BYFrancine Hardaway Relevancy Score: 100 Mon Nov 16, 2009 at 11:38 AM
Danny Kessler, an American entrepreneur, has taken a year off from his business of teaching self-defense to women to visit South Korea and teach English. Here are his insights into a different world.READ»
BYChris Jarvis Relevancy Score: 100 Mon Mar 16, 2009 at 7:36 PM
For some, the present financial crises signals a defense against the many variables of an uncertain future. For others, it is the impetus to create the future of our imaginations. Nations with an emphasis on sustainability are about to emerge as the architects of the new global economy.READ»
BYFrancine Hardaway Relevancy Score: 100 Mon Nov 16, 2009 at 11:38 AM
Danny Kessler, an American entrepreneur, has taken a year off from his business of teaching self-defense to women to visit South Korea and teach English. Here are his insights into a different world.READ»
BYKevin Ohannessian Relevancy Score: 91 Fri May 20, 2005 at 11:52 AM
It is an interesting strategy, make purchasing with credit cards easier. Of course, I get visions of Minority Report and other science fiction. But it is a logical progression. It would provide more ease of use for customers, and ...READ»
BYHeath Row Relevancy Score: 90 Mon Dec 6, 2004 at 4:16 PM
The current issue of National Geographic Magazine features an interesting one-page piece entitled "A Work-Weary World." The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development tracked the annual hours worked around the world in ...READ»
BYCliff Kuang Relevancy Score: 72 Mon Jan 12, 2009 at 11:52 AM
The United Arab Emirates gets all the attention for crazy urban schemes—from zero-carbon cities to kinetic, swirling skyscrapers. South Korea is lesser known, but it's also got grand ambitions and tech-crazed urban ...READ»
BY Richard Watson Relevancy Score: 69 Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:44 PM
Like predictions about the paperless office, forecasts about a cashless society have been around for a while. For example, AC Nielsen research says that only 10% of transactions in the US will be cash by the year 2020. Logically this ...READ»
The national unemployment rate may be at its worst in over a decade, but there's a world of opportunity out there beyond Wall Street. Companies from Finland to Dubai are bucking the recession and actively hiring--you just have to know where to look.READ»
BYCollin Lawson Relevancy Score: 60 Sat Nov 15, 2008 at 1:39 PM
This Saturday as world leaders from the G20 meet in Washington, the topic du jour is stabilizing the world economy.
Leaders from the United States, France, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, Germany, India, ...READ»
BYAnya Kamenetz Relevancy Score: 46 Fri Feb 6, 2009 at 10:58 AM
It's become commonplace in the sustainability world to say water is the oil of the 21st century. But it may be more accurate to say it's the new carbon. The problem is not about absolute scarcity--after all, the world's supply of ...READ»
BYKate Rockwood Relevancy Score: 44 Wed Mar 18, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Millions of men and women rise in the early morning to don plaid and shout "Fore!" On April 9, millions more will park themselves in front of their TVs as the 73rd Masters Tournament begins in Augusta, Georgia. Here, a look at the business behind this centuries-old sport.READ»
BYAnya Kamenetz Relevancy Score: 42 Wed Oct 29, 2008 at 2:03 AM
Last night I spoke to a group of students at Alma College, a small liberal arts college in the very center of Michigan, about the economic crisis and the election. This state, of course, has been one of the canaries in the coal mine ...READ»
BYJD Carr Relevancy Score: 42 Fri Aug 7, 2009 at 12:59 AM
Banks and the automobile industry have had the luxury of government bailouts, but what about Mother Nature? Who should be responsible for paying off the huge ecological debt that has accumulated over years of use and abuse of the world’s natural resources? The idea of an ecological credit crunch happening may seem far-fetched, but the truth is we are using up limited resources that are fast running out. We may not have much longer before an ecological credit crisis occurs.READ»
In a recent conversation, I had the opportunity to hear Peter Drucker discussing potential challenges faced by Japan:
China, South Korea and other parts of the region are becoming increasingly competitive. For example, the ...READ»
Landfills now have a use besides stinking up large areas of land. The South Korean government is working on a project to produce hydrogen from natural biogases (aka methane) produces in landfills.
The facility, which is being ...READ»
BYCliff Kuang Relevancy Score: 35 Thu Jun 4, 2009 at 10:37 AM
London's Design Museum just opened a new exhibition, Super Contemporary, which tasked 15 British design stars--including David Adjaye, Zaha Hadid, Sam Hecht, and Tom Dixon to invent pieces that would improve upon life in the ...READ»
BYpmvtg pmvtg Relevancy Score: 34 Sat Oct 31, 2009 at 4:20 AM
Madonna now has disappointed me yet again. ed hardy Diamond Tee graffiti has often been photographed Britney Spears and Heidi Klum and other techniques, creating a feeling of excess attrition in the light from a master hand at the use ...READ»
The Social Experience in MMORPGs & Free MMORPGs
It’s no secret that free to play MMORPGs have been exploding in
popularity in the past few years. Once unheard of in the West, scores
of free MMORPG
games are now available for ...READ»