Category: Knowledge Management

  • Religion v science R.M. | WASHINGTON, DC, economist.com Earth, to Rubio WE ARE now about 1,400 days out from the next pres­i­den­tial elec­tion, so it’s time for the poten­tial can­di­dates to start jock­ey­ing for posi­tion. Hence Marco Rubio’s fab­u­lous­ly elu­sive (now viral) answer to the rather… RT @TheEconomist: Trending: A Republican senator from Florida, has…

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  • Economist ranks best countries to be born in

    The lottery of life economist.com International Where to be born in 2013 War­ren Buf­fett, prob­a­bly the world’s most suc­cess­ful investor, has said that any­thing good that hap­pened to him could be traced back to the fact that he was born in the right coun­try, the Unit­ed… RT @TheEconomist: Trending: Which country will provide the best…

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  • Language generation on the Internet:Reddit is the meme hatchery

    S.A.P. | LOS ANGELES, economist.com The Erkernermerst JOHN­SON reads Red­dit from time to time. Red­dit, as the web’s most promi­nent meme hatch­ery, is an incu­ba­tor of new trends in writ­ten lan­guage. The Inter­net has changed so much of our lives, but few things have changed … RT @TheEconomist: Reddit, as the web’s most prominent meme…

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  • Obama campaign sparks new political tech startups

    The Obama start-ups economist.com Innovation and electioneering Techniques from the president’s election campaigns have spawned one lot of young firms AT THE inau­gu­ra­tion ball held for staff of Barack Obama’s cam­paign team in Jan­u­ary 2009, the new pres­i­dent “told us al… RT @TheEconomist: Techniques from the Barack Obama’s election campaigns have spawned one lot of…

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  • Gatorade contains flame retardant according to petition

    Petition Claims Ingredient In Gatorade Is A Flame Retardant, Unsafe For Consumption Mary Beth Quirk, consumerist.com (Clean Wal-Mart)Gatorade is under fire from a new consumer petition claiming that the company’s beverage contains an unhealthy ingredient, brominated vegetable oil (or BVO), that was developed as a flame retardant. Opponents of the emulsifier, whi… Related articles Top…

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  • Best B-Schools 2012businessweek.com How each school fared on each ele­ment of Bloomberg Busi­ness­week’s rank­ing method­ol­o­gy A new gen­er­a­tion of busi­ness stu­dents is opt­ing for spe­cial­ized mas­ter’s degrees straight out of col­lege, rather than the tra­di­tion­a… http://flpbd.it/X0RLD

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  • Best B-Schools 2012businessweek.com How each school fared on each ele­ment of Bloomberg Busi­ness­week’s rank­ing method­ol­o­gy A new gen­er­a­tion of busi­ness stu­dents is opt­ing for spe­cial­ized mas­ter’s degrees straight out of col­lege, rather than the tra­di­tion­a… http://flpbd.it/X0RLD

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  • Best B-Schools 2012businessweek.com How each school fared on each ele­ment of Bloomberg Busi­ness­week’s rank­ing method­ol­o­gy A new gen­er­a­tion of busi­ness stu­dents is opt­ing for spe­cial­ized mas­ter’s degrees straight out of col­lege, rather than the tra­di­tion­a… http://flpbd.it/X0RLD

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  • Why Cell Phones Went Dead After Hurricane Sandy

    Editorials, bloomberg.com After Hur­ri­cane Sandy, sur­vivors need­ed, in addi­tion to safe­ty and power, the abil­i­ty to com­mu­ni­cate. Yet in parts of New York City, mobile com­mu­ni­ca­tions ser­vices were knocked out for days. The prob­lem? The com­pa­nies that… http://flpbd.it/aV6Ma Why Cell Phones Went Dead After Hurricane Sandy Related articles Coldplay’s Chris Martin Supports Hurricane Sandy Relief…

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  • MBA Pay: The Devil’s in the Details Louis Lavelle, businessweek.com For many years, prospec­tive busi­ness school stu­dents have stud­ied the career stats for the nation’s top MBA pro­grams like hand­i­cap­pers por­ing over the Daily Rac­ing Form before the big race. But unlike that august pub­li­ca­tion,… http://flpbd.it/IFCzV

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  • MBA Pay: The Devil’s in the Details Louis Lavelle, businessweek.com For many years, prospec­tive busi­ness school stu­dents have stud­ied the career stats for the nation’s top MBA pro­grams like hand­i­cap­pers por­ing over the Daily Rac­ing Form before the big race. But unlike that august pub­li­ca­tion,… http://flpbd.it/IFCzV

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  • MBA Pay: The Devil’s in the Details Louis Lavelle, businessweek.com For many years, prospec­tive busi­ness school stu­dents have stud­ied the career stats for the nation’s top MBA pro­grams like hand­i­cap­pers por­ing over the Daily Rac­ing Form before the big race. But unlike that august pub­li­ca­tion,… http://flpbd.it/IFCzV

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