Housebuilders in the doghouse with Rachel Hunter

£25,000 for a “DogHouse”?Rachel Hunter hires specialist“ La Petite Maison” who charge up to £25,000, to build PetHouses that come air conditioned with balconies and custom beds and ahost of other...

Trent Reznor makes $750k by giving music away

Is this a viable new model for selling music? Post a few freebies, circulate some cheap digital tunes, and then offer an ultra-mega-super-uber-deluxe package for a few hundred a piece. Where it failed for Niggy...

Gucci Rocks 'Boho-Deluxe' Gypsy Chic

Tapestries, gypsies, and cross-stitching at Gucci? I'm still stuck on the big gold glam of interlocking G's and sleek, svelte silhouettes. Recycle them rock clichés!"The vast Ukrainian-patterned carpet said it all about the boho-deluxe theme at Gucci on Wednesday. The...

Smart ideas on Vancouver's condo future

Trevor Boddy looks at a condo development in Vancouver that takes a different approach to density:  "In the worlds of real estate and architecture, it is nearly always mistaken to extrapolate the future from...

First Nations Success: Living off the band land

Certainly an exception to the rule, whereby all First Nations communities can learn from this successful business model. Many First Nations members, especially in remote areas are unable to find employment on...

THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 10-29-06; Geezery Rider

"George W. Bush was sending an economic message when he visited the Harley-Davidson motorcycle factory in York, Penn., in August. With its big foreign markets, Harley-Davidson is a rare American manufacturer that thrives on, rather than fears, free trade. But when the...

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