Victoria’s Secret bras a boost for rural Indian women
By Nita Bhalla Tue May 22, 2012 9:53am EDT CHENNAI, India, May 22 (TrustLaw) – Indian villager Jaya places the bright pink, sequined, molded C-cupped designer bra under the needle of her sewing machine and carefully stitches the seams together. The padded “Very Sexy” push-up bra which 22-year-old Jaya sews is for American lingerie retailer [...]
"Elite" asparagus conquers Germany’s former East
By Alexandra Hudson BEELITZ, Germany | Tue May 22, 2012 1:41pm EDT BEELITZ, Germany (Reuters) – Present a spear of finger-thick white asparagus to a German and watch their eyes light up. Come spring-time each year Germans shed their typically sober attitude towards food to swoon over the freshness, the flavor and the girth of [...]
Gucci wins $4.66 million, ban on Guess knock-offs
By Jonathan Stempel Mon May 21, 2012 4:59pm EDT (Reuters) – A U.S. judge said Gucci may recover just $4.66 million in its lawsuit accusing apparel retailer Guess Inc of copying its trademarked designs, a small fraction of the more than $120 million sought by the Italian luxury goods company. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin [...]
On your bike, Portland top U.S. city for cycling
NEW YORK | Mon May 21, 2012 2:24pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – With the most cyclists per capita and even coffee shops that cater to two-wheelers, Portland has been named America’s best cycling city, according to a new ranking released on Monday. It knocked Minneapolis, which was tops in 2010, to second place, followed [...]
Google’s Schmidt challenges: no screen time for 1 hour a day
By Ross Kerber Sun May 20, 2012 4:45pm EDT (Reuters) – Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt challenged college graduates on Sunday to take the radical step — at least for their generation — of tearing their eyes away from their smartphones and computer screens. “Take one hour a day and turn that thing off,” [...]