Be Worried If Your CEO Says The Word 'I' Too Much
"If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two strangers just the same" ... Rudyard KiplingProblematic PronounsWe all probably know someone who believes that their successes are...
View ArticleHere's A Vintage Photo Of The One Time A Concorde Landed Over Maho Beach
"So this one time, I was tanning on the beach when a Concorde flew, like, right over me."In 1989, an Air France Concorde made a very special flight to the Caribbean island of St. Maarten/St. Martin. It...
View ArticleAs Long As This Industrial Park Remains Open, War With North Korea Is Not...
Tensions on the Korean peninsula are getting uncomfortably high. On Thursday the US sent two nuclear-capable stealth B-2 bombers on a flyover of South Korea as a show of force. North Korea’s boyish...
View ArticleAll That 'Anonymous' Cell Phone Data Tracking Can Actually Identify You
It’s one thing if a cellphone service provider has been ordered to reveal data on a specific user that allows law enforcement to triangulate a person’s movements. But a new study is showing how...
View ArticleThe Last Thing Our Sickly Economy Needs Is Another Bloodletting
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View ArticleVaccines Don't Cause Autism
Despite concerns by some parents that their children receive “too many vaccines too soon,” a new study finds that many shots, even on the same day, do not increase the risk of autism.In the first six...
View ArticleThe Truth About Bias In The Hiring Process
The elephant in the room is that while introducing bias is illegal, it also seems inevitable in the hiring process. While you are probably aware that employers are legally not allowed to discriminate...
View Article15 Foolproof Tips To Keeping Your Online Transactions Secure
Online banking and shopping are some of the perks of our tech-savvy culture.But providing financial information for online activities can put your money (and your identity) at risk. The key to safe...
View ArticleMore And More Parents Are Buying Insurance In Case Their Kids Die With...
When my parents first announced at Thanksgiving that they were taking out a life insurance policy on me, I was taken aback and slightly offended. In fact, I thought it was a cruel joke.Why would they...
View ArticleWhy The Decline Of Christians In The Middle East Is A Big Problem
This is the first in a series of posts about dwindling Christian communities in the Middle East.On the ancient cobblestones of Jerusalem’s Old City today Christians retraced what tradition holds as the...
View ArticleWhat The Charts Tell Us About Stocks, Commodities, Emerging Markets And The Euro
File this with more qualitative thoughts and reasonings - a space we find ourselves frequenting lately as the US equity markets tempt fate for a third time. With glass on our shoulders (see Meridian),...
View ArticleHow You Should Be Delegating Responsibility
Delegating is a skill that is somewhat difficult to develop at first. After all, most of us have become successful by working hard, working even harder when necessary, and exercising great self-control...
View ArticleThe Warm Air Of Cities Creates Bug Infestations
We often think of cities as dampening zones for wildlife, with bustling human activity and inhospitable concrete surfaces keeping many critters at a distance. But in reality the opposite might be the...
View ArticleJIM ROGERS: 'You Better Run For The Hills'
The EU/IMF raiding bank accounts in Cyprus to bail out the country's financial system sets a dangerous precedent and investors should "run for the hills" said investor Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers...
View ArticleJimmy Fallon Fires Longtime Manager On Eve Of New NBC Deal
EXCLUSIVE: As he is negotiating a new deal with NBC that would pave the way for him to take over The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon is doing it without his longtime manager, Management 360′s Eric Kranzler,...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Has 2 Basic Rules That Investors Always Fail To Follow
Listen to Jim Cramer or his cohorts on CNBC and you’ll hear statements like, “Don’t settle for the mediocre returns of a market index!” and “It’s not that hard for investors to pick stocks that will...
View ArticleNo, Hyperinflation Is Not Coming To The US
While inflation seems to be on everyone’s mind these days, misconceptions abound. Indeed, few concepts in economics are as misunderstood as inflation. This month I take a look at some common questions...
View ArticleCyprus Has Finally Killed The Myth That The EMU Is Benign
This piece from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard is about as hard-hitting an analysis of Cyprus as I have read and really makes an interesting introduction to this week’s Outside the Box. No messing...
View ArticleHow A Corrupt Cop Allegedly Ended Up Controlling The Gambling Underworld In...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A corrupt, low-level cop with a healthy dose of street smarts rises to control hundreds of illegal gambling dens in Pakistan's largest city. By doling out millions of dollars...
View ArticleGLENN GREENWALD: The US Needs To Wake Up To Threat Of Domestic Drones
The use of drones by domestic US law enforcement agencies is growing rapidly, both in terms of numbers and types of usage. As a result, civil liberties and privacy groups led by the ACLU - while...
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