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Heidi Klum, Piers Morgan among Web's 'most dangerous' celebritiesupdated: Thu Sep 15 2011 13:25:00

Meet Heidi Klum: supermodel. Reality-show host. Danger to Web users everywhere.

People.com: Alessandra Ambrósio's Daughter Wants a Pet Sealupdated: Sat Jul 16 2011 17:32:00

The Victoria's Secret model got a dog for the family instead

CNNMoney: Mass e-mail breach: Just how bad is it?updated: Wed Apr 06 2011 15:09:00

It seems like every day for the past week, another dozen major companies have come out and said that they too have been affected by the massive data breach at e-mail marketing firm Epsilon.

People.com: Candice Swanepoel: I'm Healthy & Happyupdated: Fri Apr 01 2011 18:09:00

The South African appreciates the concern about her thin frame, but says "everything is normal"

People.com: Is Victoria's Secret Model Candice Swanepoel Too Thin?updated: Fri Apr 01 2011 07:09:00

The South African beauty has caused a stir over her slight figure

New York City takes a swat at bedbugsupdated: Tue Mar 29 2011 22:03:00

An online web portal and tough new regulations take aim at the creepy friend who's terrorized New York in recent years -- the bedbug.

CNNMoney: 10 most romantic citiesupdated: Mon Feb 14 2011 16:17:00

It could have something to do with the heat, but residents of Phoenix, Ariz., shelled out more dough in the days leading up to Valentine's Day than any other city nationwide.

CNNMoney: Consumers aren't snowed inupdated: Thu Feb 03 2011 13:05:00

So much for bad weather keeping consumers out of the shopping malls.

People.com: Doutzen Kroes Welcomes a Sonupdated: Fri Jan 21 2011 13:47:00

The model delivered son Phyllon Friday morning in Amsterdam

Bedbugs found at Times Square movie theaterupdated: Wed Aug 18 2010 20:23:00

A 25-screen movie theater in New York's bustling Times Square is the latest city business to shut down temporarily as it battles a bedbug infestation.

People.com: Inside Orlando Bloom & Miranda Kerr's Romantic Getawayupdated: Sat Jul 24 2010 15:07:00

A photoshoot in the Caribbean set the scene for the couple's past week together

Victoria's Secret model Kroes says she's pregnantupdated: Thu Jul 15 2010 09:55:00

Dutch supermodel Doutzen Kroes, whose sultry looks have graced catwalks and Victoria's Secret catalogues, says she is pregnant with her first child.

Does sexy have a size?updated: Mon Jun 07 2010 09:25:00

If you missed the new Lane Bryant commercial with the full-figured lingerie model confidently strutting the pluses of her plus-sized figure, it's not your fault. Some networks decided the spot was too sexy to air.

People.com: POLL: Who Should Replace Megan Fox for Transformers 3?updated: Wed May 26 2010 18:29:00

Acting experience or not, it's all good! Here are seven possible candidates for the role

People.com: Ryan Phillippe Kisses a Mystery Lady at Victoria's Secret Bashupdated: Thu May 13 2010 11:27:00

• Ryan Phillippe brought a new female friend to Drai's Hollywood at the W Hotel to celebrate Victoria's Secret's What Is Sexy? List - and the two spent the night snuggling in a booth outdoors. The actor and his mystery brunette stole kisses and held hands - and each other's waists - in front of revelers like Ryan Kwanten and Paris Hilton. "He didn't seem to be hiding his affections for his new lady at all," an onlooker says, "and didn't care that people were staring at them making out."

First Asian model on Victoria's Secret runwayupdated: Wed Dec 02 2009 10:08:00

Four years ago Liu Wen entered a modeling contest in China to win a computer to use for school. Little did she know it would lead her to the Victoria's Secret runway in New York.

People.com: Heidi Klum Says She Needs to Lose 20 Lbs.updated: Thu Nov 19 2009 08:11:00

The supermodel, who gave birth to daughter Lou in October, will host the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show wearing latex

Heidi Klum trying to lose 20 lbs.updated: Wed Nov 18 2009 19:04:00

Heidi Klum hasn't quite reclaimed her pre-baby body yet, but that's not stopping the supermodel from donning a sexy outfit when she hosts the "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" on November 19, which airs December 1 at 10 p.m. on CBS.

CNNMoney: Americans still bagging bargains and bulk buysupdated: Thu Nov 05 2009 11:48:00

Despite much hope that Americans are finally thawing out of their year-long self-imposed shopping freeze, store sales last month were good in pockets -- but not great, as many analysts were hoping.

People.com: Model Karolina Kurkova Has a Boy!updated: Mon Nov 02 2009 15:07:00

Tobin Jack is the first child for the Victoria's Secret model and fiancé Archie Drury

People.com: Heidi Klum's Body-After-Baby Plan? Take It Easyupdated: Thu Oct 15 2009 15:08:00

The supermodel's not stressing about walking the Victoria's Secret runway next month

The two kinds of single womenupdated: Tue Jul 28 2009 11:59:00

In January, I left a live-in relationship after three years. The experience was all the sad adjectives you can imagine. But after the sobbing spells and the heavy drinking, the fog lifted -- I was finally single again for the first time since after I graduated college.

Topless photo could cost Prejean pageant crownupdated: Tue May 05 2009 18:27:00

Miss California USA Carrie Prejean "breached her contract" by keeping semi-nude photos a secret and could be stripped of her beauty queen title, according to a state pageant spokesman.

People.com: Brad Pitt Advises Ellen on 'Catching' George Clooneyupdated: Wed Dec 03 2008 19:54:00

Chippendales will work better than Victoria's Secret models, the actor "promises"

People.com: Seal Dishes on Heidi's Love Lettersupdated: Thu Nov 20 2008 10:50:00

The singer says date nights and getaways keep his marriage to Klum sizzling

People.com: Model Alessandra Ambrosio Has a Girl updated: Mon Aug 25 2008 18:42:00

The Victoria's Secret stunner and her boyfriend welcomed "absolutely perfect" Anja Louise in Brazil Sunday

People.com: '80s Hearthrob Rick Springfield Is Back on the Chartsupdated: Mon Aug 11 2008 11:36:00

The "Jessie's Girl" singer talks about his new CD and "party animal" stage presence

N.Y. officials: Factory for big retailers 'paid sweatshop wages'updated: Wed Jul 23 2008 22:53:00

Employees were underpaid millions of dollars and worked under sweatshop conditions at a New York factory that made garments for major retailers including Macy's and The Gap, the state Department of Labor said Wednesday.

Money Magazine: Small biz: Turn an idea into a fortuneupdated: Thu Jul 10 2008 10:06:00

Question: What can I do to protect my novel service or product idea when I'm presenting it to a large business? - Sam Klaidman, Framingham, Mass.

People.com: Woman Sues Victoria's Secret Over Alleged Thong Injuryupdated: Thu Jun 19 2008 11:26:00

The plaintiff claims her underwear had a faulty link that ended up hurting her eye

FSB: Taking on Victoria's Secretupdated: Thu Apr 17 2008 14:50:00

At 9 on an overcast morning, controlled chaos reigns at the headquarters of lingerie merchant Bare Necessities. An unusual team of consultants has just taken over the company's unadorned conference room in Avenel, N.J. One consultant is shoving desks into the center of the room. Others are unpacking gigantic Post-it Notes from boxes and plastering them on the walls.

CNNMoney: Stocks make more gainsupdated: Wed Mar 12 2008 09:32:00

Wall Street tried Wednesday to follow through on the huge rally of the previous session, when the Dow posted its biggest gain in more than 5 years.

People.com: Orlando Bloom Is a 'Sweetheart' Says Model Miranda Kerrupdated: Thu Feb 21 2008 18:24:00

Miranda Kerr is happy to talk philosophy, but stays quiet as a monk when it comes to her personal life.

People.com: Orlando Bloom Shares Chocolate and Kisses in New Yorkupdated: Wed Feb 20 2008 10:42:00

• Orlando Bloom, sharing a hot chocolate and some PDA with his girlfriend, Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr, at Max Brenner in New York. Says an onlooker: "They were just being playful and kissing and hugging and she was tickling him." Blending in with the crowd, the pair acted low-key despite the lovefest, taking their hot drinks to go.

People.com: Selita Ebanks's New Beau Is a Giantupdated: Fri Feb 08 2008 17:03:00

With her broken engagement to actor Nick Cannon just a memory from last fall, Victoria's Secret model Selita Ebanks tells PEOPLE she is now "happy" – and dating New York Giants football star Osi Umenyiora.

FSB: Jump-start your marketingupdated: Tue Dec 18 2007 11:40:00

Dear FSB: My business opened two months ago, I'm worried that I'm not getting the word out fast enough. What is the fastest way to get the word out that I'm here and now open?

Fortune: 'Tis the season for insider stock buysupdated: Thu Nov 29 2007 04:06:00

Despite the uncertainty over a holiday shopping season that threatens to squash retail profits in a melee of discounting, some executives and directors are finding bargains in their companies' beaten down stock.

Fortune: Betting big at Limited Brandsupdated: Wed Nov 28 2007 15:29:00

Limited Brands insiders are treating themselves to an early holiday present in the form of $20.6 million in company stock purchases, a bullish sign for the struggling owner of the Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works retail chains.

CNNMoney: The world shops Americaupdated: Fri Nov 23 2007 22:29:00

Happy Vendredi Noir! Or Schwarzer Freitag! Or Viernes Negro!

People.com: The Spice Girls Take the Stage for the First Time in 10 Yearsupdated: Fri Nov 16 2007 15:42:00

Girl power reigned Thursday night as the reunited Spice Girls performed for the first time.

Fortune: Victoria's Secret could use a little liftupdated: Thu Nov 15 2007 17:37:00

Like a supermodel past her prime, Victoria's Secret is showing its age.

People.com: Report: Kanye West Pulls Out of Victoria's Secret Fashion Showupdated: Thu Nov 15 2007 13:02:00

Kanye West has pulled out of performing at the 2007 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, due to the death of his mother, Donda West, Entertainment Tonight reports.

People.com: Geri Halliwell Spices it Up After Babyupdated: Tue Nov 13 2007 18:23:00

A year-and-a-half after Geri Halliwell had a daughter, the spice is back in the singer's life – and so are the abs.

People.com: Bra Power! Spice Girls Selling New Album at Victoria's Secretupdated: Tue Oct 16 2007 15:45:00

Forget the record store. For their Greatest Hits album, the Spice Girls have chosen a retailer with products considerably closer to their, uh, hearts.

CNNMoney: Limited Brands posts higher profitupdated: Wed Aug 22 2007 07:18:00

Limited Brands Inc. Wednesday posted a higher second-quarter net profit, helped by a $304 million gain from the sale of its Express apparel business.

FSB: Move over, Victoria's Secretupdated: Mon Jul 23 2007 07:38:00

When we last met Bare Necessities, the lingerie seller, based in Avenel, N.J., was profitable but battling a personality problem: It lacked one ("Taking On Victoria's Secret," June 2006). Enter FSB's Makeover artists - five experts from Frog Design, the product design and branding firm known for its work with Apple. The Frog team led company employees in creative exercises that sparked fixes, which CEO Noah Wrubel says boosted growth.

People.com: Gisele Bundchen Named World's Richest Modelupdated: Thu Jul 19 2007 14:52:00

Gisele Bundchen not only has Tom Brady as a boyfriend, she's got money in the bank.

CNNMoney: Limited ups buyback to $1B, plans layoffsupdated: Thu Jun 21 2007 23:58:00

Clothing retailer Limited Brands, owner of Limited Stores, Express, and Victoria's Secret, announced a plan Friday to increase its share buyback from $500 million to $1 billion and to lay off 10 percent of its staff at the corporate level and brand home offices.

CNNMoney: Limited Brands sells most of Expressupdated: Tue May 15 2007 15:12:00

Limited Brands, Inc. announced Tuesday it has agreed to sell a majority of its retail clothing chain Express and intends to explore strategic options for its other clothing retailer, Limited Stores.

College can be a crash course in debtupdated: Thu Jan 25 2007 09:34:00

For many college students, being short on money and being away from home presents a dangerous temptation: credit cards.

CNNMoney: Online holiday spending surgesupdated: Fri Dec 29 2006 08:45:00

Online retail spending surged this holiday season and for the first time ever will top the $100 billion mark for the entire year, according to a report Friday.

Fortune: Retailers clean up their paper trailsupdated: Wed Dec 13 2006 09:29:00

If your mailbox looks anything like mine during the weeks before Christmas, it is overflowing with catalogs.

New luxury caters to the middle classupdated: Wed Oct 18 2006 16:54:00

Once the sole provenance of the elite, luxury goods are now aimed at a much bigger market -- the middle class. Brands such as Starbucks, Coach, Victoria's Secret and Evian are redefining the traditional concepts of luxury, observers say.

FSB: Taking on Victoria's Secretupdated: Thu Oct 12 2006 13:08:00

At 9 on an overcast morning, controlled chaos reigns at the headquarters of lingerie merchant Bare Necessities. An unusual team of consultants has just taken over the company's unadorned conference...

Money Magazine: Hidden Assets: Unload unused gift cardsupdated: Mon Jul 31 2006 09:39:00

This year billions of dollars' worth of gift cards - estimates range from $1.75 billion to $3.5 billion - won't be cashed in within 12 months of being purchased. Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth.

CNNMoney: Retail sales still chilly in Juneupdated: Thu Jul 06 2006 07:15:00

Retail chain stores delivered sluggish sales numbers last month, as high gas prices and cool weather took a toll on consumer spending.

Fortune: Saving trees the smart wayupdated: Wed Mar 15 2006 10:43:00

In this season of annual reports, Corporate America is putting on a green face.

Money Magazine: Sivy70updated: Wed Feb 01 2006 00:01:00

Two stocks fell more than 5% last month: Abbott Laboratories and ConocoPhillips. The oil giant has bid to acquire Burlington Resources at a price that some analysts think rather high. Double-digit gainers include Anadarko Petroleum, an independent oil and gas producer similar to Burlington. Other big winners for the month were former tech star Dell, drugmaker Lilly and Limited Brands, the company that owns Victoria's Secret.

CNNMoney: Value at Limited Brandsupdated: Tue Dec 06 2005 10:47:00

One of the biggest gainers in the Sivy 70 last month was Limited Brands, the retailer that owns Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works and apparel chains, such as Express and The Limited.

The Ultimate in lingerie: $15m setupdated: Fri Nov 25 2005 05:30:00

As the festive season draws near and thoughts turn to presents for loved ones, those seeking to add a bit of spice and glamor to their yuletide gift list may well consider buying their wife, girlfriend, lover, partner or mistress some designer lingerie.

CNNMoney: Is Chico's teasing Victoria's Secret?updated: Mon Mar 07 2005 11:07:00

Women's apparel retailer Chico's FAS has discreetly been testing a new 'intimate' idea that could give Victoria's Secret's a few goose bumps.

CNNMoney: Shoppers buy into the New Yearupdated: Thu Feb 03 2005 07:17:00

Deep discounts and gift card redemptions helped to warm up retail sales in January despite the formidable presence of Old Man Winter last month.

CNNMoney: Keep the underwear, dump the clothesupdated: Tue Feb 01 2005 10:46:00

Limited Brands has clearly found greater success in undressing consumers with its fashionable Victoria's Secret lingerie than in keeping them dressed in its Express and Limited clothing brands.

Fortune: SORRY, YOUR RETURN IS NO GOOD HERE updated: Mon Oct 18 2004 00:01:00

WALKING THROUGH THE mall a couple of weeks ago, Hayden Cobb, a 32-year-old systems engineer at Lockheed Martin, couldn't resist a few impulse buys. But after realizing that all his crisp new shirts...

CNNMoney: Victoria's Secret teams up with coedsupdated: Fri Jul 30 2004 08:38:00

Victoria's Secret is making college kids blush Pink with its new collection of lingerie, loungewear and sleepwear designed for the dorm-bound crowd.

Fortune: Face Offupdated: Mon May 03 2004 00:01:00

Indecency is out! The FCC hit aging shock jock Howard Stern with nearly $500,000 in fines, prompting Clear Channel to remove his show from six stations. And Victoria's Secret is scrapping its TV fa...

CNNMoney: Victoria's Secret is outupdated: Mon Apr 12 2004 09:30:00

Victoria's Secret, owned by Limited Brands Inc., is dropping its racy televised fashion show this year, but a spokesman for the company told CNN/Money on Monday that it has very little to do with Janet Jackson's breast-baring move at this year's Super Bowl.

CNNMoney: Sexing up Victoria's Secretupdated: Thu Apr 08 2004 14:59:00

Its panties, bras, and bustiers have come to define 21st-century risqué, yet walking into a cushy pink Victoria's Secret store has often felt like a journey back to the Victorian era -- more innocent cherub than sexpot angel.

Business 2.0: Sexing Up Victoria's Secret The lingerie retailer's revamped New York flagship signals a new look for malls nationwide, bringingupdated: Thu Apr 01 2004 00:01:00

Its panties, bras, and bustiers have come to define 21st-century risqu?, yet walking into a cushy pink Victoria's Secret store has often felt like a journey back to the Victorian era--more innocent...

Money Magazine: Phoney Baloneyupdated: Thu Apr 01 2004 00:01:00

Looked closely at your phone bill lately? If so, you'll find more padding than in a Victoria's Secret Miracle Bra. Research firm TNS Telecoms says taxes and fees now make up a quarter of the averag...

CNNMoney: Playing defense in a rocky marketupdated: Thu Mar 25 2004 16:02:00

After months of steady gains, the stock market has lost its balance. Fears about the economy, turmoil in the Middle East and potential terrorism sent the Dow plummeting more than 700 points since late February.

CNNMoney: When love is a handy drill setupdated: Wed Jan 28 2004 10:16:00

Valentine's Day is creeping ever closer and you're planning to shell out that little bit extra this year for the person you love.

Overseer expands his horizonsupdated: Thu Jan 22 2004 15:01:00

British DJ Rob Overseer is used to being heard, not seen.

Money Magazine: A Nose For Businessupdated: Wed Oct 01 2003 00:01:00

We've long known that scents sell, but a recent study in the Journal of Business Research shows just how powerfully "ambient odors" can stimulate spending. "Clean" scents like lavender and citrus m...

FSB: Les Wexner Limited Brandsupdated: Mon Sep 01 2003 00:01:00

When Leslie Wexner was in college, he really wanted to become an architect. His father, however, didn't think that was a good idea. As it turns out, sometimes fathers do know best. Following his da...

Fortune: Thongs Unter Allesupdated: Mon Apr 28 2003 00:01:00

When mighty forces collide, the unexpected often results. Take, on the one hand, the presidency of the United States, and on the other, the thong. When Monica Lewinsky gave Bill Clinton a glimpse o...

FSB: Who Are You? What celebrity entrepreneur do you most resemble? Our personality quiz tells all.updated: Sat Jun 01 2002 00:01:00

You arrive at a gala, but they're out of caviar. You:

FSB: Josie Natori NATORI CO. FOUNDER, CEOupdated: Thu Nov 01 2001 00:01:00

Josie Natori doesn't need to uncover Victoria's Secret. she already knows it. After leaving wall Street as a Merrill Lynch exec in the late '70s, she founded Natori Co. in 1977. It has since grown ...

Fortune: U.S. Textiles Hang In With High Tech Despite huge advances in productivity and innovation, the industry is hurting badly. Some cupdated: Mon Apr 16 2001 00:01:00

The U.S. textile industry--5,000 makers of yarns and fabrics, some huge, some tiny, with total sales of $58 billion last year--is astonishingly innovative and productive. The industry spent $2 bill...

Money Magazine: Eliminate The Guessworkupdated: Fri Dec 01 2000 00:01:00

Thanks to a relatively new feature on most major shopping sites, feigned happiness and covert returns could become a thing of the past. With an online wish list, you compile a list of what you want...

Money Magazine: The Limited Is (Almost) In Style Two good quarters aren't a turnaround, but the pattern has been set.updated: Mon Nov 01 1999 00:01:00

In a loft studio near New York City's Union Square, designers for Structure, the men's clothing chain, hunch over their sketches, surrounded by piles of vintage jeans, stacks of magazines marked wi...

Money Magazine: SIX GREAT STOCKS FOR THE NEXT BULL MARKETupdated: Sat Feb 01 1997 00:01:00

We know you're not complaining about the fact that the U.S. stock market has risen more than 60% over the past two years. But, like Alan Greenspan and a lot of savvy investors, you may be worried t...

Fortune: HERESY STRIKES MADISON AVENUEupdated: Mon Jun 27 1994 00:01:00

Familiarity breeds contentment at advertising agencies, where brand awareness -- the industry's most cited measurement -- is generally viewed as the best indicator of a brand's strength. Wrong, ret...

Money Magazine: YOUR 1993 GUIDE TO CORPORATELY CORRECT EXECUTIVE GIFTSupdated: Wed Dec 01 1993 00:01:00

Now that '80s excesses have been re-engineered by '90s ethics, you must take care that de rigueur holiday business gifts won't be greeted by the big chill. To do the seasonal right thing, take heed...

Fortune: MR. WEXNER BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSEupdated: Mon Jul 29 1991 00:01:00

Sales per store dropped for the first time since the 1970s at his flagship Limited division last year. But every recession-weary retailer should have Leslie Wexner's problems. Led by its saucy Vict...

Fortune: THE NEW CHAMPS OF RETAILING In this battered business, the gap between the successful and the merely surviving is widening everyupdated: Mon Sep 24 1990 00:01:00

THE WRECKAGE in retailing has piled up so high that you need to check every week to see who's in and who's out of business. Once-proud names -- B. Altman, Bonwit Teller, Garfinckel's -- have closed...

Money Magazine: DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS Now that we have your attention, read the story and find out how to buy lingerie like this.updated: Mon Dec 01 1986 00:01:00

This Christmas season, visions of silken negligees are dancing in women's heads. Although lingerie has always been a popular holiday gift, the especially luxurious garments available today make wom...

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