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In its three-way food fight with Burger King (
BKC) and Wendy's (
WEN), category leader McDonald's (
MCD) is finishing a tough year in the industry battered but victorious.
The company announced Friday that it will being offering
an extensive dollar breakfast menu in January -- all the better to reach its cost-conscious customers (and, incidentally, destroy its rivals). Meanwhile, halfway around the world, Wendy's announced it's
pulling out of Japan after 29 years. With McDonald's an apparently insurmountable force in the Land of the Rising Sun, the smaller chain is throwing in the towel.
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Last month we reported that the glossy chronicle of the filthy rich Robb Report is offering the world's most expensive Christmas gift this year - a matching custom private jet and megayacht set costing $500 million. The profligate publication has a few more eye-popping offerings as part of its Ultimate Gift Guide, a seasonal smorgasbord of over-the-top exclusives. Among the most enticing is a $1.5 million Monaco Grand Prix gift package, consisting of the following: a VIP experience at the 2010 Monaco Grand Prix F1 races in May; round-trip private jet travel from North America to Nice, France, and helicopter transfer from Nice to Monte Carlo for a party of four; five nights' accommodation in the top-floor suite at the luxe Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort; privileges aboard a private 170-ft. yacht that will provide a prime vantage of, and tender service to, four days of racing and activities; and last but not least a custom Spyker C8 Aileron Spyder (above) "as a keepsake".
Filed under: Water, Wheels, Wings, Events, Sports, Holiday Guides, Wealth
$1.5 Monaco Grand Prix Gift Package With Custom Supercar originally appeared on Luxist on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Culture, Features, Mac, Opinion
Welcome to the final installment in our look at the state of gaming on the Mac. We started out taking a good look at what the problem is, identifying the factors that led us to where we are today with video games on the Apple platform. Next, we made an earnest plea to developers, stating why they should seriously consider developing for both PC and Mac simultaneously. Last week, we examined the alternatives available to Mac users who want to play PC games but don't want to actually buy a PC.
This week, we'll try to prognosticate a bit and guess what the future of Mac gaming might look like. Will it get better, worse, or limp along as it currently does?
Continue reading The state of Mac gaming, part 4 of 4
The state of Mac gaming, part 4 of 4 originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Even though Motorola's only officially announced a small handful of devices that run Android so far, this much is clear -- the company was dead serious about
going all-in on the platform because we're seeing new leaked hardware practically every time we look. This time around, it's a clearer view of the
Zeppelin, which turns out to be coming to market on China Telecom as the XT800. It looks like it could be a sharp-looking handset, borrowing design elements of the
Instinct HD and featuring both GSM and CDMA radios for compliance with Telecom's up-and-coming 3G network. What makes this juicier, though, is the fact that
QQ.com alternately identifies the Zeppelin as the Titanium, a device
we'd just seen in the FCC with EV-DO Rev. A last week. That leads us to believe we could see this bad boy on Sprint or Verizon in the near future -- and with an HDMI output in this thing, 2010 is shaping up to be a great year for high-end Android gear.
[Thanks, Vitala]
Motorola Zeppelin outed as the XT800 for China Telecom -- US getting it, too? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Looks like EpixHD may have a second distribution partner soon, Bloomberg is reporting rumors that it is close to a deal with Cox to bring the premium movie network / online streaming service to its network in 2010. Analys reports peg as many as 1,000 FiOS subscribers per day signing up for the channel in its first month there, but that investors are currently focused on the slow progress in expanding to other carriers for Epix. more than a third of them take advantage of the online streaming, we'll see if capped & throttled cable customers have the same response.
EpixHD to appear on Cox next? originally appeared on Engadget HD on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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A Patek Philippe Yellow Gold Calibre 89 pocket watch, the world's most complex timepiece as mentioned by my colleague Ariel Adams last month, just sold for a world record price of CHF 5,120,000, or $5.068 million at Antiquorum's 35th Anniversary Sale in Geneva. "The incredible result realized for the Calibre 89 in our 35th anniversary auction indicates that the market for the most complicated and important watches in the world remains exceptionally strong," notes Antiquorum Chairman Robert Maron. "We are extremely honored to have sold this exceptional and unique timepiece for the second time in Antiquorum's history and are thrilled that we have once again achieved a world record price at auction." With a staggering 33 complications, the watch weighs nearly 2.5 lbs. and has an 18k yellow gold case. It was made to honor the 150th anniversary of the famed Swiss watchmaker.
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Patek Philippe Pocket Watch Sells for $5 Million, Sets New World Record originally appeared on Luxist on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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