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...single employee singing "Jump online or call a rep / We'll guide you through it step-by-step / Twenty-four-seven we'll be there for you." Then a chorus of employees chime in, complete with guitars, drums and a cowbell. Someone dressed as the company's mascot gecko does his best Slash imitation on guitar. (See pictures of a Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warren Buffett Plays a Guns N' Roses Rock Star | 3/18/2010 | See Source »

...game is only as good as the players who play in it, and that is part of why the Pro Bowl is football's forgotten game: players like Garrard end up taking the field year after year. Legendary Minnesota QB Brett Favre? Selected but not playing, blaming an injury. Gecko-gloved Arizona wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald? Thanks but no thanks: injured also. While the Pro Bowl managed to sell out Dolphins Stadium, the game usually pulls down mediocre TV ratings; it's the only major all-star game that draws lower ratings than regular-season matchups. What gives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the NFL Pro Bowl Broken? | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

...most egregious alleged billionaire bamboozlers, like R. Allen Stanford and Bernie Madoff, are taking the art of thievery to the next level. Some don't even bother opening an investor account when new monies come in; they just go shopping. It's enough to make Gordon ("Greed is good") Gecko blush. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Spot a Ponzi Con Artist? Follow the Yachts | 3/6/2009 | See Source »

Kellar Autumn, who leads the Lewis and Clark lab responsible for earlier gecko discoveries, said he is excited about Karp and Langer’s findings...

Author: By Anna E. Pritt, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Geckos Inspire Possible Medical Adhesive | 2/22/2008 | See Source »

However, Autumn added, much research and progress has yet to be made. For instance, he said, Karp and Langer’s adhesive is not nearly as sticky as the feet of the gecko lizards that inspired...

Author: By Anna E. Pritt, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Geckos Inspire Possible Medical Adhesive | 2/22/2008 | See Source »

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