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How To Get Kids To Eat Apples? Make Them Taste Like Grape Candy
1/10/12 • NPR
NPR quoted Lars Perner, assistant professor of clinical marketing, about marketing artificially flavored foods to children.
Michael Jackson's Estate Wants to Keep Thrilling
1/5/12 • Bloomberg Businessweek
Bloomberg Businessweek quoted S. Mark Young of the USC Marshall School about the surge in popularity that often follows a celebrity's death.
Why Martha Stewart Doesn't Like Sears
1/3/12 • Business Insider
Business Insider ran an op-ed by Ira Kalb about why the Sears' brand is failing.
What Books Make Their Must-read Lists
12/28/11 • The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal quoted Warren Bennis about William Shakespeare's character Falstaff, "the first executive coach of all time."
North Korea Recalls Some Troops to Base as South Tightens Cyber Security
12/19/11 • Bloomberg Businessweek
Bloomberg Businessweek quoted David Kang, director of the USC Korean Studies Institute, about the stability of North Korea after Kim Jong Il’s death.
For David Stern, Questions about Possible Conflict of Interest
12/15/11 • Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times quoted David Carter about perceived conflicts of interest in the recent trade of basketball player Chris Paul.
FDA Accuses 1-800-GET-THIN of Using Misleading Lap-Band Ads
12/14/11 • Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times quoted Lars Perner of the USC Marshall School about FDA warnings that a company marketing Lap-Band weight loss surgery is using misleading advertising.
Not Having to Collect Sales Tax Gives Amazon an Advantage
12/11/11 • ABC News
ABC News Los Angeles affiliate KABC-TV interviewed Anthony Dukes about how not having to collect sales tax gives Amazon an advantage over brick-and-mortar retailers.
Albert Pujols to the Angels
12/8/11 • 89.3 KPCC
KPCC-FM interviewed David Carter of the USC Marshall School about baseball player Albert Pujols reportedly singing to play for the Los Angeles Angels.