In their haste to tap Kurdish reserves, dozens of oil companies -- several fronted by former Bush officials -- have undercut U.S. policy and fanned sectarian tensions in Iraq. They may also lose a fortune.READ»
The idea of putting people to work was largely neglected after the invasion of Iraq. Now, as debate mounts over troop withdrawals, one strategy might help fill the void.READ»
“People will work harder for a cause than for cash,” according to behavioral economist Dan Ariely in Predictably Irrational.
That was loud and clear during last week’s broadcasts of The Colbert Report from ...READ»
Stephen Colbert Goes Iraqi
Late night faux-newsman Stephen Colbert will be broadcasting four shows
from Baghdad, Iraq next week in a USO tour entitled, "Operation Iraqi
Stephen: Going Commando." Colbert is ...READ»
Guest speakers from Kellogg, Brown and Root, and Bechtel made presentations. More than 200 business professionals between the ages of 21 and 35 heard lectures on topics related to entrepreneurship.
Sounds like a typical seminar, ...READ»
I don't know about you, but I'm always a sucker for those surveys ranking cities against each other on a variety of arbitrary criteria: Best Places for Singles! Top Cities for Entrepreneurs! America's Most Livable Cities! Granted, ...READ»
Hot topics for around the water cooler:
Citing Cost Concerns, More Workers Leave Firms' Health Plans
What happens when a benefit isn't that beneficial?
Emmys Need a Fast Fix
Robert Bianco offers his five-point plan for reinventing ...READ»
You may have had an early night, but innovation was not in hiding. Oh no, sirree, it's been waving banners at oil conferences, shopping online, and appearing in court while you were asleep.1. He's been under the radar for a month now, ...READ»
Last week, Heath compared two magazines' lists of best towns for doing business in America. Another city list that's just as valuable, perhaps, is Mercer Human Resource Consulting's world-wide quality of life survey, also released ...READ»
“We need not talk about our morale. As committed soldiers, we will see this mission though.” Those words were thrown into poignant relief the other day when it became known that two of the men who penned those words were killed ...READ»
Liquid, bullet-stopping body armor. Read that again: Liquid, bullet-stopping body armor. It's not sci-fi, it's real, and a team of U.K. scientists have proven it has a future in protecting soldiers from incoming rounds or shrapnel. ...READ»
"The following appeared in the October 4th edition of the Boston Globe"
LAST WEEK, THERE was a successful terrorist attack in Boston. The perpetrators were Turner Broadcasting and the Cartoon Network, and they succeeded in hijacking ...READ»
This week AOL News launched a Sears-sponsored news site that only reports good news. It's called GNN, or Good News Network. Is the world really so dark that we need our online news filtered through a Lexapro-colored ...READ»
One side-effect of this dreadful economy is that people seem more mindful than ever of the needs of others and what matters most. Tis the season for “good giving.” Here are six holiday gift ideas for doing good by giving ...READ»
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The lives of U.S. troops in Iraq are being saved because they can read each other's minds. And they can thank Steve Roth, who developed the software to let them do it. CoMotion originally started as a ...READ»
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The lives of U.S. troops in Iraq are being saved because they can read each other's minds. And they can thank Steve Roth, who developed the software to let them do it. CoMotion originally started as a ...READ»
The voracious corporate appetite for mergers in recent years has caused a bad case of indigestion for mega companies like AOL Time Warner, DaimlerChrysler, and J.P. Morgan Chase. Do these partnerships add up to less than the sum of their parts?READ»
