Word: wallful
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...worth $36 billion? Yeah, on Wall Street, where it's 1999, and advertising on TV networks is the best way to sell SUVs and six-packs to the masses. In the hearts, minds and business plans of Silicon Valley, however, it's 2005. Most U.S. homes and every last dorm room and office have high-speed connections to the Net; a wired nation surfs an endless array of digital infotainment, and--sorry, Sumner--the '80s-era conglomerates brimming with vertically integrated synergy are about as relevant as rabbit ears. The Viacom-CBS merger "has the feel of a nostalgia purchase...
...Average investment gain in the past six months of stocks picked by dart throws at the Wall Street Journal...
...Sources: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Agence France Presse, Tufts University Health and Nutrition Letter
Even after marketing Rogaine for the past decade, Pharmacia & Upjohn isn?t posting the profits it should be. According to Monday?s Wall Street Journal, income from Rogaine is slumping behind that of Merck?s Propecia - the market?s other, more powerful anti-baldness drug. It seems that in the course of wooing balding men, Pharmacia & Upjohn has tripped over its own advertising claims: The Rogaine web site boasts that the product is ?medically proven to regrow hair,? while following pages back away from such strong language, focusing instead on various caveats to be kept in mind by prospective users...
...Wall Street Journal reports, the makers of Rogaine are putting a new, happy face on their product, pitching it as a preventive measure to men who simply want to hang on to the hair they?ve got. ?Rogaine? trumpet the latest ads, ?Stronger than heredity.? The marketing mavens at Pharmacia & Upjohn may be onto an elemental truth: Men who are worried about losing their hair are far more obsessive about their scalps than men who have actually stared into the shiny face of baldness. And in the ongoing tradition of avoidance, this new marketing tack allows men who harbor dark...