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High-end yoga retailer lululemon athletica has been offering tote bags emblazoned with the phrase "Who is John Galt?" Apparently, the answer is: Someone yoga practitioners are ready to boycott. Seems Ayn Rand's selfish Objectivism doesn't mix well with lululemon's customer base.

Athleta, a women's sportswear merchant that the Gap bought in 2008, opened its first two East Coast stores in New York this week. At a time when 200 Gap stores are closing, Athleta is sprinting toward its goal of 50 stores by 2013. But can it beat out its fast-growing competitors?

Among the questions investors should consider in the new year: Is Chinese the new language of the Internet? Will the demand for silver continue into 2011? Does the January Effect really work in the stock market?

Some of the day's top online stories for investors, including Warren Buffett's worst trade ever, what typically happens when Apple gaps down big on earnings, and a quick way to make a million.

Spa lovers rejoice! SpaFinder.com is offering discounts on massages and facials to make them more affordable for regular folks like you and me as part of their Deal Days promotion. Treatments are either 50% off or a flat $50. The catch is that you do not get to chose the treatment. The spa decides...

At the top of my list of favorite pseudo-holidays (like National Pancake Day) is National Yoga Month. This September, there are free yoga classes, free week-long yoga studio passes, and other events to celebrate a type of exercise that relaxes the body and the mind. I'm a yogi - can you tell? If...

I've been in New York a month now -- being ambitious, networking, developing new projects, trying to sell existing ones -- so I decided it was time for a break. I deliberately didn't schedule anything for the whole weekend, thinking I could use it to catch up on some of the things I've neglected,...

I've always found it much easier to meet people while we're enjoying recreation together; golf, whitewater rafting, bicycling, all put me in a convivial state of mind. If you feel the same, and if you're looking for romance, you might wonder what kinds of recreation would offer you the best...

Some of the best reads for investors from around the Web, including the best- and worst-performing industries of the decade, and interview with Warren Buffett, and top stock picks for 2010.

Almost every day, I get an email from Gap Inc. That's because its web operation spans Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic and online shoe emporium Piperlime -- so there's always a new shipment coming in or sale going down.Back in April, though, Gap Inc. sent out a different kind of email. "Introducing...