"Dromio of Syracuse: Master, if you do, expect spoon-meat; or bespeak a long spoon. Antiophilus of Syracuse: Why, Dromio? Dromio of Syracuse: Marry, he must have a long spoon that must sup with the

In the fabulously successful and, in some quarters revered, "Confessions of an Economic Hitman", the author John Perkins, recounts how a cabal of wicked men like him have enabled American corporations

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Britney Spears took aim at some of the tabloid stories that have dogged her through 2009, publishing a list of the top 75 articles deemed to be the most ridiculous. A statement on Spears's official we

Some enterprising environmental entrepreneur has come up with a novel idea to tap the wild and icy seas between Australia and Antarctica to become a money spinner by engineering nature to soak up carb

Defined as a policy of accepting the imposed conditions of an aggressor in lieu of resistance, usually at the sacrifice of principles, appeasement policies have been demonstrated to fail, often spectacularly, in the complete spectrum of human to human interaction, ranging from pay and labor disputes, to sports administration right up to trade and environmental policy making.

Reprinted from The National Business Review Global warming is fast petering out as a cause that raises alarm and over-fishing is also less of a threat, thanks to the introduction of quotas and other

In an article entitled "Palm oil industry must get out of denial mode" written by Sean Whyte, The CEO of Nature Alert and published in the Jakarta Post and the New Straits Times, Whyte called the palm

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At one of those weird, celebrity-laden events they have every few months in New York, Hugh Jackman announced last week "climate change and poverty are inextricably linked". World leaders furiously nod