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How China’s economy is choking on smog | Talking Numbers – Yahoo Finance

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How China’s economy is choking on smog | Talking Numbers – Yahoo Finance: Imagine your favorite city closed down because of the weather, maybe a blizzard… Many of China’s cities can have the same problem, but it is because of smog pollution. This is a country that burns more coal than the rest of the world, combined. Nice thing is that they share this pollution with their neighbors. Plus the burning of coal is a…

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Why Won't Yahoo! Let Employees Work From Home? – Businessweek

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Why Won’t Yahoo! Let Employees Work From Home? – Businessweek: Boy Mayer is gonna cause a lot of shake here with the everyone-has-to-travel-to-work policy. Apparently (Today Show) she now as a nursery set up next door to her office for her new convenience. That helps new parents, maybe, but not the ones with kids in school or those people who live a longer way from the office. But Mayer is shaking it up. There has…

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IP Creates Jobs for America | BIOtechNow

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IP Creates Jobs for America | BIOtechNow: “In May, the Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) was proud to unveil the results of our state intellectual property (IP) jobs research, which has been a year in the making. The study, IP Creates Jobs for America, provides real, tangible evidence that the economic benefits of IP are broad and far-reaching.” Go here for the original GIPC report and the interactive US Map. Key points related to IP…

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Earth Day Number 1 (of 4) Wellness… Gleaning feeds the needy | Highlands Today

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Gleaning feeds the needy | Highlands Today: “Gleaning feeds the needy” Earth Day… Basic four things to do. Right now. Number 1. Health and wellness. People can’t be healthy, and they certainly can’t be productive, if they don’t have the basics of health and living conditions. Just drinkable water and basic sanitation is a critical issue. This combined with the lack of basic nutrition results in major health and wellness issues for approximately 2 billion of…

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Sixteen Concerned Scientists: No Need to Panic About Global Warming – WSJ.com

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Sixteen Concerned Scientists: No Need to Panic About Global Warming – WSJ.com: Interesting group who signed off on this. Certainly there are smarter things to do and less-smart things to do related to becoming sustainable. In some cases (many cases) the best way to sustainability is to bring a developing economy up out of poverty: you’re not very concerned about the environment if/when you are struggling to stay alive. It should be interesting to see…

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Survive or Thrive in times of Economic Uncertainty

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Posted on August 12, 2011 by Dr. Edward F. Knab It doesn’t matter if they call it a recession, depression or something else, the world economies are on the brink of a double dip recession. Consumer confidence is is now at its lowest level in 50 years and companies must develop effective strategies in order to survive these challenging times. While there is little wrong with prudent cutting costs, the companies who emerge from economic…