Imagine having recurrent physical symptoms that cause you discomfort, pain, and distress—then being told by the medical establishment that what you see and feel do not add up to a legitimate disease or syndrome. That’s the experience of countless people convinced they are suffering from a real illness—such as singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, who believes she Read more
Month: November 2017
An Extraordinary Career
Steve Jobs’ vision of a “computer for the rest of us” sparked the PC revolution and made Apple an icon of American business. But somewhere along the way, Jobs’ vision got clouded — some say by his ego — and he was ousted from the company he helped found. Few will disagree that Jobs did Read more
The brilliant management strategy of Google
A recent BuzzFeed profile of Google’s new CEO, Sundar Pichai, paints a picture of Pichai as an even-keeled, relatively predictable kind of guy. Formerly Google’s product chief, Pichai became Google’s CEO in 2015, after the company reorganized its management structure. Google’s then CEO, Larry Page, became CEO of parent company Alphabet, which oversees Google as Read more
How Alibaba’s Jack Ma Is Building a Truly Global Retail Empire
Jack Ma is one of China’s richest men, with a fortune valued at nearly $30 billion. As executive chairman of Alibaba Group, he leads the dominant force in Chinese e-commerce, a company with a market value of $264 billion and some 450 million customers. A global ambassador for Chinese business, he spent 800 hours aloft Read more
Zuckerberg Has The Tools To Enact Radical Political Policy
Mark Zuckerberg’s comments a few days ago, about the necessity of a universal basic income, reveal that the Facebook CEO is feeling bold in his now fairly obvious political ambitions. The very concept of a basic income – paid to every citizen regardless of circumstances – seems antithetical to the current state of US politics. Read more
Future Saudi king arrests
Prince Alwaleed, a nephew of the king and owner of investment firm Kingdom Holding, invests in firms such as Citigroup and Twitter. He was among 11 princes, four ministers and tens of former ministers detained, three senior officials told Reuters on Sunday. The purge against the kingdom’s political and business elite also targeted the head Read more
Kobe Steel executives to decide whether to resign after external probe
TOKYO (Reuters) – Kobe Steel (5406.T) executives, including President Hiroya Kawasaki, will decide whether to resign to take responsibility for a cheating scandal after a report from independent investigators due by year-end, two sources told Reuters. The company also plans to release an internal report on the falsification of product specifications around Friday, said one Read more
The Euphrates and Gilgamesh
Scripture warned that the Euphrates would dry up — but a fascinating event has come to the fore as the disappearing waters revealed an important secret. The drying up of the Euphrates River and the discovery of Gilgamesh’s tomb have sparked significant interest and speculation. Here’s what we know: Euphrates River Drying Up: The Euphrates Read more
Greece seek redemption
“We do not want an extra bonus, or money. We only play for Greece and its people.” This was a heartening footnote to Greece climbing their highest peak for a decade. While pain was the only prevalent emotion in Recife, as a shoot-out defeat cut short their first trip to the knockout stages at 2014 Read more
Superbike Racing
Motorcycles VS Cars: An Ongoing Debate This is actually tough to map the 1st bike back to its own beginnings, the initial model bike arrived in to being actually in Paris in 1867. In 1884, the very first office layout from a motorbike looked in England. That had not been till 1894, having said that, Read more