A Brawl Nearly Erupted Between The Lions And 49ers After Their Coaches Got Into A Postgame Scuffle

San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh got in a minor scuffle with Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz after the Niners' 25-19 win today.

After a brief postgame handshake, Schwartz began chasing after the giddy Harbaugh. At that point, multiple players became involved, the the two teams squared off near the tunnel.

Nothing came of it, but it was pretty close to an ugly scene.

After the game, Schwartz said Harbaught cursed at him.

Here's what he said, from PFT:

“I went to congratulate [Jim] Harbaugh and got shoved out of the way. . . .  I didn’t expect an obscenity at that point.”

Here's the video (the incident starts 20 seconds in):

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AT&T Customers Are Having Huge Problems Activating Their New iPhones Today (T, AAPL)

We're hearing that several AT&T customers are having a difficult time getting their new iPhone 4S to activate on AT&T today.

For the fifth year in a row, AT&T's servers have been slammed with so many people trying to activate their iPhones at the same time.

On Twitter we've read about wait times ranging from 15 minutes to two hours for the activation to go through.

In one case, we saw a tweet where an AT&T rep told a customer he would have to wait 24-48 hours for his iPhone to activate. (We've since been updated that this user was able to activate his phone, and AT&T reps aren't supposed to say the wait is 24-48 hours to customers.)

There are a few complaints about slow activation times on Sprint and Verizon, but the vast majority are about AT&T.

To see for yourself, Gizmodo created this handy search on Twitter.

Why is this bad? Because your iPhone is a brick until the activation goes through.

We're in contact with AT&T reps and still waiting on a statement.

UPDATE: We finally heard back from AT&T. They said today is a record day for activations, but did not comment on how long it will take customers to get their phones working. Here's the full statement:

As of 4:30 pm ET today, AT&T had already activated a record number of iPhones on our network – and is on-track to double our previous record for activations on a single day. These record volumes may produce slower activations for some customers, though our systems continue to run at record levels.

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These EU Countries Had Their Employment Levels Crushed By The Great Recession

We may be closer to the next recession than the last one, but Eurofound published some figures this week that gave an insight into employment trends during the turbulent period between the second quarter of 2008 and the second quarter of 2010.

The recession hit EU countries in different ways when it came to employment. Some were affected only very slightly, losing a small percentage of their work force. Others, towards the top of our list, were impacted a little bit more.

Though the figures here represent the change in employment from Q2 2008 to Q2 2010, it is interesting to note when unemployment started to rise in each nation and when it stopped. For some, the decline was already coming before 2008.

Overall there was a net loss of 5 million jobs in the EU. The Eurozone saw a 2.3 percent drop in employment during the period.

So, who got hit hardest?

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The Red Sox Owners Think MLB Is 'Socialistic,' Want To Keep Their Own Revenue

The Boston Globe's in-depth article on why and how the hard-drinking Boston Red Sox collapsed has the sports world buzzing.

But if you read one article about the Sox today, make it David Conn's feature on owner John W. Henry in The Guardian.

Here are three highlights:

The Red Sox resent the revenue sharing imposed by Major League Baseball. Revenue sharing in MLB pales in comparison to the NFL. But teams like the Sox and Yankees still have to give up a cut of their cash to smaller clubs. Writes Conn: "[Owner] Tom Werner was quite open that, as a richer franchise, Fenway resents how much money it is taxed, which is not publicly disclosed."

Henry knew "virtually nothing" after Liverpool or English soccer before buying the club. This is a remarkable statement for an American EPL owner to make considering the fact that English fans generally resent American owners already.

Henry's concise explanation on the philosophy that made the Red Sox great in the last 10 years: "We'll look at stats no one else will look at, employ scouting in a way that has a compelling organisational context, question everything and everyone and ensure we have the best player development curriculum and protocols. In short, we are determined to outwork everyone else and hopefully be smarter every year."

Beyond those three points, the piece is great because takes an outsider's view of American sports.

Conn obviously knows little about baseball (he says Fenway has "the expansiveness of a cricket ground"). But his detachment makes for some interesting observations, like this one about Red Sox fans:

With The Star Spangled Banner sung before the game by the pure young voices of Scouts or glee clubs, the baseball frames an idealised vision of how much of middle America would like to see their country. To the English eye, the Red Sox fans, agreeable enough even in defeat, seem a world away from a sporting passion that anybody could possibly describe as more important than life and death.

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BABY GOT BACK! Stars Who Made Their Careers Based On Their Rears

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In recent years more than a few Hollywood stars have managed to launch their careers solely on the strength of their...assets.

Pippa Middleton, who stole the world's, er, attention this past April with her bottom clinging bridesmaid dress is reportedly set to make an unintentional foray into the film scene.

A UK film company says they producing a biopic about Pippa's life in response to increased interest...in how she pulled off that dress?

No matter.  Pippa is merely the latest person to back their way into Hollywood.  Here are some others.

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Wen Jiabao Rejects Talk Of Saving Europe: "Debt-Laden Economies Must First Put Their Own Houses In Order"

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The stock market rallied for the last two days on a Financial Times rumor that China would buy “significant” quantities of bonds and stakes in strategic companies from Italy.

There was not much truth to those rumors, and I never thought there was in the first place. Certainly the bond market never believed believed the rumors judging from yields on Italian bonds.

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Japanese stocks dropped after Premier Wen Jiabao said debt-laden economies “must first put their own houses in order,” damping speculation China would rescue Europe from an escalating crisis that has sent global financial markets plunging.

“Developed countries must take responsible fiscal and monetary policies,” Wen said. “What is most important now is to prevent the further spread of the sovereign debt crisis in Europe.”

China is willing to help, but only after Europe solves the crisis and no longer needs help.

QE2 Completely Unwound

Bloomberg reports Asia Stocks at Lowest in a Year as China Signals Europe Bailout Reluctance

Asian stocks fell, with the regional benchmark index set for its lowest in more than a year, after the Chinese premier said economies “must put their own houses in order” and not rely on bailouts from China.

Stocks fell today as Chinese Premier Wen signaled developed nations should cut deficits and create jobs rather than relying on China to bail out the world economy. Stocks had gained in the U.S. on Sept. 12 after the Financial Times reported that Italy aims to sell “significant” quantities of bonds and stakes in strategic companies to China.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 1.5 percent to 116.49 as of 12:43 p.m. in Tokyo after earlier rising as much as 0.3 percent. The measure is set to close at its lowest level since Aug. 25, 2010, having erased all the gains since U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman unveiled a $600 billion, second round of asset purchases that came to be known as QE2.

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Asia Pacific (click on link to refresh) is down across the board except for China which is up slightly. US S&P 500 futures are off about 12 points. The important reaction, however, us not Asia or the US but the European markets, particularly the Italian bond market and European banks.

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Australian Ikea Store Builds A Playroom For Men Where Wives Can Drop Their Husbands While They Go Shop

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An Ikea store in Sydney, Australia, has either set retail shopping forward by three decades or set gender equality back by three decades—you decide: they're testing out Manland, which is, as one local newscaster describes it, "basically a creche for husbands and boyfriends with short retail attention spans, a place to hang out while their wives and girlfriends run the aisles of Ikea."

Think ultimate man-cave stuff such as video games, foosball tables, free hot dogs, pinball machines, and oddly enough, no books. (Apparently reading is not encouraged in Manland!) As with Ikea's childcare creche, women dropping off their husbands and boyfriends are given a buzzer. "After 30 minutes, the buzzer goes off, it reminds you that you have to come pick up your man or else, you know, we may have to all the authorities," explains one Ikea sales associate.

Clearly there are a number of loopholes in this whole program, not the least being the fact that it overlooks gay couples. And secondly, when is 30 minutes ever enough time to successfully navigate an Ikea.

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Magazine Publishers Are Basically Just Stealing Cable's Business Model For Their Tablet Plans

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The magazine tablet business model sure looks a lot like that of the cable companies'.

David Carey, president of Hearst Magazines, explained at Paid Content's advertising conference: 

How many people here pay more than $2,000 per year for their cable bill? A lot, but the companies don't ask you for that all at once. They want $160 per month. 

For the magazine business, what tablets allow us to do is to get into continuous service monthly billing. We're selling a lot at a $1.99 per month. That's $24 per year, which is often more than you get in print.

Presumably, the lifetime value will be longer because we don't have to go through this archaic process to go back after 12 months and say, "Are you sure you want to continue with this?" So it takes all the friction out of the retention business.

We're seeing really good numbers there. 

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The 15 Wackiest Things People Have Listed On Their Resumes

Given that 45 percent of human resources managers say they spend less than a minute, on average, on each job application they see, it’s understandable that some people might go overboard in trying to bring some individuality to their work history. But would you list your unique ability to do the moonwalk in the “special skills” section of your resume?

That’s actually not the wackiest resume mistake CareerBuilder uncovered in a survey of 2,600 employers nationwide, who were asked to recall the most unusual resumes they’d ever seen. It seems safe to assume none of these people were hired, but since CareerBuilder didn’t specifically ask, I guess there’s an outside shot that one of these tactics actually worked. (Although probably not the one about being arrested for assaulting a former boss.)

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Lessons Learned

Can’t you be even a little imaginative in putting together your resume? No, says CareerBuilder’s vice president of human resources, Rosemary Haefner. “Creativity and personal touches may seem tempting to some job seekers, but many times, it’s a disqualifying distraction.”

Instead, Haefner suggests job seekers stick with the basics:

Stay relevant. Customize your resume to each individual position, highlighting the experience that makes you best-suited to that particular post.Stay readable. If there’s no white space on your resume, reformat it to make it easier on the eyes. A wall of unbroken gray text is off-putting–especially if it’s the fiftieth resume someone’s seen that day.Write a compelling professional summary. Ditch the ‘Objective’ line in favor of a two-sentence description of your relevant experience. This is the ‘hook’ that can convince a recruiter, HR pro, or hiring manager to spend a little more time on your application.Proofread. It’s too easy for hiring managers to disqualify you based on a typo-if you don’t care about making sure your resume is perfect, what does that say about your level of conscientiousness? Proofread it yourself, and before sending it out, ask a few friends to proofread your resume for you.

What are your best tips for getting the attention of hiring managers? And which attention-getting ploys are sure to fail?

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Nine Companies That Destroyed Their Largest Competitors

Most companies want to be number one in their markets. Once there, however, they have trouble keeping the top spot for long.

They are flanked by smaller, nimbler companies that have better products or make innovations that change the industry and how its serves its customers.

24/7 Wall St. reviewed several industries in which the number one company was recently toppled from its position.

We looked at the weaknesses of the market leader and how and why it was replaced by a rival.

The reasons often have to do with sluggishness and lack of innovation on the part of the top company.

Complacency usually pushes these leaders from their top positions, allowing a once-smaller competitor to take over the first place spot.

America’s top companies — in any industry — are unusually successful.

There’s no better example than Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), the largest corporation in the U.S. based on market capitalization.

The iPhone is the most popular smartphone and the iPad is the most popular tablet PC. Apple’s lead position in its markets helps it to be the most profitable company in its industry.

Its reputation as the  top consumer electronics company even helps it market products. Thinking it must be the best, many customers like to use the first place product.

However, there are disadvantages to being at the top. Market leaders are usually the target of competitors that want to gain market share. Take the premium streaming video business, where Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) holds the top spot with 25 million customers. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Walmart (NYSE: WMT), and Apple also want to be successful in the business. To do that, they naturally imitate Netflix’s service and prices in order to take its customers. They wouldn’t normally target the number three or four company in the sector.

Competition is but one of the challenges, and the first place position is hardly guaranteed. General Motors (NYSE: GM) was the world’s largest car company from the end of World War II until three years ago. Poor product decisions and high labor costs nearly took the company under, helping rival Toyota (NYSE: TM) move into the top spot. Blockbuster was the number one company in the video rental business until the model for the industry changed. Instead, DVD rentals by mail became popular because it is less expensive to mail DVDs than to run thousands of DVD stores. That’s when Netflix flanked Blockbuster by creating the DVD-by-mail business and becoming the top video rental company in the U.S.

Despite challenges, many companies have been able to keep the first place position in their industries for a long time. Walmart has been the largest retailer in the U.S. for almost 30 years. Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) has been the largest American oil company since it was formed by a merger in 1999.

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