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...sexy sexy sexy” or “wooh.” With lines such as “Got you feeling all hypnotized / Got a body like a CL5,” this single makes you wonder whether Miss Jackson has been watching too many Björk videos. The next track, “LUV,” features catchy melodies over a light dance beat. With the combined efforts of no fewer than five producers, this track hides Jackson’s voice almost as effectively as “Feedback.” It?...

Author: By Mark A. Vanmiddlesworth, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Janet Jackson | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...folks could tap their home equity to pay off credit card bills, declining home values have cut off that safety valve for many consumers. The result: a recent uptick in customer defaults. Meanwhile industry profits have risen from $27.4 billion in 2003 to $40.7 billion in 2007, according to RK Hammer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exposing the Credit-Card Fine Print | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...Nilson Report. Consolidation allows competitors to be less competitive: from 1995 to 2005 the average late fee soared 162% from $12.83 to $33.64, according to CardTrak.com. Fees now account for 39% of issuers' revenue, up from 28% in 2000 (interest accounts for the rest), according to card advisor RK Hammer. The industry is so buoyant that transaction-giant Visa is planning an IPO this spring that could raise more than $10 billion in capital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exposing the Credit-Card Fine Print | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...amalgamation or a composite; it’s synthesis, and a personal kind of synthesis at that. It’s innovative music. You might not be as familiar with Santogold, née Santi White. A former punk band singer, she’s opened for Björk and mixes Reggae sounds with rock, producing a sound that’s right at home in her adopted city, fresh-capital-of-the-world Brooklyn. If that is indeed her voice over the opening of “Creator,” well, then...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SINGING ACROSS THE STREETS | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

...Tricky's Dark and Brooding Maxinquaye album was launched into outer space on a rocket ship commanded by Björk, it might sound something like the Analog Girl. A 34-year-old Singaporean, Mei Wong has come far since she recorded her first melody on a cassette tape at age 7. Nowadays, she uses a MacBook Pro, a digital sound box, a set of toy xylophones and her voice to produce her own brand of futuristic electro-pop, and takes her low-key show - it often just involves her, a laptop and a microphone - to venues such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Analog Girl | 1/18/2008 | See Source »

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