25% of IT workers plan to change jobs this year
One quarter of all IT workers plan to change jobs this year, according to a new survey issued jointly by CareerBuilder.com and Sologig.com. This...
Widening wealth gap a growing global problem
The widening wealth gap – the difference in incomes between the richest and poorest individuals - is a risk that has the potential to...
Jai Singh leaves Yahoo
Over the last week Yahoo has lost two top people, today editor-in-chief Jai Singh, who came in from the Huffington Post where he was...
Dropbox valued at $10 billion after $250 million fundraising
As IPO fever grips Silicon Valley companies, Cloud storage and collaboration tools provider Dropbox, which closed a $250 round of funding, is the latest...
Christmas spending lower for 26% of Americans
Christmas spending was lower than expected for 26% of American consumers and higher for only 14%, while 57% spent approximately what they had expected.
The...
December commodities a good month
December commodities figures were good thanks to positive fundamentals in the industrial metals and energy sectors, says a new report by Credit Suisse.
Nelson Louie,...
Suntory to buy Beam for $16 billion
Suntory Holdings Limited announced that it is to buy all outstanding shares in Beam Inc. for $83.50 per share in cash, i.e. it is...
Call centers need to have customer patience
Call centers can sometimes try our patience, especially when we are in a hurry, anxious for an answer to a problem, and all we...
Biofuels – just yields versus the big picture
As far as biofuels are concerned, corn is the leader in the category of biomass yield, but concentrating just on yield comes at a...
787 Dreamliner battery problems come back to haunt Boeing in 2014
Just as Boeing thought its 787 Dreamliner battery problems and other glitches had died in 2013, Japan Airlines reports it has grounded an aircraft...