Reuters: Lifestyle

World is a happier place than 2007: poll

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:03:20 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite economic woes, wars, conflicts and natural disasters the world is a happier place today than it was four years ago and Indonesians, Indians and Mexicans seem to be the...

Celebs find Fashion Week runways can be slippery

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:34:00 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Celebrities launching fashion lines don't always transfer their fame to runway success, but a sprinkling of big names such as Victoria Beckham, Gwen Stefani and twins Mary-Kate...

Cupid targets the Fed with early Valentine tweets

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:35:49 -0500

(Reuters) - It isn't often you see the words "love", "romance", and "Federal Reserve" in the same sentence.

Snooki, Charlie Sheen top nightmare celebrity dates

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:26:27 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Jersey Shore" star Snooki and Charlie Sheen have topped a poll of nightmare celebrity Valentine dates, and few people want to cuddle up with Ashton Kutcher on February 14 --...

Top photo award for Arab Spring portrait

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:25:16 -0500

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A portrait of a veiled woman cradling a wounded relative in her arms, taken in Yemen by Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda for The New York Times, won the top World Press Photo...

Management Tip of the Day: Stop the whining!

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:30:19 -0500

BOSTON (Reuters) - If you want to institute a "no whining" rule in your organization, there are two mindsets to encourage in your people, says Harvard Business Review.

Japan priest fights invisible demon: radiation

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:51:37 -0500

FUKUSHIMA (Reuters) - On the snowy fringes of Japan's Fukushima city, now notorious as a byword for nuclear crisis, Zen monk Koyu Abe offers prayers for the souls of thousands left dead or missing...

Conservative group to sponsor NASCAR driver in election

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:37:16 -0500

CHICAGO (Reuters) - NASCAR racing cars typically are painted with ads for products like coffee, beer, or tires.

Toymakers look to 80s, apps and Facebook for hits

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:14:41 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coming off a year in which U.S. toy sales fell 2 percent, toymakers and buyers at the 109th American Toy Fair in New York are looking for the elusive runaway hit that failed to...

Travel Picks: Top 10 places to propose marriage

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:23:49 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Valentine's Day is just around the corner and if you are thinking about popping the question, online travel advisor Cheapflights (www.cheapflights.com) has come up with a list of...