Daily Archives: September 11, 2012

On-site cafeteria rapidly rises as Korea’s highly desired apartment amenity

September 11, 2012 – 1:21 pm

by Jeongmae Choi WHAT’S HAPPENING The vast majority of Koreans eat meals at home, supplemented by occasional lunches in restaurants, food delivery or takeout. Now a new way of eating meals has appeared: apartment canteens. SK Leaders View, a high-end apartment building in Daegu, began offering a daily breakfast buffet in 2011. Both Korean and […]

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Fifty Shades of money: Racy book spawns a sub-economy

September 11, 2012 – 1:15 pm

by Hans Eisenbeis WHAT’S HAPPENING It’s not uncommon for a single popular title or series to be hailed as the savior of the feeble book industry, so it comes as little surprise that publishing wonks have declared Fifty Shades of Grey to be a rousing success for its publisher, Vintage Books. 25 million copies of […]

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Mobile Tree Trolleys turn parking spots into leafy WiFi hotspots

September 11, 2012 – 1:11 pm

by Jana Branch WHAT’S HAPPENING For urban dwellers without a tree in sight, Matteo Cibic’s mobile Tree Trolley makes perfect sense. The Milan artist’s concept is a tree-cum-WiFi hotspot on wheels. Residents or neighbourhoods rent and park the trolley in any on-street parking spot. Where most urban environment projects are expensive and time-consuming, Tree Trolleys […]

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RAYS ON THE HOT SEAT

September 11, 2012 – 1:08 pm

by Stefania Revelli Bronze and gold were two of the summer’s hottest shades, and not just because of the Olympics. Between indoor-tan taxes, overexposed “tan mom” Patricia Krentcil, new government regulations for sunscreen labeling, and health concerns around airbrush tanning, catching rays — whether natural or synthetic — has taken a lot of heat. Medical […]

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