims come into contact. And the fact that Thain must really love...
...Question #55. Have you paid all taxes and Social Security obligations applicable to the employment of [occasional or regular domestic help]? Otherwise known as the Zoe Baird Memorial Gotcha! Question, after Bill Clinton's unsuccessful nominee for Attorney General. Baird's Nannygate - and a similar dustup involving Bernard Kerik, George W. Bush's nominee for Homeland Security Secretary in 2004 - are pretty obviously the inspirations for this clause, as both scandals severely muddled the respective Presidents' transition plans. Nevertheless, the verdict on this question is mixed. "I don't want somebody disqualified who can help solve the economic problem because...
Eventually, RealtyTrac changed its methodology in favor of counting unique houses--Williams says the new numbers are within 5% of those the state collects internally--but in the long term, the dustup did little to reduce the use of the company's data...
...photo op with Billy and Franklin Graham, but he still lags behind with Bush donors. Obama leads up to Independence Day vouching for his love of country while the media perpetuate a debate about patriotism and the candidates. Obama backer (and former NATO commander) Wesley Clark bumbles into the dustup by questioning whether McCain's years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam give him Commander in Chief credentials. It's a big trans--continental nation, but Obama's campaign intends to use volunteers to help turn out voters on Election Day as if he were running for mayor...