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Can FDA control the safety of imported pharmaceuticals? Monitor foreign drug factories? Keep out unsafe foreign shipments at the border? FDA Deputy Commissioner Joshua Sharfstein's answers are no, no, and no. Source: BNET Full story

You still can't say "vagina" in a network TV ad, The New York Times reports, even if the ad is for tampons. "Down there" is out as well, Kotex and its ad agency, JWT, were told by networks as they attempted to launch a new campaign for tampons that skewers some of the more ludicrous conventions for talking about feminine hygiene products -- blue liquid, ... Full story

The closing of 145 Men's Wearhouse and Tux stores makes sense for the company since they already duplicate a service offered at nearby namesake locations. There is also room to grow another company chain. Source: BNET Full story

Williams-Sonoma (WSM) woke up and smelled the profits for its homeware brands--and they're online. So they plan to close up to one-quarter of their stores. The closure plan is smart for several reasons: It cuts overhead to match the new economic reality, drives customers toward more-profitable ecommerce purchasing, and returns the Williams-Sonoma and Pottery Barn brands to a more exclusive position that helps boost their ... Full story

Phonebooth gives you a new phone number for your new (or existing) business, then routes inbound calls wherever you need them to go: landline, cell, etc. It's a lot like Google Voice, only not as confusing. Source: BNET Full story

Google should consider buying Palm as a way to battle legal challenges from Apple. Source: BNET Full story

OSI Pharmaceuticals (OSIP) rejected the $3.5 billion hostile takeover launched by Astellas Pharma, and the biotech is assembling an all-star defense as it prepares for battle. Source: BNET Full story

In a big press conference today in San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium, Toyota struck back against Prius driver James Sikes' claims that he was standing on the brake pedal, trying to get his out-of-control hybrid car to stop, but just couldn't. Since then investigators from both Toyota and the Federal government have gone through the car. A Toyota spokesman listed their findings: 1) The gas pedal ... Full story

Energy efficiency experts have cast around for a few years for a good way to describe exactly what they do. The concept is simple. If you replace, say, 100 watt incandescent light bulb with a 17 watt fluorescent, you've saved energy. But how to describe negative energy? The Rosenfeld may be the solution, proposed this week in the scientific journal Environmental Research Letters. The Rosenfeld ... Full story

When it comes to inspired shopping and restaurants, airports have nearly always been at the bottom of the must-list. For years, cafeteria food and crappy gift shops filled space in airports, to nobody's delight. That has been changing, and now LA-based developer Rick Caruso wants to get in on it. Caruso is known for building large shopping/dining destination complexes like The Grove in Los Angeles. ... Full story