Subject:

Manufacturing Sector

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Taco Bell's New Doritos Taco

    The cheaper of the two is the one to get. In an amazing act of cross-branding, Taco Bell has painted its hard taco shell bright orange with a chemical-tasting spice mixture - and called it a Doritos. Or maybe what's amazing is that they didn't think of it before - from 1978 to 1997, Pepsico (the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Taiwanese iPhone Manufacturer Replacing Chinese Laborers with Robots After They Keep Committing Suicide

    ​Foxconn, makers of the iPhone as well as products for Sony, Nokia, Dell and Hewlett Packard, plans to automate much of its manufacturing load. Last year they doubled wages after more than a dozen workers at its plant in southern China committed suicide. It was so bad, the factory had to insta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Shocking Looking Cashier At Godiva

    ​I happened to pass by a Godiva chocolatier in midtown the other day--I didn't go in, I swear--and was even more stunned by the sight of the cashier than I was by some of the prices I caught.

  • Voice Choices

    November 3, 2010

    CHOCOLATE RUNWAY

    Childhood sweet tooth, meet grown-up taste

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2010

    Harry Wilson's War: Steve Rattner Credits Much of GM's Rescue to Obscure NY Comptroller Candidate

    NY1​Harry Wilson, the Republican candidate for state comptroller, may not be preparing to turn the extraordinary praise he gets in Steve Rattner's new book, Overhaul, into a TV ad or mailer. But Rattner's remarkable account of Wilson's skillful and tireless contribution to the Obama auto-indus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Breaking: Wall Street Unexpectedly Happy Today

    ​Shares on Wall Street surged -- surged, mind you! -- today, surprising dour-faced predictors everywhere. Thanks to growth in China and Australia, maybe we won't have to face Recession 2.0, a/k/a, "global economic sloooowwwdown" after all. Also, the U.S. manufacturing sector grew faster than e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    HP CEO Mark Hurd Resigns After Sex Harassment Probe

    ​Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd has reportedly resigned after an investigation of sexual harassment claims made by a former contractor. He'll be replaced by CFO Cathie Lesjak on an interim basis. While the company says that the investigation found no violations of sexual harassment policy, HP s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    City Has $$ for Computer Consultants, Not for Firehouses: Daily News

    Daily News columnist Juan Gonzalez has a new chapter in his ongoing series on the kind of waste in government that somehow flies below the radar when Team Bloomberg goes looking to cut the budget. Today's episode reveals that the city is paying $3.5 million a year to outside computer consultants who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    PepsiCo Is Taking Sugary Beverages Out of Schools Across the Globe

    Corn syrup knows a world with no boundaries.​Although New York's proposed soft drink tax faces an uncertain future, PepsiCo has taken a decisive step in placating some critics who equate its products with a slow, liquid death: This week, the company announced its plans to remove its sweetened ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2010

    Carly Fiorina Presents Demon Sheep II: Bring Me the Giant Floating Head of Barbara Boxer

    ​And now there are 8 ads weirder than Carly Fiorina's "Demon Sheep." "No-one knows from whence it came," according to the voice over for Fred Davis' latest shot at viral glory (video after the jump), but the giant floating head of Barbara Boxer (who is referred to here as "it" by the narrato ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 23, 2010

    Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

    ​And now there are 8 ads weirder than Carly Fiorina's "Demon Sheep." "No-one knows from whence it came," according to the voice over for Fred Davis' latest shot at viral glory (video after the jump), but the giant floating head of Barbara Boxer (who is referred to here as "it" by the narrato ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Pediatricians Call for Hot Dog Warning Labels, Redesign

    Robert SietsemaBark's pickle dog: little more than a heat-seeking torpedo bound for a child's airway.​ The American Amademy of Pediatrics wants warning labels slapped on hot dogs. Not because they contain sodium, fat, preservatives, and a variety of substances that may not actually be meat. No ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    The Anselmo's Crazy Talk Tirade Continues

    Does this say "manufacturing explosives" to you?​ Back in December, Anselmo's Coal Oven Pizzeria closed its doors, and slice fanatics mourned its demise. Then the restaurant's owner got on the Anselmo's website to unleash a tirade on his landlady, whom he blamed for his business's closure. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    New Sun-Maid Girl Allegedly Sexy, Actually Tron Nostalgia

    Most people over the age of 12 will see this commercial and think: huh, the Sun-Maid Girl has gone crappy-computer-animation. Some folks, however, look at this and think, "Sexy." KSEE, Yahoo, and others are complaining that the Girl, who has repped raisins since early last century, has been made ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Here Is A Mix Compiled by Mary Pearson, of High Places and Transformation Surprise

    ​Courtesy of the always excellent No Conclusion blog. The theme is "music that inspires my solo music by process and intent. This is the kind of stuff I listen to when my inspiration well is running a little dry," meaning this is more of a

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Rescue Food PSA: Watch an Ear of Corn Make Out With a Hot Cartoon Woman...for Charity!

    City Harvest, the non-profit that rescues excess food from restaurants, grocers, corporate cafeterias, manufacturers, and farms to donate to hungry New Yorkers, is running a viral video campaign starring feisty food characters. The "Rescue Food" videos, produced pro-bono by a group of local animat ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 13, 2009

    Whisky

    City Harvest, the non-profit that rescues excess food from restaurants, grocers, corporate cafeterias, manufacturers, and farms to donate to hungry New Yorkers, is running a viral video campaign starring feisty food characters. The "Rescue Food" videos, produced pro-bono by a group of local animat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    I'm On The Cover of Paper!

    ​Well, a mock cover made up at the party Paper had for their 25th anniversary the other night (along with HP and their fabulous ink cartridges). First of all, let me say what an amazing job the mag's Kim Hastreiter, David Hershkovits, Mickey Boardman, and Drew Elliott did in pulling together ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    Nathalie Jordi Writes About the Unbecoming Realities of Selling the City's Cutest Popsicles

    Robert Sietsema​Nathalie Jordi, one of the owners of People's Pops, has an ongoing column in The Atlantic that describes the highs and lows of running a small food business in New York. Today, reflecting on "how few [of] the difficulties of operating a small popsicle business in New York City ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 18, 2009

    The Girl With the Hat Box

    Robert Sietsema​Nathalie Jordi, one of the owners of People's Pops, has an ongoing column in The Atlantic that describes the highs and lows of running a small food business in New York. Today, reflecting on "how few [of] the difficulties of operating a small popsicle business in New York City ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Food Corps Fear Nationwide Sugar Shortage; French Cooking Not Quite Over

    ​Could the U.S. run out of sugar? Yes, say major food corps, if the government doesn't ease import tariffs. Kraft, General Mills, Krispy Kreme, Hershey, and Mars have together written a letter to the Agriculture Department demanding more tariff-free sugar be allowed. [Wall Street Journal] How ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    Death by Chocolate

    A man in his twenties died this morning after being smothered in a vat of molten chocolate into which he had apparently fallen. He was pronounced dead at 11 a.m. after being pulled from the vat by a buddy. The accident occurred at Lyons and Company, a manufacturer of food products on spec for other ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 24, 2009

    DIFFERENT WORLDS

    Yinka Shonibare brings his headless dandies to Brooklyn

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Gourmet Says We Should Pay More for Food--Do You Agree?

    Gourmet has an interesting piece on the cost debate at the recent Cooking for Solutions Sustainable Foods Institute in Monterey, CA. Apparently, we pay too much for food, according to certain experts (Whole Foods global produce buyer, Karen Christensen, being one of them). According to these exper ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 13, 2009

    The Bangles

    Gourmet has an interesting piece on the cost debate at the recent Cooking for Solutions Sustainable Foods Institute in Monterey, CA. Apparently, we pay too much for food, according to certain experts (Whole Foods global produce buyer, Karen Christensen, being one of them). According to these exper ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    Free Food Alert: Ice Cream Cones and (Almost Free) Iced Coffee

    Today is Ben & Jerry's free cone day! Here's a list of Ben & Jerry's shops in New York--note that several of the shops in the five boroughs are not participating. Scrooges! Also, Dunkin' Donuts is selling small iced coffees for 50 cents today, 10 percent of which will go to the charity Homes for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Obama: Car Companies Get 30 Days; Better Plans or Bankruptcy

    The Obama Administration rejected the General Motors and Chrysler plans and GM CEO Rick Wagoner resigned at the President's request. The President just announced the next steps. Wagoner's ouster, he said, is not a "condemnation" but "a recognition that it will take a new vision and new direction to ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 25, 2009

    HOOK IT UP

    Because it really can't be safe to fish in the city

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    Food in the Future

    In the future, food scientists say you'll know exactly which foods are best for your body based on your own personal health profile.[CNN]In Fort Greene, Brooklyn, four African restaurants offer a taste of each of the continent's four corners.[NY Times]Whole Food Market Inc.'s first quarter net fell ... More >>

  • Columns

    February 11, 2009

    Gillibrand Learned How to Defend Tobacco's Dirtiest Secrets as a Young Lawyer

    The new senator's from Marlboro County

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Jersey Denies Being Source of Maple Syrup Smell

    The new senator's from Marlboro County

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Jobs Says He's Only Sorta Sick, Apple Stock Rises

    Concerns about the health of alarmingly thin pancreatic cancer survivor Steve Jobs have been so widespread and volatile that when some guy on the internet floated a rumor in October that the Apple CEO was in the hospital, the company's stock dropped five points. Now Jobs has admitted to the Times t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2008

    Gov's Indian Smokes Law Blocked in Court

    Concerns about the health of alarmingly thin pancreatic cancer survivor Steve Jobs have been so widespread and volatile that when some guy on the internet floated a rumor in October that the Apple CEO was in the hospital, the company's stock dropped five points. Now Jobs has admitted to the Times t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    Daily Flog: Feds bail out Citibank, automakers. You're still at the end of the bread lines.

    Concerns about the health of alarmingly thin pancreatic cancer survivor Steve Jobs have been so widespread and volatile that when some guy on the internet floated a rumor in October that the Apple CEO was in the hospital, the company's stock dropped five points. Now Jobs has admitted to the Times t ... More >>

  • Art

    October 29, 2008

    Brooklyn's Industry City Forges A New Kind of Arts District

    An art world sprouts near Sunset Park, DUMBO be damned

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2008

    With Rising Food Costs, Councilman Seeks Ethanol Waiver for NY

    An art world sprouts near Sunset Park, DUMBO be damned

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2008

    Charlie Wilson's War Is Over. He Lost.

    An art world sprouts near Sunset Park, DUMBO be damned

  • Columns

    February 13, 2007

    Dangerous Dildos, Part 2

    Toxic tensions rise in the toy industry

  • News

    November 29, 2005

    Eve of Construction

    In the new Greenpoint, that means destruction for long-timers forced to close up shop

  • News

    October 12, 2004

    Down With the Flu

    Bush takes a shot at answering the big question about vaccine

  • News

    August 24, 2004

    Cowhide Logic

    Not asking for much? Gateway's cheap laptops are (finally) worth a look.

  • News

    March 30, 2004

    Scan Artists

    Peripherals: how to get your old-school scanner working with OS X

  • News

    August 14, 2001

    Dateline: 43rd Street

    How the ‘Times’ Straddles the Globalization Debate

  • News

    October 3, 2000

    Efficient or Deficient?

    Tenant Cases Snagged on Court's Calendar

  • News

    August 8, 2000

    You’re Going Too Far, Baby

    Activists Cry Foul as Cigarette Makers Woo Women in the Developing World

  • Long Island Voice

    December 28, 1999

    Sweat Offensive

    Activists Cry Foul as Cigarette Makers Woo Women in the Developing World

  • News

    December 21, 1999

    Sweat Offensive

    Garment Workers Assail Donna Karan Labor Practices

  • News

    September 7, 1999

    Bitter Battle at Domino Sugar

    Strike Continues at One of Waterfront's Last Big Factories

  • News

    May 18, 1999

    Yugo Eur Way

    Tying Postwar Balkans to the EU

  • News

    December 15, 1998

    Tobacco Row

    Tying Postwar Balkans to the EU

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