Obama Frightens SchoolchildrenThe day goes horribly awry when Obama says probably the worst thing you, a young student, could possibly imagine hearing.
ByDan Amira
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Intel Road Tests World’s Most Expensive Perfume: How Do We Smell?“The message was brutally simplistic: Don’t care about the cost,” said Clive Christian at Saks Fifth Avenue this past Saturday afternoon. He was at the department store to celebrate getting into the Guinness World Records book for his fragrance, called No. 1, the world’s most expensive perfume. Back in 1999, when he took over Britain’s Crown Perfumery, the company’s noses instructed him to disregard the sustainability of ingredients and the expense in creating the No. 1 scent. He wound up creating a perfume of Indian jasmine, mandarin, and sandalwood that costs $865 for 10ml and is favored by Katie Holmes, Elton John, the Beckhams, and assorted royalty. We doused ourselves in No. 1 and asked midtown holiday shoppers how classy we smelled.
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Dow Jones, Murdoch Reach Deal (Sort of, Probably)
Dow Jones and News Corporation have reached a deal on editorial independence! Huzzah! Now the deal can go forward, and the Bancrofts can get their money, and Murdoch can get his newspaper, and the august traditions of the Wall Street Journal can be protected! So how did it all happen? Um, dunno. It’s the top story on the Journal’s site and one of the top stories on Times’ site, but, actually, no one knows what the deal was — Murdoch dismissed the last Bancroft proposal — whether it’s got more teeth than Murdoch’s London Times deal, whether the Bancrofts will actually accept it, whether Murdoch will sweeten his bid, or, well, just about anything else. But, hey, let’s not get caught up in such trivialities. Congrats, Rupert.
Dow Jones, News Corp. Agree on Set of Editorial Protections [WSJ]
Tentative Accord Reached on Dow Jones Control [NYT]