In July 1971, Coca-Cola debuted a commercial that remains famous in the fizz of marketing history. Shot on a hill outside Rome, the spot – featuring a diverse group of winsome, cleaned-up hippies singing a pop song with a folky vibe – was a phenomenon.

BusinessWeek : Many MRI patients are injected with a GE dye to enhance images. If they have weak kidneys, they might develop a rare and sometimes fatal disease.

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. Laurence John Peter , The Peter Principle The consumer doesn’t understand how hard it is to be a Big Bank and, therefore, expects the Big Bank to be just as concerned about its customers as the little bank was before the Big Bank swallowed it. I was reminded of that by Bill Moyers’ Journal on October 9, 2009.

As the Solar Decathlon teams compete in Washington D.C. this week to create the greenest structure possible, I find myself taking measure of my industry. We have a ways to go.

The Rationalizer bracelet has got to be one of the weirdest inventions to hit Wall St. since mortgage-backed securities. Philips Electronics and the Dutch bank ABN AMRO have teamed up to create a bracelet that tracks traders’ sweat then warns them if they’re getting too stressed — and should take a breather before making an “overly emotional” trade

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Rather than continue to pay for Ian Pearl’s million dollar medical treatments, one insurance company has decided to end certain lines of coverage altogether, reports William Ehart of the Washington Times .

Goldman Sachs reported its earnings today. For the quarter, profits from trading and principal investment were $10.03 billion, up from $2.7 billion for the same quarter last year. A year ago the company was saved by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, intervening on its behalf.