• Pentax lines up most of the same specs for its Optio M30, even including that off-the-chain -- and we're sure incredibly grainy -- 3200 ISO, but instead of a touchscreen, this M30 concentrates on a 0.7-inch thick aluminum body and a fancy auto-macro mode for spiffing up those closeups.

    ENGADGET: Pentax debuts a pair of 7 megapixel Optios, the T30 and M30

  • Meanwhile, the Placed study also found that showrooming is poised to cut into sales racked up by big spending shoppers at retailers ranging from Costco to off-price chain T.

    FORBES: Why Bed Bath And Beyond, PetSmart Should Fear Showrooming More Than Best Buy

  • In the film, an eye-patched Hopper overacts his head off while chain-smoking, swigging Jack Daniels, and zooming around on a jet ski in some kind of filthy, post-apocalyptic pirate outfit.

    FORBES: Audacious New Concept Turns Oil Rigs Into Luxury Homes

  • From the remaining small list, Gerstein had to make a judgment call and chose Tuesday Morning (nasdaq: TUES - news - people ), a Dallas-based chain of 594 off-price specialty stores in 42 states.

    FORBES: Retailer Tuesday Morning: Off Price, On Sale

  • Visitors to Vancouver were frustrated that the outdoor Olympic flame was cordoned off behind a chain-link fence (it was quickly opened up).

    ECONOMIST: Sporting success and brash patriotism

  • Wishbook, the size of a Flintstone steak, touched off a months-long chain of daydreams and fantasies about lives lived in different futures: A Ted Williams first baseman's mitt could send your fate branching off in one direction, or so it seemed, a Coleman camp stove or Roman legionnaire's sword along other avenues entirely.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • But its decision to build a five-kilometre (three-mile) chain-link fence sealing off the centre of the old city of Quebec created an unfortunate symbol of exclusion.

    ECONOMIST: A cautious yes to pan-American trade

  • Caplan says the ordinance set off a protracted civil-rights chain reaction that perhaps even Milk may not have anticipated.

    NPR: James Franco, From 'Freaks' To 'Milk'

  • In the early 1990s, dermatologist Kevin Cooper, then at the University of Michigan, observed that the binding of CD-2 to LFA-3 set off psoriasis' chain reaction.

    FORBES: Skin Deep

  • The biggest disappointment: Blockbuster, the still-suffering video chain, off 63%.

    FORBES

  • Sandy Bulloch, who currently heads the firm, started working for it in the 1940s, and built it up to a chain of 25 specialist off-sales shops, which have since been sold.

    BBC: Loch Lomond Distillers shows rise in turnover

  • Pushed by Peltz and other activist shareholders, it spun off its Tim Hortons coffee-and-donuts chain and sold its unprofitable Baja Fresh Mexican Grill.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Nutrition specialist Dr. Melina Jampolis said McCotry's regimen isn't as bad as the horror stories of people chain-smoking to stave off hunger or eking out a meager existence on cayenne-pepper-flavored water.

    CNN: The #NYFW diet: Part of the job?

  • As a result, a huge chunk of tourist dollars are spent in these areas (which tend to be saturated with blah chain stores and restaurants), while off-the-beaten-path neighborhoods are lucky to get the occasional looky-loo.

    FORBES: The Airbnb Effect: Bringing Life To Quiet Neighborhoods

  • Gone forever, it sometimes seems, are the carefree days when a chain-smoking Arnold Palmer could cadge cigarettes off reporters in the gallery and still win majors.

    ECONOMIST: Tiger Woods

  • He convinced the company to spin off coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons (nyse: THI - news - people ) and got some of his handpicked candidates on Wendy's board.

    FORBES: Food Billionaire To Buy Wendy's

  • They tryin' to write me off, so I got this diamond pendant with a thick-ass rope chain.

    FORBES

  • Escaping once from spear-throwing Turkana in northern Kenya, he felt the chain come off, but managed to coast downhill to safety.

    ECONOMIST: Ian Hibell

  • Other samples would be shipped for off-site analysis under strict protocols to protect the samples and ensure an unbroken chain of custody.

    BBC: How to investigate chemical weapons allegations

  • Ouchi and his colleagues had just set off the one thing that nuclear workers fear most - a spontaneous, uncontained nuclear chain reaction.

    CNN: 'We're Scared for Our Baby'

  • We've all seen it done, but no one's ever seen it done right -- and Steve seems to think it's going to be off the chain.

    ENGADGET: Will the iPhone be undone by its keyboard?

  • The reopening of the probe set off a chain of events that ultimately led News Corp. to close the 168-year-old News of the World.

    WSJ: Eight Charged With Phone-Hacking Offenses in U.K.

  • After some serious management upheaval, the Gap began to turn a corner this year, finally churning out fashion hits like brightly colored jeans at its flagship Gap chain, and Mad Men-inspired clothing at upscale spin-off Banana Republic.

    FORBES: The Retailers That Have the Most To Gain -- Or Lose -- This Holiday Season

  • But I'm starting to wonder whether the ECB - and the single currency - might be better off if it were more beholden to politicians, with a clear chain of accountability from democratically elected governments.

    BBC: Euro crisis: What on earth does ECB do now?

  • Groopman's research showed that during the course of illness, belief and expectation -- two mental states associated with hope -- have an impact on the nervous system which, in turn, sets off a chain reaction that makes improvement and recovery more likely.

    CNN: How hope can help you heal

  • Wearing ankle bracelets, handcuffs, and a belly chain, Dellelo was marched into a thirteen-by-eight-foot off-white cell.

    NEWYORKER: Hellhole

  • Starting this week, the 110-year-old department store chain will bring back some of the sales that it swore off last year, the Associated Press reports.

    FORBES: J.C. Penney Returning To Gimmicky Sales Shows A Turnaround In Tumult

  • Wal-Mart ( WMT) shares are off today, despite an 11% increase in EPS, because third-quarter sales for the chain came in a tad under the preferences of analysts.

    FORBES: Connect

  • Several closely-packed cars were jostling for position at top speed when they got tangled up, setting off a dangerous chain reaction that ensnared a number of vehicles.

    CNN: February 24, 2013 -- Updated 0407 GMT (1207 HKT)

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