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Masters of Disaster

BY Daniel McGinn
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:02 AM

One British production company has excelled at turning fictional global catastrophes into compelling prime-time television.READ»

3-D GAMING | 1 comment

First Interactive 3-D Crowd-Play Computer Game Hits U.K. Cinemas

BY Kit Eaton
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Thu Jul 2, 2009 at 12:18 PM

"Wave your hands in the air like you...wanna avoid an asteroid," will be U.K. cinemagoers battlecry over the next few weeks. Before the feature film starts, Vue patrons will be able to play a gesture-controlled 3-D ...READ»

AMBULANCE OF THE FUTURE | 2 comments

Designing the Ambulance of the Future

BY Cliff Kuang
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Tue Apr 7, 2009 at 6:08 AM

After two years of work, the results of a project to imagine the ambulance of the future have been unveiled, and the results are exactly as gee-whiz, what-will-they-think-of-next as you hoped. Dubbed "Healthcare on the Move: ...READ»

AMAZON KINDLE | Comment

Amazon Kindle Gearing Up for UK Launch

BY Kit Eaton
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 10:47 AM

Though Amazon keeps its sales figures for the Amazon Kindle e-reader a close-guarded secret, it's widely regarded as the most successful e-reader. If that's true, it's about to broaden its reach exponentially: Rumors suggest it's ...READ»

COACHING LEADERSHIP | Comment

‘Values-Based’ leadership

BY Richard Dietrich
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Sat Mar 1, 2008 at 4:25 PM

Introduction ‘Values-Based’ leadership will increase productivity by a factor of 4. These writing are dedicated to helping leaders understand and implement a management style good for people and profits. My intent is ...READ»

CALI WILLIAMS YOST | 2 comments

$10 Gas! The National Work+Life Flex Strategy

BY Cali Yost
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Mon May 12, 2008 at 12:45 PM

Some experts are beginning to predict that gas prices could climb as high as $10 a gallon in the next two to three years. However, all of the solutions under consideration, such as developing alternative sources of energy, will ...READ»

TEAMWORK | 1 comment

Bully for You

BY Heath Row
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Wed Sep 17, 2003 at 4:22 PM

In their book Unshrink, Max McKeown and Philip Whiteley estimate that bullying -- ongoing intimidation and humiliation -- in the workplace can decrease an employee's effectiveness by 50 percent. This in turn reduces the effectiveness ...READ»

CAREERS | Comment

life insurance

BY cheap lifecover
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Mon Oct 5, 2009 at 2:46 AM

Einsured offers competitive life insurance quotes to UK residents seeking high quality life cover at the right price. High risk life insurance and joint cheap life cover are a specialty and clients can expect a fast, friendly service. ...READ»

SALES + MARKETING | 1 comment

Irony of the Day

BY Heath Row
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Thu Jun 30, 2005 at 1:48 PM

One of the leading telemarketing firms in the UK is called the Listening Company. A special calibre of call handler is required for this market with strong objection handling skills to get across the key sales messages and deal with ...READ»

DIGITAL STRATEGY | Comment

UK politicians missing the digital strategy opportunity

BY Paul Grant
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Mon Jun 30, 2008 at 1:24 PM

The Internet has completely changed the world of media and communications. In the past decade we have seen a revolution in the way businesses and organisations operate, resulting from technological and social advances possible using ...READ»

CARBON EMISSIONS | 2 comments

Want a Green Company Car? Work for Deloitte

BY Ariel Schwartz
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Thu Feb 26, 2009 at 4:06 PM

UK business advisory firm Deloitte has hatched an innovative scheme to get its employees to go green: fuel-efficient company cars. The program will rent cars at nearly half price to all 12,000 employees. In addition to being ...READ»

GREEN BUSINESS | Comment

The Ecological Credit Crunch

BY JD Carr
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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»

GENDER RELATIONS | Comment

Work and Life - Helen Wilkinson

BY Keith H. Hammonds
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:08 AM

"If feminism doesn't address what's happening to men today, it's not going to move forward."READ»

CULTURE | 1 comment

Well Worth It?

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Thu Jun 30, 2005 at 2:05 PM

Buckingham Palace released their annual report estimating that the royal family costs each person in Britain 60p per year. An expense debated by the British people every year. The annual justification is that the royal family ...READ»

ONLINE ADS | 1 comment

Online Ads Turn a Corner: More Spent on Internet Ads Than TV in U.K.

BY Kit Eaton
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 6:55 AM

A new report by the Internet Advertising Bureau and Pricewaterhouse Coopers has revealed something amazing: The U.K. has become the first major economy to see advertisers spending more on internet adverts than traditional TV ones.The ...READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

Bite-Sized Innovations

BY Richard Watson
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Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:44 PM

Albert Einstein said that "if at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it." In this vein, here's a list of some of my favourite ideas and innovations from the past 18 months, together with a few comments and ...READ»

REALTIME CARBON | Comment

Realtime Carbon Website Tracks Power Plant Pollution As it Happens

BY Ariel Schwartz
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Fri Jul 17, 2009 at 3:06 PM

It's one thing to watch pollutants billow out from smokestacks, but it's quite another to know exactly how much carbon dioxide is being injected into the atmosphere. Realtime Carbon, a website developed by Demand Logic, ...READ»

VIDEO GAMES | 1 comment

When Is Live Television Coming to Game Consoles in the U.S.?

BY Kevin Ohannessian
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Thu Aug 20, 2009 at 4:31 PM

Microsoft and Sony both have plans to provide live television on their respective gaming machines this fall in Europe. Sony announced at GamesCom on Tuesday that it will bring BBC to U.K gamers, and other channels to various European ...READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

My Favorite Bookmarks: Kathryn Bullock

BY Fast Company
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:26 AM

Picks from the managing director of e-Women.READ»

WATER FOOTPRINT | 11 comments

Move Over, Carbon Footprint: The Water Footprint is Coming

BY Ariel Schwartz
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Fri Apr 17, 2009 at 2:00 PM

Carbon footprints, defined by the U.K.'s Carbon Trust as "the total set of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization, event or product," have recently become important to ...READ»

FORMULA ZERO | Comment

Formula Zero Emissions-Free Racing Takes Off

BY Ariel Schwartz
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Mon Aug 24, 2009 at 11:47 AM

Vehicle racing is at its core an unsustainable sport--we have enough trouble finding the resources to power utility-driven vehicles--but that hasn't stopped enterprising Formula One lovers from going ahead with the second annual ...READ»

CARBON FOOTPRINT | Comment

British Bishops Call for Carbon Fast During Lent

BY Ariel Schwartz
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Tue Feb 24, 2009 at 1:33 PM

Monetary incentives and polite requests may convince some people to reduce their carbon footprint, but there's nothing that can motivate the masses quite like religion. That's why a group of British bishops -- along with the U.K.'s ...READ»

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING | 5 comments

British Climate Change Supercomputer Is Also a Super Polluter

BY Ariel Schwartz
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Fri Aug 28, 2009 at 12:24 PM

Scientists already know that climate change has an impact on the environment, but what about the supercomputers that are supposed to predict climate change? It turns out the U.K.'s most powerful supercomputer, which also happens to be ...READ»

BIODIVERSITY | Comment

Biodiesel an Energetic Business in Britain

BY Anya Kamenetz
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Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 10:21 AM

In Britain, small mom-and-pop shops are thriving by selling filtered used cooking oil as biodiesel for cars. They can sell the fuel at a discount to regular diesel because they get the grease free from fish-and-chips shops and other ...READ»

WARNER MUSIC | Comment

Warner, 7digital Spread the Music

BY Zachary Wilson
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Mon Aug 3, 2009 at 1:10 PM

In a sign that the major labels are finally beginning to embrace digital music worldwide, U.K.-based digital music provider 7digital announced a pan-European licensing agreement with Warner Music to sell their MP3s, nearly completing ...READ»

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