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August 13, 2008
Topics bmw, men, female, drivers, euro, models, advertising, insurance, friends, cars, business, women, school and car
Herr and frau have different driving habits, according to a study of 150,000 insurance policy holders in Germany. The survey was made by business consultancy NAFI for Capital Investor Finance Weekly. It confirmed stereotypes about male and female motorists.
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July 30, 2008
Three pregnant women have been arrested for prostitution after advertising their services on Craig's List. According to Kansas City's KMBC News Station, the women featured their pregnancies as part of their ads.
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July 3, 2008
Jeff Taylor, the founder of online job site Monster. com, is now touting his latest Internet project: online obituaries. Taylor said his newest venture, Tributes. com, is aimed at moving death notices from the newspaper to the Internet. Unlike Legacy. com, which is owned partly by the Tribune Co. and receives fees from 650 newspapers to publish online death notices, Taylor intends to obtain obituaries directly from funeral homes and earn revenue by selling advertising, among other ways.
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June 4, 2008
Topics advertising, brazil, france, head, city, jessica, sarah, covers, models, billboard, images, photo, art, star, london, sex and people
A mysterious street artist, known only as "The Decapitator," has struck again. This time, he or she has removed the head of "Sex In The City" star Sarah Jessica Parker. That is, on a billboard. For several months advertisements have been popping up around London in which the heads of models and actors have been removed and replaced with images of bloody stumps. Essentially, he or she covers the part of a photo of a person's head with a photo-shopped gory, headless image.
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April 9, 2008
Topics fashion, models, model, health, houses, clothing, led, body, madrid, spain, spanish, images, italy, beauty, advertising, france, french, heart, window, magazine, medical, london, girls and people
The French fashion industry led fashion houses, advertising firms and media outlets signed on Wednesday a charter to fight anorexia among models in magazine advertisements and catwalks. The anti-anorexia drive in the world's fashion capital was led by Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot along with groups in other countries worldwide. This will put an end to the display of ultra-skinny bodies of fashion models.
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