Following close on the heels of CNN's Web site overhaul, Reuters has completely revamped its home page. The new effort is startlingly spartan in its minimalism--and it's absolutely designed to appeal to a broad consumer audience. ...READ»
Reuters is about to release its Insider service to its subscribers this week, ready to deliver on-demand video content from the news organization and its media partners. It's a gentle, but potent, tweak to position Reuters for 21st ...READ»
Great news for the cancerphobic, by which I mean everyone: Scientists have cracked the cancer genome! Or at least they've done it for lung and skin cancer, two of the scariest varieties. This is an enormous breakthrough for cancer ...READ»
December 15th, 2009Analysts said government data on Friday showing the economy shed a mere 11,000 jobs last month, the fewest since the start of the recession, was the strongest indication yet that the battered job market was starting ...READ»
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The results may not always be pleasing, but the alternative is living in a police state without the protective rule of law.
Real life isn’t Lake Woebegone, where all the ...READ»
Earlier this week, the U.S. Mint announced plans to roll out new $1 coins, featuring each deceased president, at a rate of four per year. Mint officials hope this will a.) reacquaint Americans with some of our lesser-known presidents ...READ»
Star bank holding firm Goldman Sachs has been getting its fair share of antipathy this month. First it was Rolling Stone's polemic against the bank; then it was BusinessWeek's sobering review of how the 140-year-old firm will be ...READ»
In 2009, one of the most eagerly anticipated buildings in the last 20 years was to be completed: The headquarters of CCTV in Beijing, designed by Rem Koolhaas and OMA. A striking, integral piece of that complex was the nearby ...READ»
Similar to yesterday's entry about Calvin Klein's workspace memo, I learned today that the British Ministry of Defense has asked all employees to record each cup of tea or coffee they drink while at their office -- so the ministry ...READ»
In an effort to keep the public from being duped by ads that might be little more than greenwash, the Norwegian government is putting a ban on car manufacturers from describing their cars as "green" or "environmentally-friendly" in ...READ»
I have to hand it to Kimberly-Clark. The bathroom tissue giant, which was attacked last winter by Greenpeace for its destructive tissue-sourcing habits, has made some serious strides in sustainability over the past year. First the ...READ»
Just in time for the Labor Day holiday, the nation’s August
employment numbers have been released showing that the number of jobs in the U.S. increased by 128,000 for the month.
Despite this positive showing, PBS aired a ...READ»
The recession has finally caused oil companies has to pull back promises of renewable energy, as Royal Dutch Shell announced that it won't make any more large investments in wind, solar, or hydrogen technology. Tough times have sent ...READ»
Josh Rubin, who practices the erratic and ephemeral art of cool hunting, has a, well, cool post on his blog today about 10x10, an interactive tool that gives an arresting snapshot of the most relevant words and images of the moment. ...READ»
Have social networking sites taken over the world? Or maybe it just seems that way because everything I do gets posted to the newsfeed in Facebook within seconds. If you don't know what I am talking about, you must be one of ...READ»
Since 1987, Echoing Green has provided seed funding and support to more than 450 social entrepreneurs with bold ideas for social change in order to launch groundbreaking organizations around the world. Echoing Green was ...READ»
"ETFs will matter more than they ever have now through Oct 2," said Kevin Mahn, Managing Director of Hennion & Walsh, a New Jersey-based brokerage. "It gives the investor the ability to short through sector as opposed to a specific stock."READ»
A Blade Runner trope come to life: British engineers BMT Group, in partnership with Essex University, have plans to release a trial school of five robotic carp into the waters off northern Spain. The fully autonomous, ...READ»
By most measures, hybrid cars are great--they save everyone's favorite non-renewable resource (gasoline) and they're quiet, too. But while these cars are oil-sippers, they guzzle rare earth metals--a class of 15 elements on the ...READ»
"A lot will hinge on the passage of a rescue plan, the sooner the better. It remains an uncertainty in the market," said Kevin Mahn, chief investment officer at Hennion & Walsh Inc. in Parsippany, New Jersey.READ»
A recession might be inevitable,
but for the gilded film industry, this slump in the nation's psyche
might be good for business.
Last week, Reuters and the
AP connected a troubled economy with a well-fed box ...READ»
Three Swiss pilots have broken the round-the-world flight record, smashing Steve Fossett's four-year-record by almost ten hours, reports Reuters. The flight touched down yesterday in Geneva, 57 hours and 54 minutes after taking off, ...READ»
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