Topic: United States

The Monkey Dance & Great Teams

Saturday, March 29, 2008 COOLEST BOOK TRAILER EVER!! http://youtube.com/user/bisongroup I’m not kidding. I’ve watched this book trailer at least a dozen times, and I still can’t get enough of it. The music is excellent. ...READ»

Welcome to the Botox Recession

Among the markets that are taking financial hits due to the current US economic wobble/slowdown/meltdown (choose one to suit your personal level of anxiety), apparently the cosmetic surgery industry is facing a nip and tuck of its ...READ»

We The People...

"We are confident that the Games coming to China not only promotes our economy but also enhances all social conditions, including education, health, and human rights. " ~ Wang Wei, Secretary General of ...READ»

All In A Days Work

The answer to greening business might just be working less.READ»

• The Top 8 Jobs of 2008

Medical Leave

Your next heart surgery could well be in Bangkok -- but don't worry, it'll be "in network." How your health care is taking wing ...READ»

• The Most Innovative Ways to Nap

Coming Soon: Nontrepreneur Nation

Coming Soon: Nontrepreneur Nation How parenting and education are killing American entrepreneurship and innovation Despite how U.S. students continue to lag far behind those in Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and ...READ»

The Downside, a Tough Economy. The Upside, Opportunity Lies Within Us!

The Building Great Teams Project. Here we are standing at the doorstep within the 2008 economy knocking hard to come inside. Only, the door remains shut with no answer. We continue to knock, and knock hoping that someone would open ...READ»

What About Us: We believe the Country Can Represent a United States?

What About Us: We believe the Country Can Represent a United States?  I have to say I continue to struggle with this question of who is taking care of the middle to upper middle class.  While I certainly don't want to ...READ»

So the U.S, is Now Top of Internet Class?

European researchers last month issued a report that portrayed the U.S. Internet infrastructure in a positive light. The study was commissioned by the World Economic Forum, and conducted by Insead, a business school near Paris. It ...READ»

First Posting for Medical Travel & Medical Tourism

Welcome to everyone who contributes to this dialogue. The intent of this blog is to raise awareness, begin a conversation and share perspectives about this industry.Medical travel & Medical tourism conceptually involve a patient ...READ»

China Surpasses U.S. as Leader in Sub-Sahara

That the West is losing the sub-Sahara does not come as news in Africa itself. One leader after another has been explicit on this point, from Senegal's president ("Today, it is very clear that Europe is close to losing the ...READ»

China's New Oil Supplier

When my plane smacks down in Equatorial Guinea -- where if the captain misses the runway, you could end up in Cameroon -- I become the first American journalist to visit this pint-sized republic (population: 550,000) in nearly three ...READ»

Medical Travel & Tourism

This is a tremendous challenge to the current state of affairs in US healthcare. The opportunities presented by international healthcare will create tremendous change in our concept of how medical care can be provided. I leave for ...READ»

Subsidize fuel prices?

The rising cost of fuel is becoming a political issue. Europeans are asking for reduced taxes on fuel, US Presidential candidates are proposing tax holidays/breaks on fuel. Admittedly these are not subsidies; however, it is still a ...READ»

What is Ethnocentric Marketing? How can it benefit Cosmetic Surgery Practices?

CosmeticSEO.com covered the topic of ethnocentric marketing - or more over, the targeting of a specific ethnic population within an adverising campaign - in their latest blog post dated May 28, 2008. Drawing on research from ...READ»

The Automotive Industry Crisis

The collapse of the U.S. automotive industry is, without question, one of the greatest tragedies of the age. Hundreds of thousands have lost jobs already and hundreds of thousands more will follow them in the coming years. What ...READ»

Strategically Hip

Image: Gill Linton (left) and Rupert Newton (right) co-founders of The Joneses. I am an addict when it comes to media consumption. I read a wide range of everything and the Internet has only further enabled my addiction. But, ...READ»

Successful Minority Micro-Business Incubators

The objective of a minority micro-business incubator is support and growth of successful minority micro-businesses resulting in decreased welfare, increased tax base, decreased crime, increased pride of accomplishment. It's a ...READ»

Getting Out From Under the Thumb of the Insurance Industry

We recently started delivering several of our seminars in Canada.  This gave us a unique opportunity to see for ourselves how a Canadian practice is run. We noticed immediately that the Canadian physiotherapy differs greatly in ...READ»

And Then There Were Two

Yes, it finally happened. We’re down to two in the race. The others have dropped out, the final holdout brushed aside and the main event begins. Of course I’m talking about the NBA finals. Great east-west rivalry with ...READ»

The Struggle in Thinking HUGE!

With my home base in the Midwest, I have had the privilege of working with local businesses with a few employees, and multi-billion dollar corporations.  One day I can be traveling overseas and the next day I can be meeting with a ...READ»

Can Carbon Credits Slow Global Warming?

Legal limits on greenhouse-gas emissions are coming fast, with a $1 trillion carbon market emerging. At the core: A cadre of young, idealistic Yale forestry grads. But will carbon offsets do anything to slow global warming?READ»

• Green Family Tree
• Silicon Valley's Green Angel Investors
• The King of Green Investing

The Personality Behind Online Gaming Site Bodog

Mountains of cash, beautiful women, and a nonstop round-the-world party. Life was good for Calvin Ayre, founder of the online gambling powerhouse Bodog. Then he was gone.READ»

• Infographic: Global Online-Gaming Revenue
• 7 Fabulous Things You Probably Shouldn't Buy

Buckminster Fuller Still Relevant in Today's Energy Crisis--Nukes are Not

Yeah, here we go again: gas gets expensive, and people who should know better start talking about nuclear. If ever there was a really dumb idea, splitting atoms to generate electircity is it. This is something I know about: ...READ»

08.08.08

Olympics are right around the corner – August 08, 2008. You can almost feel multinational companies vying to be in the mainstream ad revenue. Olympic Games are to the world what Super Bowl is to United States. With NBC streaming ...READ»