&quot;Body Shop&quot; creator makes dent with DIY gambit
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Comedy Central&#39;s new  series &quot;American Body Shop,&quot; which debuted Sunday night (July  8), likely would never have made it to TV had Sam Greene, who  had the idea for the show, not decided to shoot his own pilot,  stick it in an envelope and mail it directly to the network  powers-that-be.
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An article last week about the do-it-yourself crafts community misstated the title of an upcoming movie about it. It is âHomemade Nation,â not âHomemade America.â.
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Sure, the UAW got back to work and Wall Street revved up GMâs stock. Now comes the carmakerâs real challenge: creating a car Americans will buy.
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When Net-a-Porter announced it planned to sell two styles from the Halston runway the day after the show, I thought it would be interesting to test drive the concept. After all, this was the first time, to my knowledge, that a look from a designer runway would be immediately available to consumers.
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There's big money in those wrinkles. How the makers of cosmetic fillers and smoothers are trying to tap into a new market.
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When cosmetics chief Andrea Jung joins the Cupertino juggernaut, it raises the question: What is Steve Jobs hiding up his sleeve? Commentary by Leander Kahney.
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Sometimes even a stylish, well-engineered new vehicle has trouble gaining traction in the marketplace.
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Ron MannÂs paean to the late custom car designer Ed Roth plays like a rambunctious merger of personal history and automobile pornography.
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Going under the knife is not compulsory  but being sculpted as the perfect lookalike sure helps in  Britain&#39;s burgeoning tribute band business.
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The Web site has been fighting claims that its founder stole the idea. Now another man says he was the creator.
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In casting about for a name for their new companies or products, entrepreneurs often decide to use their own. And it can work - look at the success of Ben &amp; Jerry&#39;s and Dell.
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Life & style: 'Mummy jobs', in which cosmetic surgeons set out to erase all evidence of childbirth from a woman's body, are already big business in the US. Now they are catching on here.
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Mr. Uemura, a Japanese makeup artist, won acclaim in Hollywood and then built an international cosmetics brand under his name.
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DETROIT - If record discounts on new cars and trucks aren&#39;t enough to lure buyers into dealer showrooms, maybe Old Glory will provide the extra nudge.
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Do-it-yourself projects won't disappear, even with Martha in jail. Make, a new magazine that centers around unique technology projects -- like how to build a mesh network in your house -- launches early next year. By Katie Dean.
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Popularity of over-the-top decorating shows for vehicles has pumped new life into the auto customizing business, as more mainstream consumers decide they want to trick out their car or truck with fancy accessories.
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By Kennedy Smith  Steve Duh is working on filling a niche - one that seems as though it may already be filled in Portland - but one, he argues, that needs as much help as it can get.