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Mind Rape

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Tiger Woods Affair, Golf, Rape, Nike, Sean Hannity, McCain Palin, Jon and Kate Gosselin, Sarah Palin, Tiger Woods, Levi Johnston, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, Fox News, Going Rogue, Jon and Kate Plus 8, Media News
B. Jeffrey Madoff

Maybe the Salahi's will crash a Palin book signing, if they can get past the huge crowds of women who had an affair with Tiger Woods.

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Brand Management in China: Three Golden Rules

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Simplicity in Advertising, Chinese Consumer, Status, Colgate, Face, Haagen-Daaz, Debeers, Price Premium, Haier, China, Chinese Brands, Confucianism, Sony, Bmw, Nike, Chinese Culture, Pizza Hut, Brand Management, Nestle, Starbucks, Brands in China, Rules of Marketing, P&G, Handycam, Tcl, Changhong, World News
Tom Doctoroff

The Chinese worldview, not to mention its brandscape, is profoundly different from Western markets. Here are a few "golden rules" marketers must know before landing in the mainland.

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Mohawk Paper Joins Chamber of Commerce Exodus

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: PG&E Corp, Apple, Nike, Pseg, Climate Change, Chamber of Commerce, Mohawk Paper, Levi Strauss, The Yes Men, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

The Chamber has been losing members -- real members out of its actual 300,000 or less total -- at a rate of several each week lately.

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The US Chamber's Continuing Climate Credibility Crisis

Pete Altman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Pseg, Duke, Ge, Nike, Exelon, Levistrauss, Pnm, PG&E, Microsoft, Entergy, Sanjosechamberofcommerce, Johnson&johnson, Uschamberofcommerce, Alcoa, Green News
Pete Altman

If the media briefing late last week was supposed to make things better for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the face of an onslaught of major defections over its climate extremism, it didn't.

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Tiger - and All the Other Untrustworthy Marketing Spokesboys

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: Mike Tyson, Barry Bonds, Pepsi, San Francisco Chronicle, Nike, Michael Vick, David Beckham, Tiger Woods, Marketing Research, Kobe, Sports Marketing, Sammy Sosa, Sports News, Giambi, Posh Spice, Steroid Allegations, Tmz, Sports News
Richard Laermer

The final stop in my tour of poorly-timed sports marketing missteps: the soon-to-be-boring soap opera of Tiger and his lillies. Woods was an untouchable until a mere two weeks ago; now sports marketers don't what to do with him.

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A Tiger's Tale: Unwrapping the Reality

Andrew Brandt | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Alex Rodriguez, Charles Barkley, Nike, Andre Agassi, Tiger Woods, Sports News
Andrew Brandt

The catching of the Tiger by the tail has exposed one of the last citadels of what some of us hoped to be a perfect role model in sports.

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When Will Nike "Just Do It" On The Sweatshop Issue?

Jim Keady | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Jim Keady, Team Sweat, Nike, Sweatshops, Impact News
Jim Keady

Twelve years ago I got involved in the fight to end Nike's sweatshop abuses. Nike has consistently lied about working conditions and many consumers, even so-called progressives, believe that Nike "fixed those sweatshop problems." They did not.

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Nike Denies It Has Re-Signed Michael Vick, One Day After Vick's Announcement

Sam Gustin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Nike, Michael Vick, Business News
Sam Gustin

Nike has sacked Philadelphia Eagles backup quarterback Michael Vick, contradicting the player's agent who said on Wednesday that the shoe giant had re...

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Nike Resigns From Chamber Of Commerce Board Over Climate Issues

The Hill's Blog Briefing Room | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Environment, Green Business, Nike, Nike Climate Change, Climate Change, Nike Resigns Chamber of Commerce, Nike Chamber of Commerce, Green News

The Nike corporation said Wednesday it would abandon its position on the board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, citing differences with the business g...

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PG&E Quits U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Nike Fed Up Too

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Climate Legislation, Front Groups, Nike, PG&E Corp, US Chamber of Commerce, Accce, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

Bravo to Pacific Gas & Electric for taking a stand against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's head-in-the-sand approach to climate change threats.

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Chinese Digital Lives: A Parallel Universe of Ambitious Release

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Chinese Brands, China Internet, China Digital Scene, Nike, New Generation Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Mobile Phones, China, Chinese Youth, China Bloggers, Chinese Psychology, World News
Tom Doctoroff

Cyber space is a chance to have a second life. It is a fantasy-driven virtual journey, albeit one that mirrors real world aspirations of "standing out while fitting in."

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Rafael Nadal Not In Peak Condition Heading Into US Open

AP | RACHEL COHEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Manhattan, Rafael Nadal, Flushing Meadows, US Open, New York, Nike, Queens, Usta, Tennis, New York News

NEW YORK — Rafael Nadal concedes he probably isn't in peak condition heading into the U.S. Open. The Spanish star returned to competition this ...

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Nike Won't Use Leather From Amazon-bred Cattle

AP | STAN LEHMAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Amazon Deforestation, Amazon Leather, Nike, Brazil, Environment, Nike Leather, Amazon Rainforest, Greenpeace, Amazon, Green News

SAO PAULO (AP) - Sportswear giant Nike Inc. announced Wednesday that it will stop using leather from cattle raised in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, sayi...

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Emmy-Nominated Ads: VOTE For The Best Ad Of The Year

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Poll, Best Ads of the Year, Tina Few, Nike, Crispin-Porter-Bogusky, Sprint, Emmy Nominations, Budweiser, Anheuser-Busch, Bud Light, Hulu, DDB Chicago, Alec Baldwin, Video, Business News

Yesterday, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced its Emmy nominations for the year's best advertising spots. Some of the ads below will ...

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Lebron "Lepunk" James Gets Posterized

David Henry Sterry | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Kobe Bryant, Nike, LeBron James, Nba, The King, Richard Milhouse Nixon, Mvp, Entertainment News
David Henry Sterry

Lebron James was posterized by Jordan Crawford, a fierce Xavier student, in a drive-by dunking at the Lebron James Skills Academy.

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America's Biggest Brands: Iconic Or Overexposed? (SLIDESHOW, VOTE)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Google, Walt Disney, America's Biggest Brands, Apple, Nike, America's Most Iconic Brands, Slidepoll, Starbucks, Coca Cola, Over-Exposed, Levi Strauss, Wal-Mart, Mcdonalds, Business News

In the money-hungry world of corporate America, is there such a thing as too much of a good thing? In the case of mega-brands like Wal-Mart, Starbucks...

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Fans Steal Leo's Dunks In Kyoto

Page Six/NYP | Richard Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Leonardo Dicaprio, Shoes Stolen, Nike, Shoes, Leo, Style News

During a visit to a hilltop shrine in Kyoto last week, DiCaprio was asked by a couple of fans to pose for a picture -- but he declined, pointing to a ...

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Wimbledon Officials Call Serena Williams Ugly, Send Her to Back Courts

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Sports, Venus Williams, Nike, The Daily Mail, Serena Williams, Tennis, Anna Kournikova, Wimbeldon, Maria Sharapova, Healthy Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Often the best courts and play slots (and hence the better media coverage) are given to the women who are better lookers rather than the ones who are better players.

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I'd Like Them to 'Just Do It' in Public

Candy Spelling | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Business Week, Nike, Tiger Woods, Public Opinion, Eco-Friendly, Marketing, Green, Shoes, LeBron James, Green News
Candy Spelling

Come on, Nike. Just do it, and say it, too. Your superstar endorsers are good with green. You should be, too.

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Chuck Taylor? Adidas? Keds? How Your Sneakers Got Their Names

Wall Street Journal | Ethan Trex | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Adidas, Sneakers, Nike, Shoes, Chuck Taylors, Footwear, Keds, Style News

We all know that Nike is named after the Greek goddess of victory, and the origin of "Air Jordan" is hardly obscure, but where did some other famous s...

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Mojo Morgan: Rock Out, With Your Locks Out

Timothy Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Eric Clapton, Bob Marley, Nirvana, Giant Step Media, Hootie and the Blowfish, Mojo Morgan, Reggae, Jimi Hendrix, Biggie Smalls, Nike, Rasta-Rock, Morgan Heritage, Alanis Morissette, MCA Records, Notorious B.I.G., Entertainment News
Timothy Cooper

If Bob Marley and U2 had a chance to record a song together, it would sound like rasta-rock, a new genre of music pioneered by Brooklyn-born artist Mojo Morgan.

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Pharmaceutical Drug Pushers Lead to National Overdose

Francesca Biller | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Children, Woody Allen, Clinical Depression, Mother's Little Helper, Human Condition, Medicine Cabinets, Prozac, Ambien, Medications, Overdose, Faulty Diagnoses, Larry King, Campbell Soup, Bi-Polar, Nike, Coke, Psychotropic Drugs, Law and Order, Newsweek, Monet, Lincoln, Lipitor, Depression, Billie Holiday, Adhd, George Orwell, The New York Times, World War 2, Diagnoses, Pharmacies, Erection, Rodney Dangerfield, Pharmaceutical Industry, Victor Hugo, Priapism, Add, Lunesta, Beethoven, Botox, The Marx Brothers, Viagra, Vioxx, Insomnia, Painkillers, Valium, Zanax, Politics News
Francesca Biller

I only hope that some woman is lucky enough to be with a man who becomes afflicted with one side effect Viagra claims, a condition known as priapism, ...

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Masters Golf: Has Tiger Woods Picked His Successor?

Matthew DeBord | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: The Masters, Anthony Kim, Augusta National, Nike, Tiger Woods, Georgia, Augusta, Golf Channel, Entertainment News
Matthew DeBord

Woods, being preposterously talented, knows equivalent talent when he sees it. Anyone can see that Anthony Kim is pretty good. But Tiger sees something more.

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Top Ten Alternate Punishments for the Iraqi Shoe Thrower

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Nike, Martin Scorsese, George W. Bush, Muntadhar Al-Zeidi, Nobel Peace Prize, Facebook, Depleted Uranium, Anger Management, Man Throws Shoes at Bush, Politics, Bush Shoe, Middle East, Daniel Day-Lewis, Op-Ed, Muntazer Al-Zaidi Throws Shoes at Bush, Iraq, Leonardo Dicaprio, Sweatshops, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

5. Obliged to lend his tootsies, at will, to any charitable Foot Fetish Galas (expected to show up in formal leather choker, spiked armlets and chain-link leash).

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Human Rights in China: What Consumer Behavior Reveals

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: China Brands, Human Rights, Nokia, Nike, Scale, Luxury Brands in China, China, Business, Hsbc, Incrementalism in China, Consumer Behavior in China, Haeir, World News
Tom Doctoroff

During Hillary Clinton's recent visit to the PRC, she unsettled human rights advocates, with a rather blunt assessment of the current state of China and the United States' human rights dialog.

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