CC-by-sa Arun Ganesh, National Institute of Design Bangalore Four Americans have been killed by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. Jean and Scott Adam were a retired LA-area couple who had been sailing around the world since 2004. Their Seattle friends Phyllis Mackay and Robert A. Riggle were also on board when the pirates […]
Having a yacht is a sign you’ve made it. Having a yacht longer than the Statue of Liberty, or extending your yacht just to make sure it’s longer than that Russian billionaire’s across the pond, is a sign that you are rich beyond belief. Nine such people own the world’s ten most expensive yachts. Yes, […]
Companies are desperate for attention. They spray paint their logos on streets, pay people to drive cars wrapped with their ads, and even hire a guy to wear their T-shirts. In our ad-saturated, commoditized society, what else is there to try? Lots of things, according to ad consultant and Sensory Logic president Dan Hill. In […]
The original J. Paul Getty. J. Paul Getty III, the grandson of the famous oil tycoon, died today at the age of 54. The former drug addict had been paralyzed since having an overdose-induced stroke at the age of 24. Before that, he was kidnapped by gangsters and had his ear cut off. The New […]
Image: pepemczolz/Flickr In a new effort to trim the fat from Americans, the USDA and Dept. of Health and Human Services have released new dietary guidelines today. With its admonition to increase exercise and reduce calories, it embraces common sense without taking any action to combat one of the core tenets of the obesity epidemic, […]
This is a post by Minyanville.com. The writer H.L. Mencken once said, “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.” Oh, really? In fact, the history of pop culture is littered with lowbrow ideas that failed to take hold. The success of shows like Jersey Shore and Skins, and the popularity of […]
Celebrities are just as fallible and prone to love of substances as we non-celebrity types. The main difference is that when they fail, they tend to do so in a spectacular fashion. And the whole world knows about it shortly thereafter. They can perform, you say? Earn millions on a job, you reason? Fabulous for […]
Know your fellow man and you’ll know business. Know your own mind and you’ll know your fellow man. Catching up on how science sees our minds can benefit you socially, personally, and in the workplace. Here are 50 neuroscience links that will amp up your business circuitry. Skills You can use neuroscience and neuropsychology to […]
For being at the top of the food chain, humans aren’t terribly evolved. Give us a complex situation like, say, a credit meltdown with a zero accountability, and we drape a TARP and hope it will just go away. Individual humans just aren’t good at making hard decisions in complicated situations. That said, a smart, […]
The Internet is ablaze with blogs. We sifted through the web’s innumerable offerings to give you this year’s list of the 75 best business blogs. Our topics range from accounting to work-life balance. We selected them based on timely, useful content; regularity of updates and quality of information. We categorized them by topic to help […]
Here’s a funny anecdote I received in my inbox. Source unknown: It is a slow day in a damp little Irish town. The rain is beating down and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit. On this particular day a rich German tourist is driving through […]
Shell Nigeria isn’t just participating in the usual bribes, according to one Wikileaks document. Instead, Shell is playing CIA, inserting employees into every recess of Nigeria’s corrupt government. From the UK Guardian: The oil giant Shell claimed it had inserted staff into all the main ministries of the Nigerian government, giving it access to politicians’ […]
Your browser does not support iframes. University of Nebraska at Kearney is accredited by numerous institutions which include the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs. The university has received exceptional reviews, rankings, and awards on how it gives access to all opportunities that […]
Do you ever wish that you had a cool job title, even if the work itself wasn’t that great? If you swing two of the jobs below, you could be a female groom, a nude trainer, and work at Doggie Style. You can’t beat that: 1. Dublin: Jobs at Doggie Style Mobile Washing & Grooming […]
After two straight years of losses, software company Novell has agreed to be bought by software and IT solutions company Attachmate for $2.2 billion. Because Attachmate is owned by private equity, that essentially puts Novell into PE hands, too. BusinessWeek reports: Besides Linux, Novell’s business units include identity and security management, systems and resource management, […]
