[Automotive] The program, "The Black Voices Weekly Wire," part of AOL's Blackvoices.com channel, is a six-week, three-minute video recap of top entertainment news for the week. The show is hosted by Tatyana Ali, a singer and actress who was on "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air." Toyota helped develop the video program. ...Read the whole story

[Food] The first crème-filled chocolate sandwich cookie originally introduced in 1908 by the Sunshine Biscuit Company, is returning to retailers nationwide for a limited time this summer. This unique reintroduction by Kellogg Company, the brand's current owner, is in response to impassioned consumer demand and in honor of the cookie's centennial. ...Read the whole story

[Telecom] One analyst says the deal strengthens Virgin Mobile's position in the market and provides services to consumers that the company would have spent millions to build from scratch. In fact, Virgin Mobile USA CEO Dan Schulman says the company estimates it would take a year to build the technology platform at a cost of $25 million. ...Read the whole story

[Food] Americans may be watching pennies these days, but we're not about to let rising food costs or health-consciousness rain on our Fourth of July BBQs. According to research from The Nielsen Company, sales of most traditional Fourth food and beverage items during the four weeks around the holiday should match or exceed sales during the same period last year. ...Read the whole story

[Automotive] June is predicted to be a 1.2 million month for auto sales--a 16.7% decrease from June 2007 and a 13.3% decrease from May this year. Because of market jitters and high-flying gas prices, the firm is lowering its 2008 full-year sales prediction of 15.5 million units to 14.9 million units, a number that hasn't been seen in years. ...Read the whole story

[Retail] Branded MySpace pages are old hat, but the latest marketer to set up shop in the Web's largest social network is not like the others. Famed French jeweler and watchmaker Cartier has chosen to kick-off an online campaign for its latest collection, Love by Cartier, on MySpace. ...Read the whole story

Some companies invest large sums of money in multiple analytics programs only to throw up their hands and not use any program because they didn't ... ...More