South Koreans Launch Condoms Into North Korea
Several dozen South Korean activists launched balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets, condoms and sanitary pads across the border with North Korea on Thursday.The launch went ahead despite a recent...
View ArticlePeople In A Few Privileged States Will Be Able To Buy Wine From Amazon
Amazon has launched an over the Internet wine sales operation, but don't get too excited yet, most states still don't allow shipping of alcohol to one's front door.The market, which opens today, will...
View ArticleWhy The BBC Sex Abuse Scandal is Bigger than Anyone In The US Can Imagine
LONDON, UK — On Saturday evenings for nearly two decades, most families in Britain would welcome a predatory child abuser into their homes. Although he was only an image on a television screen, they...
View ArticleThese Are The Events That Decided The Election
Barack Obama's re-election to another four-year term as the 44th president of the United States was no surprise, at least to Democrats and denizens of liberal news organizations.But for a solid month —...
View ArticleWhy I Wear Something Orange To Every Business Event
A lot of things need to come together for a new business to be successful.Great product, brilliant team, the right meetings—the list goes on. But there’s one way to fast-track your success that’s...
View ArticleThat Was The Most Expensive Election In US History, And It Failed The Basic...
No doubt many people around the world, if not most, breathed a sigh of relief over the re-election of US President Barack Obama.A BBC World service poll of 21 countries found a strong preference for...
View ArticleWhich Billionaires Got Their Money's Worth In The Election?
This is the most expensive U.S. election in history with a total price tag of around $6 billion spent.That wouldn't be possible if not for the billionaires and the super PACS who gave and gave and gave...
View ArticleThe Terrifying Ebola Virus Is More Common Than We Thought
Ebola and Lassa are hemorrhagic fevers, made memorable by the horrific symptoms that can accompany them.First identified about four decades ago, these killer viruses can cause their victims to bleed...
View ArticleHow The Mafia Is Taking Over Montreal
TORONTO, Canada — In the back room of the Cosenza Social Club, a strip mall café in an Italian neighborhood of Montreal, the city’s top mobster held court over piles of cash.Hours of surveillance video...
View ArticleThere's A Reason 96 Percent Of All Home Prices End In Zero
What tricks do sellers and their agents use when setting the price of a home? To find out, we looked at the asking prices of homes for sale on Trulia since October 2011, excluding foreclosures, to see...
View ArticleThe Most Effective Strategy For Fixing Any Problem At A Company Costs $0
It’s nothing high-tech, fancy or complicated. Doesn’t require a team of MBAs or tens of millions of dollars in new processes.Research involving 400 people, across 130 companies in 4 continents came up...
View Article11 Success Secrets The Experts Won't Tell You
1. Just because social media is free doesn’t mean it get you results.2. You have to change the lingo before you can close the deal.3. The only way to get buyers to care about you is to care about them...
View ArticleNew Dinosaur With Massive Eye Socket Discovered
Some 95 million years ago, a two-legged dinosaur even larger than the fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex skulked the deltas of North Africa looking for its next meal.The newly categorized and christened...
View ArticleYour Allergies Are About To Get Even Worse
Allergy sufferers may want to stock up on meds. According to new research, America's pollen counts may more than double in the next three decades.The culprit is climate change, as warmer temperatures...
View ArticleHow To Steer Your Business Away From A Midlife Crisis
We've recently talked to a number of CEOs who share a similar challenge.They've aggressively grown their respective businesses as energetic entrepreneurs. They've hired experienced and capable leaders...
View ArticleHere's What Your Taxes Will Look Like In Obama's Second Term
This post originally appeared on H&R Block Talk.Barack Obama defeated Republican challenger Mitt Romney in a decisive win on Tuesday; Democrats retained control of the Senate; and Republicans kept...
View ArticleMen Are Starting To View Marriage Differently And It's Upending America's...
After their daughter Annie was born, Gail McGovern and her husband established what came to be known as the "kitchen calendar rule."At the time, McGovern worked for AT&T overseeing 10,000...
View ArticleThree Steps To Changing Yourself Completely
Chip and Dan Heath distill effective behavior change down to three simple steps in their well-researched and enjoyable book Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard.1) First, direct the...
View ArticleFacebook Or Yahoo: Which One Gets Back To $38 First? (FB, YHOO)
This is a guest post from Martin Wolf, an M&A advisor focused on mid-market IT.On May 18, 2012, Facebook began trading, opening at $42 and closing at $38.23. The last date that Yahoo topped $38.23...
View Article3 Myths Americans Still Believe About Auto Manufacturing
Last year's "Halftime in America" ad from Chrysler was probably meant to inspire patriotism and allude to the resurgence of American automotive manufacturing.What this ad failed to mention, though, was...
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