(TrendHunter.com) Austin-based energy storage company Valence Technology Inc. has signed a $45 million multi-year rechargeable battery supply agreement with France’s BJ Technologie, a subsidiary of the world’s largest sailing…

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(TrendHunter.com) If you have a flair for fashion design and a void in your wallet to fill, then consider designing your own knitwear and selling it on Trendy Workshop, an innovative website by France company Custom & Co.…

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DIY Virtual Knitwear – The Trendy Workshop Lets Users Design Clothes and Sell Them Online (GALLERY)

Filed under: Company News , Media , News Corp. If cable news was like high school, Glenn Beck would be voted “Most Polarizing.” He’s despised by liberals and beloved by conservatives (and anyone who loves weepy men) . But like that high school geek who astounded the more popular kids when he went on to make a fortune, Beck has shocked onlookers by managing to cement his role in the Fox News line-up even though he caused many of the show’s top advertisers to flee. His offense: describing President Obama as “racist.” On a broadcast of Fox & Friends in July, Beck interjected during a discussion of the Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. affair to add this about Obama: “I’m not saying he doesn’t like white people, I’m saying he has a problem. This guy is, I believe, a racist.” The result? Major advertisers fled his show , including top-end marketers such as Mercedes-Benz USA and Infiniti, according to Gawker. Continue reading Why the loss of big-name advertisers doesn’t matter to Glenn Beck Why the loss of big-name advertisers doesn’t matter to Glenn Beck originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Filed under: Economy , Media Controversy over the secret global agreement on copyrights and counterfeiting being pushed by the United States erupted Monday after a leaked European Union document emerged suggesting the U.S. is pushing other nations to adopt a draconian global uniform policy. If established, the treaty could involve re-writing the law in many countries — including the U.S. — to include a “three strikes” policy similar to one recently passed in France, as well as possibly even jail time — yes, jail time — for Internet pirates. President Barack Obama used an executive order last spring to keep the negotiations secret on “national security” grounds, but for the last several weeks , the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, as it’s called, has elicited growing cries of alarm . Continue reading Leaked document says EU fears Obama backs ‘three strikes’ for Net pirates Leaked document says EU fears Obama backs ‘three strikes’ for Net pirates originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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(TrendHunter.com) OK I’ll be honest, I just really wanted to make a Maxim cluster. Every single picture found here will be of an extremely attractive woman. Therefore, I proudly decree the Maxim Magazine cluster the best…

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(TrendHunter.com) Apparently, the US isn’t the only country with a renewed interest in hamsters.  France has joined the hamster-mania circuit, by opening up a Hamster Hotel.  For 99 Euros ($148.10), you can spend the night…

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Filed under: Technology , People Sheldon Dorf , the founder of Comic-Con, an annual comic book, science fiction and fantasy festival held in San Diego, died of complications related to diabetes Wednesday. Dorf, who was 76, was also a freelance writer and a letterist, but was best known for founding the convention — the largest such event in the Western Hemisphere, bested only by France’s Angoul

Filed under: Company News , People , Healthcare Something is amiss in the land of leisurely lunches and six-week-plus paid vacations. The The French, known more for their joie de vivre than workaholism, are in a crisis after a series of job-related suicides at several top corporations — including a shocking 25 deaths at France T

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Lawmakers in France, the birthplace of Rousseau and the idea of modern political liberty, have approved one of the most draconian laws ever seen in the fight against digital piracy of music, movies and software. On Tuesday, the French National Assembly approved a bill, known as HADOPI 2, which would allow a French court to cut off a citizen’s internet access after the third instance of copyright infringement. The judge could also impose a fine of up to EU300,000 ($415,000) or two years in a French prison. “Freedom is not free license, liberalism isn’t the jungle,” French Culture Minister Fr