Good news, everyone: Porsche (POAHY) has finally come out with a vehicle most consumers can afford. The bad news: You probably won't be able to fit in it.

The German luxury automaker is producing the Go-Kart, a pedal-powered car for children ages 5 and up. With a suggested price of $900, the Porsche website says the mini-vehicle can accommodate kids up to 5 feet tall and weighing up to 110 pounds.

The 5-foot-long car is getting the full Porsche treatment. The company describes it as a "new highlight in the children's program of the Porsche Lifestyle Collection." And surely this isn't your father's kiddie car. It comes with composite rims, simulated center hub locks, inflatable tires, tubular steel frame and a dual brake system (the traditional back-pedal brake plus a handbrake) to "ensure optimal deceleration."

 

Attention, Rolling Stones fans: Are you among those willing to shell out $2,000 for a VIP ticket to the band's 50th-anniversary tour this summer? Then you may be interested in adding a lock of lead singer Mick Jagger's hair to your collection of keepsakes from what has been called the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band.

The locks are being auctioned off by Bonhams on July 3, with an estimated sale price of between $2,300 and $3,100. The proceeds will go to Changing Faces, a charity that helps people who have been disfigured. That's well above the $1,400 a fan paid for hair belonging to Jagger's band mate and sometime rival Keith Richards. Neither one, though, may come close to the $48,000 someone paid for hair belonging to John Lennon, who was murdered in 1980.  

It can be tough for anyone to explain the gender wage gap. So why is Miss Utah getting slammed for her stammering, loopy comments on this issue Sunday night?

Marissa Powell was getting mocked from all corners Monday for her struggle to answer this question at the Miss USA pageant: "A recent report shows that in 40% of American families with children, women are the primary earners, yet they continue to earn less than men. What does this say about society?" 

Freedom Group chief executive George Kollitides has kept a low profile since the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre, in which 20 young children and six teachers were killed by a gunman using one of his company's Bushmaster rifles (pictured). 

Six months after Adam Lanza opened fire on the school with one of Freedom's semiautomatics, Kollitides is commenting on the attack. But rather than calming any anti-gun rhetoric, he has whipped up a backlash over his take on the Sandy Hook Elementary School killings. 

"It's very easy to blame an inanimate object. Any kind of instrument in the wrong hands can be put to evil use. This comes down to intent -- criminal behavior, accountability and responsibility," Kollitides told the Washington Times.

 

Netlfix (NFLX), which has brought back the cult comedy "Arrested Development" from oblivion, announced an alliance on Monday with DreamWorks Animation (DWA) in what may be the upstart media company's biggest investment in original content yet.

Under terms of the multiyear deal, DreamWorks will supply 300 hours of original family-friendly programming to the streaming-video service, The New York Times says. This deal also includes content derived from classic DreamWorks films such as "Shrek," "Kung Fu Panda" and "The Croods" as well as characters from new films. In addition, DreamWorks will create programs from franchises it acquired from Classic Media featuring characters such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Mr. Magoo and Lassie. Earlier this year, DreamWorks and Netflix  joined forces to develop a series based on the studio's "Turbo" film. 

A mini-boom in hiring is going on in at least one industry under Obamacare.

Legal firms are boosting their staffs to help clients understand and comply with the Affordable Care Act, which goes into effect in 2014, The Wall Street Journal reports. Corporate clients spent $5.72 billion on legal advice for regulatory issues last year, and spending on those services -- which include health care regulations -- is slated to jump to $6 billion in 2013. 

"The more they tinker with the federal regulations, the more work we have," Les Johnson, a partner who specializes in Medicare appeals at law firm Liles Parker, told the newspaper. 

 

If there isn't a better option out there, don't replace the one that's working.

After soliciting weapons makers Heckler & Koch, FNH-USA, Remington Defense, Adcor Defense and Colt Defense for replacements for its M4 carbine rifle (pictured), the U.S. Army determined that none of the alternatives it received is worth the money. In its own words, according to Military.com, "no competitor demonstrated a significant improvement in weapon reliability."

That has to be somewhat disheartening for the folks at Colt, which made the original M4 so well that it wasn't able to surpass that weapon and cash in. But it's great news for the Army. The original plan involved laying out $49.6 million in 2014 to buy 30,000 new carbine rifles.

 

Allowing workers sick with influenza to stay home can help prevent the spread of flu in your workspace. Makes sense, right? But a lot of employers expect their workers to show up, no matter how they may feel.

And many employees, concerned about their workload and job security, will often soldier on despite feeling miserable -- while potentially spreading their misery around the office.

But a new study by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health has provided scientific evidence of what many office veterans already know to be true.

Researchers simulated a flu outbreak in Pittsburgh and surrounding Allegheny County. They found that giving all employees access to paid sick days would reduce flu cases at work by almost 6%. They also found that giving affected workers paid sick days can be even more effective in smaller workplaces.