Sex and fashion have long been intertwined. Sex and advertising – even longer. But, every now and again, someone in the fashion world causes a stir. We’ve uncovered seven of the most controversial ads ever released by the fashion industry. Enjoy.

The Most Controversial Ads in Fashion History - DEBONAIR MAGAZINE

The Halifax bank is enrolling unsuspecting customers in trials of a new generation of RFID-enabled bank cards, and trying to keep them in the program even if they have mis-givings about the wave and pay technology.

PayWave allows punters to debit their account without having to enter a PIN or sign for goods valued at less than �10.

The RFID-based technology, backed by Visa, is being rolled out by UK banks Barclays and Halifax, as well as others on the continent. Mastercard is backing a similar technology called PayPass.

Halifax is introducing the technology in London to a number of punters, including Reg reader Pete.

This seems like an incredibly bad idea.

Bank turns London man into RFID-enabled guinea pig | The Register

Hollywood laid much of the blame for illegal movie downloading on college students. Now, it says its math was wrong.
ADVERTISEMENT

In a 2005 study it commissioned, the Motion Picture Association of America claimed that 44 percent of the industry's domestic losses came from illegal downloading of movies by college students, who often have access to high-bandwidth networks on campus.

The MPAA has used the study to pressure colleges to take tougher steps to prevent illegal file-sharing and to back legislation currently before the House of Representatives that would force them to do so.

But now the MPAA, which represents the U.S. motion picture industry, has told education groups a "human error" in that survey caused it to get the number wrong. It now blames college students for about 15 percent of revenue loss.

Terry Hartle, vice president of the American Council on Education, which represents higher education in Washington, said the mistakes showed the entertainment industry has unfairly targeted college campuses.

Frauds shouldn't complain about theft.

MPAA admits mistake on downloading study - Yahoo News

That's because at least one lawyer for the Recording Industry Association of America, the Big Four record companies' lobbying arm and primary legal weapon, considers the copying of songs from your own CDs to your own computer, for your own personal use, to be just as illegal as posting them online for all to share, according to a federal lawsuit filed in Arizona.

Crap! Here we go again on the battle for FairUse!

Was this not already ruled on in the whole VHS/BETA debacle?

Ripping MP3s Illegal, Grounds for Lawsuit

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. hotel heiress Paris Hilton's potential inheritance dramatically diminished after her grandfather Barron Hilton announced plans on Wednesday to donate 97 percent of his $2.3 billion (1.16 billion pounds) fortune to charity.

Ha-ha.

Paris loses out: Hilton fortune pledged to charity | Entertainment | Reuters

A directory of how to get a human on the phone for various companies. May Come in handy.

gethuman 500 database from Paul English

“She came home bubbly and happy about her report card,” said Pagan. “On the cover was a McDonald’s ad. I was blown away.”

HahAHAhahA!

Its ashame they werent employment ads.

McDonald's Blasted for Advertising on Report Cards

The couple that preyed together won't stay together. They are going to separate federal prisons.

Brent Eric Finley -- who along with his wife scammed family, friends and neighbors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars with a far-fetched scheme of using the CIA and some of its technology to head off serious medical problems -- has been sentenced in federal court to four years and three months in prison. Finley, 38, of Rayville must report to prison by Feb. 4.

...

Over a period of six years, the Finleys persuaded 22 people to pay them a total of $989,898, prosecutors said. Many of the victims, who ranged in age from young adults to the elderly, depleted savings, insurance policies, and pension funds.

Stacey Finley, 34, persuaded her targets -- described by federal prosecutors as "solid, middle-class, educated citizens" -- that she was a CIA agent and could use her agency contacts to have medical scans conducted by satellite. Finley said the scans would reveal hidden medical problems, prosecutors said, and that CIA agents would then enter their homes and administer secret medications while they slept.

This is the best fraud ever!

Couple sentenced for far-fetched fraud

A very popular Ask the White Guy on the vernacular and/or slang that business people use and how it affects their careers prompted a slew of responses from DiversityInc readers telling us what they think about the language business people use and why. Is it an effort to find something in common? Is it because some people don't know any better, and if it is, should they not be hired because of it? At what point does the vernacular and/or slang that some business people use make them less valuable as employees?

Read on to find out what were the most popular responses.

Besides "Aks" and "Wiff," what other vernacular do you hear business people use? Click here to respond. Read past comments from DiversityInc readers or other Ask the White Guy articles.

What Slang Irritates the Most at Work? Is It Aks, Wiff, Bidness or Youze?

A Shropshire pensioner trying to withdraw money from her savings account was refused - because she was 'dead'.

Mary Welsby's Isa account had been closed by Abbey and the �3,000 in it paid out, reports the Daily Mail.

Despite flashing photo ID, Mrs Welsby was informed that she was still officially deceased and could not draw out any cash.

The 77-year-old said: "I know I'm quite long in the tooth now but I'm certainly not dead.

"The young lady serving me began typing away on her computer but all of a sudden looked puzzled and told me that according to their records, I was dead.
...

Eventually, after the bank investigated further, it discovered that a woman with a name similar to hers and around the same age had died.

By mistake, Mrs Welsby's account had been closed and the money paid out to the dead woman's family.

What a shitty way to find out you've passed.

Ananova - Bank tells woman she's dead