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Spanx CEO Has a Huge Surprise for Employees

Each one got $10K, two first-class plane tickets to anywhere

(Newser) - Spanx is now worth $1.2 billion, and to celebrate the occasion last week, CEO Sara Blakely gave each employee $10,000 and two first-class airplane tickets to anywhere in the world. That's twice the amount of savings, $5,000, she started the shapewear company with in 2000, the...

Spanx Can Hurt Your Organs
 Spanx Can Hurt Your Organs 

Spanx Can Hurt Your Organs

Shapewear not so kind to your insides, doctors tell Huffington Post

(Newser) - Yet another thing women do for appearance's sake: squeeze their organs. Well, not intentionally, perhaps, but as a side effect of donning the all-popular Spanx and other shapewear. The Huffington Post decided to dig into just how much harm the helpful undergarments might be inflicting, and turned to a...

Meet Youngest Female Self-Made Billionaire

Spanx founder Sara Blakely cracks Forbes list

(Newser) - The likes of Carlos Slim and Warren Buffett are getting their due attention with the release of latest Forbes list , but Sara Blakely is getting her share as well. The 41-year-old Florida native is on the cover, in fact, after earning the distinction of being the youngest self-made female billionaire,...

Today's Hot Item: Spanx for Men
 Today's Hot Item: Spanx for Men

Today's Hot Item: Spanx for Men

The tight-fitting tees and tanks are a big hit among guys

(Newser) - Spanx: the must-have undergarment for blushing brides, red-carpet-walking starlets, and...guys with guts? It's true: Shapewear for men is blowing up, reports the New York Times . “We are selling them as quickly as Spanx can make them,” says the men’s fashion director at Neiman Marcus of the...

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