29-Sep-2011 16:13

Tablets: Ultimate Buying Machines :: Retailers have found an interesting characteristic of consumers who browse their websites using tablets: They're much more likely to pull the trigger on purchases than other online shoppers.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204010604576597151983657300.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Listeria in Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Outbreak Has Rising Toll :: At least 13 people, most of them elderly, have died after eating cantaloupe contaminated with listeria in the deadliest outbreak of food-borne illness in the United States in more than a decade.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/business/deaths-from-cantaloupe-listeria-rises.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Companies See Opportunity in Stopping Cellphone Hackers :: Although attacks are few at the moment, software developers say it's only a matter of time before computer hackers follow the money to cellphones.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/technology/companies-see-opportunity-in-stopping-cellphone-hackers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Health Insurers Seek Higher Premiums :: The cost of health insurance this year rose more steeply than in previous years, outstripping wages and adding uncertainty about the pace of growing costs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/business/28insure.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

As Scorn for Vote Grows, Protests Surge Around Globe :: Protesters around the world have something in common: wariness, even contempt, toward traditional politicians and the democratic political process they preside over.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/world/as-scorn-for-vote-grows-protests-surge-around-globe.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The Blow-Dry Bar Scene :: New salons court women who want polished locks with chick flicks, drinks and style "menus."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204831304576595322366093848.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Kodak: Death of an American icon? :: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~3/MeQJZprl1xE/index.htm

Jackson's Tour Director Alarmed Before Death :: http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i�e3035a3d183fc027cd56f2df6514e3

Reebok to Refund $25M Over Shoe Dispute :: http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?iC6205a6ee1b638f2d4118880c8680ff

Chicken Skin Beguiles Chefs :: By using chicken skin for its texture and flavor in all sorts of dishes, chefs are legitimizing what used to be a guilty pleasure.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/dining/chicken-skin-beguiles-chefs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

United Parcel Service's Management Is Creating Value - Motley Fool :: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/09/28/united-parcel-services-management-is-creating-valu.aspx

As troops defect, Syria risks civil war :: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/aczXUxw2koc/us-syria-conflict-idUSTRE78R36J20110928

Rising Specter of U.K. Credit Crunch :: The Bank of England's new Financial Policy Committee is already bumping up against limitations—well before it gets formal powers in 2013.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204138204576598651376616390.html?mod=rss_most_viewed_day_europe

Ordinary Leaders Face Extraordinary Job :: Nothing could have prepared politicians for the situation they face; the financial crisis is turning more than 60 years of political orthodoxy on its head.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204831304576597013378028314.html?mod=rss_most_emailed_day_europe

CNET readers react to the iPod's possible demise - CNET :: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20112692-17/cnet-readers-react-to-the-ipods-possible-demise/

To Hover Over Schoolwork, Parents Go Online :: More public and private school systems are wiring up parent-accessible data-management systems that keep track of schoolwork, grades and attendance. There are opportunities for overuse.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204422404576596700589072390.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

James Kirchick: What American 'Political Prisoners'? :: An American hiker channels Noam Chomsky after two years in Iranian jail.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204422404576596832437307152.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Kutcher plugs sites he has ties to on 'Men' :: It really isn't Ashton Kutcher's day. Amid rumors that there is trouble on the homefront comes word that the actor's new bosses are rather annoyed with him, too.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44709862/from/RSS/

Airborne terror attack on Pentagon alleged :: A Massachusetts man is accused of wanting to attack the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol with a remote-controlled aircraft filled with plastic explosives, federal officials said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44705648/from/RSS/

Forget about stocks; the ultra-rich turn to art :: Art used to be known as an "investment of passion"; today for those who can pay, it is a form of haven. Demand for art, rare wines and other luxuries rose in 2010 as the super-rich rebounded from the 2008 financial crisis.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44708191/from/RSS/