Are we mired in a long-term recession or will the “green shoots” of economic growth we’re seeing be the real thing? Without a crystal ball we can’t predict an official end date to the downturn but we can safely tell you the six worst things you could do in the meantime: Ignoring the situation. [...]
The last 10 years have seen several big technology launches biting dust. Launched with much fanfare and riding on lofty predictions, these products / companies failed to excite customers. The decade also saw the downfall of some big technology brands due to lack of foresight or strategic miscalculations. Time magazine recently brought out a list [...]
The age-old love triangle of Archie comics has finally been broken, after Riverdale’s ultimate playboy Archie Andrews picked the vixen Veronica over girl-next-door Betty to be his wife. So what if Betty was a blonde, loyal and kind- when it came to popping the question Archie chose the raven-haired, charming and rich Veronica After 67 [...]
With good comes bad and with smart comes stupid. With every positive quality comes a negative. Yes, this applies to dog breeds, as silly as it may sound. You have probably seen or heard about how smart some dogs are. These dogs are usually the ones that hog up all of the limelight. Mostly everyone [...]
Whoever coined the term food additives had it all wrong. Including something new in a food doesn’t always add up to more, at least when it comes to your health. Studies that test the safety of additives are based on animal trials. It is difficult to deduce whether the results of an animal study equate [...]
The word Tikka means bits, piecces or chunks. Chicken Tikka is an easy-to-cook dish in which chicken chunks are marinated in special spices and then grilled on skewers. This is one of India’s most popular dishes. Chicken Tikka can also be made into Chicken Tikka Masala, a tasty gravy dish. Ingredients: 1 cup fresh yoghurt [...]
La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Bunol in the Valencia region of Spain. Tens of thousands of participants come from all over the world to fight in a brutal battle where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are [...]
In these extraordinary times, card issuers’ plan to erase up to 40% of some customers’ debt would also be good for those who pay their bills on time. By David Lazarus When I heard last week that banks want to forgive up to 40% of some customers’ credit card debt, my first question was, “What’s [...]
Making a living doing what you love is one of the most gratifying but often most elusive accomplishments. When you can rest your head at night knowing that you’ve spent your day exhausting your skills and talents pursuing worthwhile goals and dreams, and while doing so you’re able to bring home the delicious bacon, you’ll [...]
By Chris Thompson – The Big Money That’s what CEO Eric Schmidt told the Financial Times yesterday. In an extensive Q&A with the newspaper, Schmidt reveals that Google (GOOG) seriously considered either buying a newspaper as a for-profit enterprise or hiring a pack of smart lawyers to reconfigure the paper as a nonprofit venture. He [...]
