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South Koreans buying up iconic blue jeans preferred by Steve Jobs
World NowThis holiday season, South Korean youths are snapping up a new fashion statement -– the Levi’s 501 jeans made famous by the late Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs.... -
Steve Jobs' black turtleneck reportedly explained in biography
TechnologySteve Jobs is known for many things -- the Apple II, the Macintosh, Pixar, the iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone and iPad. He is also known for his signature black turtleneck, Levi's jeans and grey New Balance sneakers. But just how Jobs arrived at that look... -
Norio Ohga dies at 81; former Sony chairman developed the CD
Former Sony President and Chairman Norio Ohga, who gave up a career as an opera singer to join the fledgling consumer electronics maker in the 1950s and later led its expansion from hardware to software and entertainment and developing the compact disc,...Tags: Gaming, Sound Recordings, Colleges and Universities, Tokyo (Japan), Career and Workplace
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The Times and Japan-bashing
If you haven't been following our Dust-Up on China engagement with Joseph Farah and Andrés Martinez, here's a sample from Tuesday's exchange. Said Farah: I'm a fan of imports from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. I think most Americans are. These countries...Tags: Japan, Ron Howard, Defense, Radio City Music Hall, Ronald Reagan
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Chew. Spit. Repeat.
For the TimesLooking back, the truest sign that then-Vivendi Universal honcho Jean-Marie Messier was toast may have come when he showed up for a public forum at the Beverly Hilton two years ago with Viacom Chief Executive Sumner Redstone and other entertainment...Tags: Family, Jean Renoir, Colleges and Universities, Movies, Marion Davies
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Keeping up with the Jacksons
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn March, Janet Jackson signed an unprecedented $40-million record contract. Nine days later brother Michael got a deal that guaranteed $65 million-plus. Suddenly, the recording business is looking like baseball with its escalating contracts. Will there...Tags: Music Industry, The Rolling Stones (music group), Movies, Wilson Phillips (music group), Lenny Kravitz
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Headphone nation
Twenty-five years ago, America tuned out. A midnight-blue-and-silver brick with astonishing sound debuted in July 1979. Called the Soundabout, Sony's TPS-L2 cassette player was an investment at $199.95. It didn't record or come with a speaker. But it was...Tags: Glenn Miller, Donna Summer, Sony Corp., Keith Richards
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