Most of us decorate our homes in budget. This is because there is hardly any money left to spend on the interior decoration after paying the EMIs on the house. However, even cheap home decor ideas can be classy and chic. So basically, your home decor can look expensive even ... Read More »
I admit, I am totally lost when it comes to home decor. For years, we’ve lived in apartments where our ability to decorate was limited to strict leases and landlord preferences to no holes in the walls. So now that we’re in the process of purchasing our first home, I’m ... Read More »
We don’t usually hear much about women’s periods during the Olympics. That is, until Chinese swimming phenomenon Fu Yuanhui broke the silence last week in Rio and brought up her menstrual flow following a fourth-place finish. “My period started last night,” she told a Chinese journalist, “and I’m feeling pretty ... Read More »
There is hardly a country in the world that is not attempting to improve its school education. Countries like Canada and Finland, which already have excellent school systems, are still trying to improve. These countries have confidence in their own approach and remain committed to those fundamentals. Like top-notch sportspeople, ... Read More »
Hugh Grant jokes that he was prepared to be intimidated by his Florence Foster Jenkins screen partner Meryl Streep, but was surprised to see what a tremendous comic force their co-star Simon Helberg turned out to be. “I became gradually aware that I should have been frightened of HIM,” Grant ... Read More »
On the edge of a bucolic field in Princeton, N.J., an eco-friendly office building recently opened its doors. Plants festoon the roof, a living wall is planned for the lobby, and rainwater storage tanks supply the building’s needs. In the parking lot there are wind turbines, solar panels and electric ... Read More »
An experiment was conducted in 2015 at the University of St. Gallen to gather evidence on the benefits of using visualisation in communicating business strategies. In this experiment, 76 managers were acquainted with the presentation of the strategy to be incorporated for BMW’s financial services. Three types of visual presentations ... Read More »
In today’s world, filled with internet entrepreneurs and experts vying for attention in a cluttered online space, there is a prevailing trend of each person speaking louder than the next. The resulting cacophony is enough to leave anyone confused and disheartened. Greg Mercer and his team Greg Mercer and his ... Read More »
Opponents have lodged a long list of complaints against the chicken-processing operation Costco wants to build in Fremont, pushing back with concerns about pollution, illegal immigrant workers and whether farmers will get a fair shake. But there has been little talk about the welfare of the birds or of the ... Read More »
In just one week thousands of students and their anxious parents will descend upon residence halls to transform empty dorm rooms into home for the next school year. UT students Caroline Szukelewicz remembers bringing too much with her for her first year in a dorm. “I’m from out of state ... Read More »
Igor Schwarzmann is the German co-founder of Third Wave, a strategy consultancy based in Berlin that works with small-scale industrial manufacturers. The company’s clients range across Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, so Schwarzmann often finds himself moving between poles of the global economy. While traveling, he turns ... Read More »
We’ve been talking about society’s transition to a cashless society for a long time, but it begs an important question: Can stores and other retail establishments refuse to take your dollars and cents? As odd as it sounds, this is not hypothetical anymore as a small number of stores and ... Read More »
