Eavesdropping on Business-Speak, by John Stodder
Posted in Marketing, Media, Transportation on Aug 14th, 2008
“Hit & Run,” a blog offering of Reason magazine, rats out a recent Ladies Home Journal article on the danger of drivers running red lights, which they claim was concocted to advance the interests of three private companies that make red light cameras.
Halfway through the article, there’s a box with a header set in bold […]
Posted in Fun With Press Releases, Internet, Marketing, Transportation on Apr 18th, 2008
Scott Berinato, who blogs for Harvard Business School, is mighty impressed with the online press release Delta and Northwest airlines created to launch their recent merger:
Think of it as a mini-site, or temporary site, almost like a booth at a trade show. It’s a combination of marketing, investor relations, and customer service. The content here […]
Posted in Accounting, Dolan Media, Employees, Energy, Taxes, Tourism, Transportation on Mar 3rd, 2008
Let’s take a look at what our company’s publications are writing about this week:
A Louisiana State Rep. wants the anniversaries of both Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita (the forgotten sequel) to become paid holidays for state workers, according to our Deon Roberts. Strikes me as highly ironic, given the poor performance of the state government […]
Posted in Transportation, U.S. Government, privacy on Jan 2nd, 2008
They say your face is your fortune. But recent reports suggest your face could be your misfortune, too — if you are prone to facial expressions that your typical terrorist makes.
The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) has dispatched a squad of specially-trained microfacial expression analysts to U.S. airports to monitor passengers’ brief, subtle […]
Posted in Transportation, U.S. Government on Dec 31st, 2007
Security expert Bruce Schneier reports, just in time, on a new FAA rule for bringing spare lithium batteries with you on a plane.
Effective January 1, 2008, the following rules apply to the spare lithium batteries you carry with you in case the battery in a device runs low:
Spare batteries are the batteries you carry separately […]
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