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This article is focused on the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (Nascar) driver Tony Stewart. In 2008, Stewart purchased a fifty percent share of the Nascar team Haas CNC Racing, renamed to Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR). Stewart drives for SHR along with his teammate Ryan Newman. SHR is valued at 98 million dollars in 2010, an increase of 23 percent over its 2009 value.

The article focuses on entrepreneurs Lance Kalish and Ido Leffler and their skin and hair care product company Yes To. It states that Yes To makes cosmetic products formulated from organically grown fruits and vegetables. It talks about how the company overreached in filling orders from drugstore chain Walgreens and television network Home Shopping Network in 2007. It mentions a failed advertising campaign in 2007; Leffler comments that his company should have focused more on social media.

The article reports on the 5th Annual Hollywood Gala and Tournament fundraiser that was held in February 2012 in Los Angeles, California, which featured celebrities such as actor Jon Hamm, musician Moby and country singer LeAnn Rimes.

The article reports that Oracle Racing has unveiled a bigger AC 72 boat that it will use for the 2013 America's Cup yacht race.

The article reports on the move by the motion picture studio Miramax to focus on distributing its top new films through the social networking Web site Facebook and other platforms.

The article reports on the Music Mastermind music making business started by Matt Serletic, a Grammy Award-winning producer/songwriter and the former head of Virgin Records, to compete with Apple's Garageband and iTune.

The article reveals the reason behind ESPN's aggressive three-dimensional (3D) strategy, as told by ESPN Executive Vice President (EVP) of Sales and Marketing Sean Bratches.

The article focuses on a video in which Arabella Associates' Eric Kessler shares the top five trends for wealthy donors in 2012.

The article features Marquese Scott, an Internet sensation when he danced to the hit song "Pumped Up Kicks" that went viral.

The article presents several reasons for not investing in the online social networking company Facebook in 2012. Rob Black, financial advisor at Wealth Preservation & Retirement Planning, points to a slowdown in monthly/daily active users and increasing costs and expenses. Business analyst Kjetil Faye Lund warns about the falling popularity of the online social network.

The article describes television fitness celebrity and entrepreneur Jillian Michael's style of taking investments and endorsements as exemplified by her affixing her name and brand behind the promotion of Popchips and Jawbone and Nike's BodyMedia FIT installed with computer data analytics software.

The article focuses on the criticism of the integration of philanthropy into the business model of Google by rhythm and blues (R&B) artist 50 Cent, owner of the energy drink firm Street King and SMS Audio, in January 2012. According to 50 Cent, a social model can be created by all companies at inception. He points out that extreme poverty will be alleviated by 1% of businesses. Also mentioned is the plan of the musician to grow his business empire to feed the world.

The article previews the Toughpad Android tablet computer from Panasonic.

The article shares the views of Home Shopping Network (HSN) chief executive officer (CEO) Mindy Grossman on the most popular gadgets for women in 2012.

The article reports on the claims by Sharp chief executive officer (CEO) Kozo Takahashi and chief marketing officer (CMO) Bob Scaglione that Google and Apple are possible competitors in the television (TV) market as they are said to be developing next generation TVs.

The article reports on the claim by Sharp chief executive officer (CEO) Kozo Takahashi that customers are not keen in adopting the technologies being introduced in the consumer electronics market such as the high-definition television (HD TV).

In the article, the author features singer Akon and his business projects. He claims that Akon attended the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada to promote his newest headphone products. He cites the three-dimensional (3D) movie firm that is being established in Bollywood by Akon. According to Akon, he will devote 75% of his time in the movie and television industries in 2012.

The article offers information on Magisto, a video editing software for iPhone users.

The article offers information on the Swivl, a remote-controlled iPhone holder that senses movements and follows a user on camera as he moves around.

The article offers brief information on the Arrows ES IS12F waterproof smartphone from Fujitsu.

The article features Microsoft's Tony Scott, who is said to be a good guitar player but not a good dancer.

The article offers information on facelift devices including the Nuface Microcurrent Toner & Lifter, the Clarisonic Mia Sonic Skin Cleansing System, and the Tanda Zap.

The video featuring Cadir Lee, chief technology officer (CTO) of Zynga is presented.

The article reports on Tango, a Mobile Communications App. It discusses plans of Tango to bring in revenues from its more than 30 million active users, citing features based on "freemium" model for video messaging and storage and video animation. Comment from Eric Setton, Tango co-founder and chief technology officer (CTO), is presented.

The article focuses on the annual Mai Tai Kite Camp in Maui which was founded by Charles River Ventures' Partner Bill Tai and professional kiteboarder Susi Mai. Silicon Valley techies who have attended the annual conference on a Maui Beach has witnessed big returns amounting to more than 7 billion U.S. dollars in exits over the past two years. Transactions were suspected to have occurred during kiteboarding activities such as Facebook's acquisitions of Gowalla and Friend.ly.

The article discusses Sun Microsystems co-founder Scott McNealy's return from retirement to create the next wave social as the Chairman of Wayin, an app that allows people and companies to spark conversations with others via photo sharing.

The article discusses Morgan Guenther's attempt to reinvent the magazine by creating a new digital platform for magazines and newspapers called Next Issue .

The article reports on the decision of Tony Fadell, the creator of the portable media player iPod, to build thermostats.

The article focuses on the list of the Most Powerful Women with Klout from Forbes.

The article features 15-year-old application (app) designer Pierce Freeman. It offers information about his second app approved by Apple company called Boomerang in which users can maintain their position on the web page they are browsing before the session had timed out. It notes the threat posed by Google and its new offerings to Boomerang's beta collection. It mentions that Freeman has five other businesses as well and says his inspiration is the late Apple founder Steve Jobs.

The article reports on a dollar fund that was put up by venture capitalist Vinod Khosla for what he refers to as the Clean Dozen, which will unsubsidize clean tech firms whom he believes can achieve strong market competitiveness in Internet and mobile technology.

The article presents two web-based video interviews of Benchmark's Bill Gurley about disruptions to technology and opportunities for startups such as the cloud and the redesign of the tablet computer by Apple, and what he considers Silicon Valley's reckless behavior in creating the next big bubble.

The article announces that Hayley Hoverter, a student at Fowntown Magnet High School in East Los Angeles, California, has won in the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship's (NFTE) Annual National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge. Hayley's idea is to make soluble sugar packets for distribution to coffee shops around the world. Her company, called Sweet dis(Solve), commits to plant a tree for every box purchased of her innovated products to offset carbon emissions and reduce world waste.

The article discusses the development of video calling platform Tango. Tango reportedly has more than 23 million users in 190 countries, with an estimated 80,000 new users added per day on mobile. An overview of an article about the company in Forbes.com is presented. Eric Setton is designated as one of the co-founders of Tango.

An interview with Tim Westergren, founder and chief strategy officer of online radio service company Pandora, is presented. According to Westergren, the biggest competition for Pandora remains broadcast radio and not Web-based or satellite radio. He states that although Pandora has yet to dominate the business of radio, the company's growth rate is solid. He adds that it is going to take some time before the company can get a big part of the listening audience away from traditional radio.