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FIBO, The Leading International Trade Show for Fitness, Wellness and Health An indoor climbing station is exhibited at international fitness trade show FIBO. More outdoor sports are moving indoors at luxury gyms, according to the expo’s director. Once considered something of a niche hobby, gym-based fitness training has steadily risen in popularity over the past few decades, reflecting increasing concerns ...

Little, Brown and Company; Harper ‘David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants’ by Malcolm Gladwell and ‘Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence’ by Daniel Goleman Whether your plan for new year is to be happier, sharper or more empathetic, these top inspiration and personal development books from 2013 will help you succeed. David and Goliath Will ...

SEBASTIAN WILLNOW/AFP/Getty Images Though long vilified by critics, Kiss (L-R) Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Paul Stanley have finally been rewarded for their populist brand of three chord rock — with a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame gets a strong Noo Yawk accent this year. Its induction ceremony will ...

When Sony bought Gaikai 18 months ago for $ 380 million, it was clear that the entertainment titan had big plans for the cloud service. Now, Sony is hinting that we’ll start seeing products based on those plans within a year. A developer beta will supposedly begin early in 2014, with a full North American rollout before the end of ...

Christopher Polk The always modest Kanye West will undoubtedly be in contention at the Grammys for his CD “Yeezus.” Music fans, brace yourself. This Friday at 10 p.m. the Grammy Awards’ 2014 nominees will be announced in a televised CBS special, an event that inevitably leads to teeth-gnashing and tears — and not just among the stars who go unmentioned. ...

Karl Lagerfeld For the Spring 2014 season, Karl Lagerfeld has presented a slightly larger version of the Karl 7 watch, now available in white high-tech ceramic. The celebrity couturier’s brand is presenting a brand new watch collection for the Spring 2014 season. Rather than reinventing the wheel for this new line, Karl Lagerfeld has simply updated some of the brand’s ...

Hydrogen, not Botox or movie openings, is the talk of LA this week. Hyundai says it will begin selling a hydrogen-powered Tucson compact SUV in 2014. It’s one of several auto show announcements this week in Los Angeles and Tokyo about hydrogen fuel cell vehicles being readied for production. Hyundai says this will be the first mass-market hydrogen vehicle available ...

The unremarkable Chevrolet Spark, gasoline edition, becomes a desirable, almost cheap urban commuter car when you swap in an electric motor. What’s more, with the Spark EV, the smartphone-based navigation starts to fulfill the promise of significant apps running off your phone and streamed to the car’s LCD display. With the gas-powered Spark, people say, “It’s easy to park and ...