sex sells

Looking for extra cash? Take your top off. More and more women are doing exactly that; dancing at Gentleman's Clubs, doing adult photos and appearing in films. With the economic downturn, it is a flexible and quick way to make some extra cash. The women choosing these options are from a variety of...

Some of the world's greatest condom manufacturers are based in America. There was a time when the words "made in the USA," stamped on a box of prophylactics, were a reassuring mark of quality, a veritable guarantee that the enclosed pessary would not fail in its appointed duty.

The slow global economy is now hurting the sex industry. Customers at "Big Eropolis," an erotic fair near Paris that bills itself as the biggest of its kind in the world, are spending less on sex toys, massage oils and other products, according to a Reuters story. "We are hit by the financial...

The jig is up for a Swiss gigolo found guilty of defrauding and blackmailing a German woman. The 44-year-old male escort convinced married BMW heiress Susanne Klatten to give him $9 million, and tried to get millions more from her in return for not outing her for her infidelity....

A Harvard Business School assistant professor who had access to customer receipts from dozens of adult websites found something titillating: The more conservative and religious a state is, the more likely its residents are to buy Web porn.As someone who helps big companies like Microsoft and AOL...

While it's not strictly recommended to let children drink caffeinated beverages, it's rare that a coffee shop restricts its fare to the over-18 set. If it were any other sort of business, I'd be up their protesting my kids' right to drink coffee (my two youngest children love the stuff), but I...

Call Christina Warthen the ultimate working girl. The 35-year-old Warthen apparently paid off $300,00 in Stanford Law School student loans by working that "other" oldest profession: prostitution.But apparently her brains weren't as honed as her beauty. She bragged about this feat online and got...

Hooters is finally seeing some competition.Turns out some restaurant entrepreneurs are realizing that what Hooters has on offer (good food, served by pretty, buxom young women), is a recipe for success, even in the current economic environment. Restaurants like Twin Peaks and Bone Daddy's, both of...

Some women might think inclusion on a list like "25 Hottest Women of Business" is insulting or anti-feminist. I could only dream of being included on such a list. To have brains and be considered über-hot? That would be a supreme honor.I've never even heard of several women on this list, but...

I guess sex still sells. And sells well.This blog post in the New York Times writes of a Wall Street area "gentlemen's" club owner who says his business has risen 20% since all this financial sturm und drang has begun. Call it the retail therapy of the Master of the Universe set. When things look...