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...name Drank has roots in Houston's hip-hop scene; "purple drank" is a slang term for an illegal concoction that mixes codeine syrup with soft drinks or alcohol. Several Houston community leaders have protested the beverage's name, arguing that it glorifies the drug culture. Bianchi, however, insists that Drank, despite its purple can and name, is not referring to purple drank. Of course it isn't. "The word drank is celebratory slang," he says. "The name of my product is hip and fun to say: 'I'm going to get my drank on,' " Bianchi says, sounding quite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Anti–Red Bull: A Drink to Calm You Down | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...consumers are drinking it up. Bianchi, whose company trades publicly on the over-the-counter market, is making very bold promises for Drank and its potential shareholders. "By the end of the year, I will be in every grocery store in America and every food-drug chain in America, just like Red Bull," Bianchi boasts. "I'm in negotiations with every major drug chain and every major grocery store chain, and I will go on the record and say it's with them contacting us, without our solicitation to them." Bianchi rattles off the list of chains he says have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Anti–Red Bull: A Drink to Calm You Down | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...only thing that will get us out of this mess is to pull together - legal and illegal, American and non-American. This is a global problem, and massive deportation will only make things worse. Where do you think these deported immigrants will find jobs? Maybe with the drug gangs south of the border? Or perhaps with the pirates off the coast of Somalia? Let's not forget that a newly recruited pirate, extremist or mercenary for a drug cartel is much worse than an honest, hardworking immigrant looking for a better life. Pablo Cortes, INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Workers | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...avoid seeking scapegoats during the economic crisis. In the end the only thing that will get us out of this mess is to pull together legal and illegal, foreign worker and local. Where do you think these deported immigrants will find jobs back home? In Mexico, perhaps with the drug cartels south of the border. Or why not with outfits like the pirates off the coast of Somalia? Let's not forget that a newly recruited extremist, or a new mercenary serving smugglers and drug lords, is much worse than an honest, hardworking immigrant looking for a better life. Pablo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...filing sold off. Notable new equity investments include $9.7 million worth of shares in Rupert Murdoch’s media giant News Corp.; $16 million in China Mobile, the world’s biggest wireless-phone carrier; $13 million in Teva Pharmaceutical, the world’s largest generic drug maker; and $3.5 million in Sprint Nextel Corp.The increasing emphasis on emerging market equity has likely helped hedge against dramatic declines in the domestic stock market. While the S&P 500 fell 12 percent from Dec. 31 to March 31, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index has remained essentially flat over...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMC Reshuffles Equity Investments | 5/17/2009 | See Source »

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