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In Hard Times, It's All About The Piggy Bank

Sep 19th, 2008 · Given the market downturn this week, ad agencies for Wall Street firms must be working extra hard to retool their advertising campaigns. We thought we'd lend them a hand, and offer an ad for the new financial climate.

Keywords: financial · Wall Street · Climate · campaign · Ad · agencies · Advertisers · downturn · piggy

This Little Piggy Got Galoshes **

Jun 17th, 2008 · A 6-week-old piglet in North Yorkshire, England, apparently suffers from mysophobia — a dread of dirt. So her owners got the pig, named Cinderella, some boots — little green custom-made Wellingtons to protect her little piggies from the mud.

Keywords: protections · customer · england · Piglet · Cinderella · piggy · dirt · Wellington · Galoshes · North Yorkshire · mysophobia · piggies

Rocca Gets Piggy With It in Iowa *

Dec 5th, 2007 · Comedian and commentator Mo Rocca visits a pig farm in Iowa to learn the proper way of to hold and handle a piglet. It's a skill critical for stumping politicians – after all, commingling with livestock is a de rigueur photo op.

Keywords: politics · Skilling · photo · comedian · Iowa · Piglet · livestock · piggy · rigueur · Rocca · Mo Rocca · commingling

Change Jars Preferred for Saving

Aug 28th, 2007 · A survey by Capital One Financial shows only 35 percent of Americans have a money market account. Americans are more likely to put their money in a piggy bank. But the most common method is a change jar. It won't earn you any interest. But at least the change jar is free, unlike the piggy bank.

Keywords: Americans · money · piggy · Capital One Financial

Come One, Come All: The Rise of Podcasting

May 23rd, 2005 · A new sensation is piggy-backing on the phenomenon that is the iPod: podcasting. The personalized audio recordings, which can be heard on any digital music player, have given an outlet to marginalized experts and frustrated DJs alike. And media critic Jeff Jarvis says that's the beauty of podcasting.

Keywords: critic · media · music · players · Audio · personal · iPod · recordings · podcasting · beauty · digital · DJs