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Sultan Koesen, World's Tallest Man, Unveils Largest Cookie In Norway

AP | Posted 11.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Largest Cookie, Sultan Koesen, Ikea, Norway, Justine Bourdariat, World Record, Worlds Tallest Man, Biggest Cookie, Worlds Largest Cookie, Kelly Gerret, Guinness Book of World Records, Home News

OSLO — The world's tallest living man has unveiled the world's largest gingerbread man at an Ikea outlet in Norway's capital, Oslo. Guinness Boo...

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Will Adopt Asian Girl, No Problem

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Mentors, Ikea, Elizabeth Benedict, Muses, Monsters, Adoption, The Inner Life, Family, Living News

We are the two happy misfits in the family, unconnected by blood or official documents, and connected in our certainty that family is more than either.

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Thain: I Should Have Furnished My Office At Ikea

Bloomberg | Michael J. Moore and Dakin Campbell | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: John Thain Office, Merrill Lynch, Ikea, John Thain, John Thain Ikea, Business News

John Thain, the former chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch & Co. who was accused of overspending on an office renovation as the broker teetered, ...

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John Thain: Ikea Would Have Been A Better Choice For My Office Renovation

bloomberg.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Merrill Lynch, John Thain, Ikea, Thain Office, Business News

Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- John Thain, the former chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch & Co. who was accused of overspending on an office renovation ...

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Organize Your Recycling

Kate Kelly | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: CFL Recycling, Recycling, Target, Recycling Electronics, Ikea, No Impact Man, Wal-Mart, Office Depot, Batteries, Green News

I realized my downfall on recycling was with the items we don't "use up" very regularly. I turned to experts for advice on handling the more random items.

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Forget The Forbidden City -- IKEA Is The New Go-To Beijing Spot To Hang Out

LA Times | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: Forbidden City, Great Wall, Ikea, Beijing, China, World News

With no plans one Saturday, Zhang Xin told his wife, son and mother to wear something smart and hop into the family sedan. He could have taken them to...

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HuffPost Readers' Reusable and Fashionable Non-Plastic Bags (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Bitch Magazine Bag, Reusable Bag, English Retreads, Green Trends, Neela Bags, Slidepoll, Green, Anvil Knitwear, Green Living, Huffpost Green Readers, HuffPost Readers, Green Fashion, Ikea, Rume, Ikea Reusable Bag, Slideshow, Plastic Bags, Green News

After our slideshow of reusable bags, HuffPost Green asked our readers to submit their go-to green totes and they definitely sent us some winners. Her...

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6 Tips for Dorm Room Decorating 101

Lauren and Suzanne McGrath | Posted 09.12.2009 | Style

Read More: College Basics, Dorm Room Decoration, Back-to-School-Shopping, Furniture for Dorms, Dorm-Rooms-Back-to-Basics, University, University-Students, Decorating, Ikea, Shopping, Home Decorating, Decorating Tips, Style News

Let there be one piece that comes from home. I know this isn't camp anymore, but presumably that item will always conjure up warm sentiments for your son or daughter.

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Are IKEA, Outlet Malls, Wal-Mart, and Whole Foods Really Bargains?

Anis Shivani | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Citizenship, Vance Packard, Christopher Lasch, Whole Foods, Cheap, Chinese Factories, Outlet Malls, Wages, Craftsmanship, Cheap Eats, Globalization, Barbara Ehrenreich, David Reisman, Ellen Ruppel Shell, Wal-Mart, Shrimp Farming, Slow Food, Labor, Consumerism, Ikea, Michael Pollan, Betty Friedan, Local Food, Chinese Exports, Marketing, Sustainability, Deforestation, Pricing, Eric Schlosser, Red Lobster, Food, Green News

American consumers are being taken for a ride.

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When Harry Met Sadness: (500) Days of Summer Reconsiders American Romantic Comedy

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 08.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Zooey Deschanel, Better Off Dead, Ikea, Scott Neustadter, Marc Webb, Los Angeles, Juno, Two for the Road, The Smiths, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Pixies, Michael H. Weber, Santa Barbara, I Love You Man, (500) Days of Summer, Memento, Entertainment News

(500) Days of Summer is not the smartest, funniest or sleekest movie to which Fox didn't invite me this year -- but in its pretentious mope-rock way it is ambitious, thoughtful and fulfilling.

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"Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture": IKEA As Bad As Wal-Mart

Salon | Stephanie Zacharek | Posted 08.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Ikea, Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture, Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture Ellen Rupel Shell, Elen Rupel Shell, Wal-Mart, Business News

My mother still owns, and uses, the same vacuum cleaner she bought early in her marriage, just after World War II. She still lives in the house my fat...

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"A Plastic Bag Is a Pain in the Butt"

Andrew Winston | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Amazon Deforestation, Ikea, Brazil, Phosphates, Sao Paulo, Marks & Spencer, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Plastic Bags, Carlos Minc, Wal-Mart, Afroreggae, Green News

Nothing compares to the coordinated global attack on plastic bags. Once your product is declared a pain in the butt, where do you go from there?

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Taxi Turmoil At Red Hook's IKEA

The Brooklyn Paper | MIKE MCLAUGHLIN | Posted 07.12.2009 | Local

Read More: Taxis, Ikea, Ikea Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York City, New York Taxis, Red Hook New York, Brooklyn New York, New York Cabs, New York, Red Hook, Local News

A city crackdown on livery cab drivers who cruised for furniture-lugging passengers at the remote Ikea in Red Hook has led the Swedish home-furnishing...

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Scritti Politti: March 31, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Esquire, Auto Bailout, Video, Ikea, Richard Cohen, Friday Night Lights, Norm Coleman, 30 Rock, Glenn Beck, Salon, Auto Industry, Poetry, Politics News

The Poetry of Glenn Beck: Somebody said let's make Swedish meatballs at the furniture store And somebody else said, that's a stupid idea; nobody's go...

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IKEA Car Or April Fool? Enviros Wonder

Fast Company | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green

Read More: IKEA Car, April Fools Day, Wwf, Ikea, Cars, IKEA Eco-Car, Green Cars, Green News

FastCompany cautiously writes about a rumored IKEA eco-car. What I wonder is if the owner's manual would be wordless and illustrated with happy, blobb...

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Solar Lighting From IKEA: Start Of Something Good?

alternativeconsumer.com | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Green Decor, Solar Lights, Ikea, Solar Power, Green News

IKEA is hoping to light up your summer nights with its new line of SOLIG solar lights. Each light is equipped with a solar cell that transfers the su...

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Are Larger Changes Cheaper than Small Steps?

Andrew Winston | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Whole Foods, Amory Lovins, Matt Kistler, Ikea, Cgi, Environment, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Plastic Bags, President Clinton, Green News

When the very significant dust settles from the financial meltdown and recession, most of the environmental pressures we all face will still be there. So are we moving fast enough?

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Money Can't Buy You Love -- But a Recession Just Might.

Ethan Imboden | Posted 12.19.2008 | Style

Read More: Recession Relationships, Ikea, Recession Knitting, Recession Emotions, Relationships, Sex, Emotional Connectedness, Sexual Relationships, Recession and Sex, Emotional Reconnect, Recession Activities, Love, Recession Budgeting, Style News

Indicators as diverse as yarn sales and trends in prostitution are pointing to a more connected (and sexual) America.

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IKEA To Sell Solar Panels

CNET | Elsa Wenzel | Posted 09.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Solar Panels, Ikea Solar Panels, Ikea, Where to Buy Solar Panels, Green News

IKEA plans to pour $77 million into clean-technology start-ups within the next five years and could add "green" goods such as solar panels to its inve...

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The Best Worst Commercials You've Never Seen

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Ads, Bill Clinton, Ikea, Worst Commercials, Sperm, Guns, Levis, Banned Commercials, Commercials, Xbox 360, Advertising, The Matrix, Lorenzo Lamas, Marketing, Condoms, Hitchhiker, Scream, 7-Up, Durex, Media News

7-Up. Condoms. Levis. Condoms. XBOX 360. More Condoms. Beer. And... Viagra. No, this isn't Bill Clinton's shopping list. These are just some of the products whose commercials have been recently banned -- And I have no idea why.

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Greener B-Schools, Greener Employees

Andrew Winston | Posted 06.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Values, Employees, Business Schools, Ikea, Green Business, Patagonia, Stanford, Green News

Even though he's been studying sustainable business, Ash wants to work for a private-equity firm and says, "Am I really driven to do this by my values? The honest answer is no...It just makes good business sense to be sustainable."

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Links to Other Diversions and Conversation-Starters

Jack Donaldson | Posted 05.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Ikea, Advertising, Comdey, Youtube, Pretty Boy Bam Bam, Aaron Karo, Dave Chappelle, Saturday Night Live, Hulu, Bobby Fisher, Blake Lively, Monty Python, Ifc, Elisha Cuthbert, Nerve, Discovery, Internet, Procrastination, Links, Gossip Girl, Living News

The Internet is a pretty vast place, so I compiled a cheat sheet of links for the week: a veritable potpourri of diverting videos, articles, commercials, and music.

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Tight-fisted Ikea Billionaire Drives 15-Year-Old Volvo, Assembles Own Furniture

Daily Mail | Lucy Ballinger | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Ikea Stores, World's Richest Men, Billionaires, Ikea, Ingvar Kamprad, Thrifty Billionaires, Ikea Founder, Ikea Furniture, Business News

In his faded coat, tinted prescription glasses and scuffed shoes, he looks like just another pensioner scraping by on a tight budget. But the man pic...

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