Worldcrunch: “Live next to a Caribbean beach all year round, anywhere in the world….” The Chilean company Crystal Lagoons has succeeded in making this long overused dream cliche into reality by finding a way to treat the water in swimming pools hundreds of meters in size. The meteoric success of the holiday home complex built […]
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This is where it began in 1962. Below is the first ever advertisement for Wal-Mart. No comment from me.
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When George Osborne announced the official 2014 budget in the House of Commons on Wednesday 20th March, the much-anticipated plan cemented Britain’s economic outlook for the coming year. In a time when the country is still on the fragile upswing from years of recent fiscal woes, it was met with a predictable mixture of praise
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Executive level security involves some serious precautions. For high-profile executives, there are many threats ranging from kidnapping to terrorism, that must be planned for. These VIPs make good targets because they have access to company files that matter. Startups are not as high profile, and usually don’t deal in that kind of volume. Their ideas
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When it comes to natural disasters, businesses should be prepared as well as communities and towns. Businesses are a source of income, both for the employers and employees, so it is best to prepare for the unlikely event there is an earthquake, tsunami, flood, or hurricane. The best way for businesses to be ready is
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The Consumerist: MoviePass is a new in-beta service that lets movie buffs watch as many movies in theaters as they want for $50 a month. There’s no need for tickets, just show your smartphone at a participating theater and you’re in. The service, which is in trials in San Francisco, is trying to shake up
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Do you use a smartphone to do product research when you’re shopping in a retail store? According to a survey by Men’s Health magazine and GfK Roper, 27% of men look up product reviews while shopping. Women may be shopping commandos, but men are catching up to them. One big reason is men’s ease with
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Entrepreneur on Birds Barbershop: To build trust through branding, says Karen Post, a Tampa, Fla.–based consultant and the author of Brand Turnaround, an entrepreneur must establish a distinct identity. Portman and Rapaport did this by offering standard haircuts at below-market prices—$19 for men, $39 for women—and keeping salons open seven days a week. (“Every salon
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1613 – The first English child born in Canada at Cuper’s Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy. 1794 – The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates. 1851 – First reported sighting of the Yosemite Valley by Europeans. 1975 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins. 1980 –
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Technology has progressed in leaps and bounds in the last few decades with smaller data formats, Cloud storage and smart phones and tablets becoming essential parts of people’s lives. As a consequence, many businesses are still learning how to adapt the practices of their companies to catch up with the times; all the while new
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