The classic clothing outfitter L.L.Bean has long catered to outdoorsmen heading upstream, but with a new, hipper line launching in 2010, it seems they are now setting their sights on those heading downtown. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Tagged are-now, but-with, classic-clothing, del-icio-us, has-long, heading-upstream, hipper-line, setting-their, sightsWhen President Barack Obama signed anti-tobacco legislation into law in June, giving the Food and Drug Administration for the first time the authority to regulate tobacco, experts said the law was likely to be challenged in the courts. And today it was. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Tagged a-signed-anti-tobacco, authority, courts, experts-said, first, food, for-the, giving-the-food, obama, president-barack, the-courts-, the-lawDisney has bought Marvel Entertainment at a cost of $4 billion. Dawn Chmielewski, a Los Angeles Times staff writer who covers the entertainment industry, says Disney gains access to a young, male audience. Marvel, she says, gets access to Disney’s global reach. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Tagged angeles, chmielewski, covers-the-entertainment, disney, entertainment, global-reach-, has-bought, img-alt, male-audience-, marvel, marvel-entertainment, staff-writer, the-entertainmentR.J. Reynolds, Lorillard and others say a law that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration new authority over tobacco violates their right to free speech. The lawsuit doesn’t challenge the decision to give the FDA more authority, but its restrictions on marketing. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Tagged and-others, challenge-the, challenge-the-decision, decision, del-icio-us, more-authority, over-tobacco, rightRegulations that take effect this fall outline how soon appointments must be made available to patients in managed health care plans. The rules call on insurance companies to have enough doctors and hospitals in their networks to accommodate patients, and on providers to not take on more patients than they can handle. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Tagged call-on-insurance, care-plans-, del-icio-us, insurance-companies, networks-, not-take, rules-call, take-on-moreThe nation’s largest labor organization, the AFL-CIO, gets a new president next month. Former United Mine Workers President Richard Trumka will replace John Sweeney. Trumka faces major challenges, including the long-term decline in union membership. But he also will have a friend in the White House in President Obama. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Tagged a-faces-major, a-new-president, a-will-replace, also-will, del-icio-us, former-united, including-the, largest-labor, long, new-president, richard-trumka, sweeney-, sweeney-trumka, united, will-replaceWhat to Do If You Are Sued by a Credit Card Company
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For years it was a staple of department stores that allowed cash-strapped customers to reserve merchandise and pay it off later. But layaway largely faded away by the 1990s, replaced by the convenience of credit cards. Now, it’s staging a comeback. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Tagged 1990s, convenience, credit-cards-, del-icio-us, department-stores, layaway-largely, off-later-, reserve-merchandise, the-1990s, the-convenienceThe Walt Disney Co. has agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing characters such as the Incredible Hulk, seen looming over the crowd at the Comic-Con 2008 convention in San Diego, into the family of Mickey Mouse and WALL-E. Under the deal, Disney will get ownership of 5,000 Marvel characters. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Tagged comic, crowd, del-icio-us, has-agreed, incredible, into-the-family, marvel, such-as-the, the-deal-, will-getThe Walt Disney Company says it’s buying Marvel Entertainment. Marvel is the comic book company behind classic characters like Spiderman, Iron Man and Captain America. Disney says it will pay $4 billion to bring Marvel’s 5,000 characters into its fold. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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