LONDON and ESPOO, Finland, February 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Nokia
(NYSE: NOK), the world leader in mobility, and Pearson, the world’s leading
education company, today announced the formation of a joint venture, Beijing
Mobiledu Technologies, to…
For the world No. 1 male tennis player, Sunday’s victory over Andy Murray (6-3, 6-4, 7-6) marks Roger Federer’s 16th Grand Slam victory and his fourth Australian Open win. And for the world No. 1 female tennis player, Saturday’s (6-4, 3-6, 6-2) win ov…
Although the conference dribbles on until Sunday morning, by Friday evening the tone has been set. So what is the verdict?
The mood is certainly better than last year, when the world was ending, but it is worse than at the beginning of last week. Aless…
SEATTLE, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The world’s youngest teacher, Adora Svitak, is using all avenues of social media, including Twitter, to raise money for Save the Children’s relief efforts in Haiti. Adora, a Save the Children Youth Ambassador…
J.D. Salinger, famed author of The Catcher in the Rye (1951), as well as other works including the short story “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” which was published in The New Yorker, died of natural causes at his home in New Hampshire on January 27, 2010…
Another weird day has passed. But all days at Davos are weird. One never knows what is going on, except for the fact that, wherever one is, one would be far better off somewhere else.
The highlight of yesterday evening was the opening address of Presid…
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ — The Annenberg Foundation is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography, tentatively entitled “WATER: OUR THIRSTY WORLD” in partnership with National Geographic Magazine. The exhi…
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – El Bulli, the Spanish restaurant repeatedly crowned the world’s best, will be closed for two years from 2012, its chef Ferran Adria said Tuesday, citing fatigue and a need to perfect new recipes.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ — The Internet offers an exciting world of information and entertainment at the click of a mouse. Consumers are spending hours surfing, shopping, playing games and communicating online, but as with any activity,…
It can be hard to find an actual disagreement at Davos, given the social effects of sticking a lot of people in workshops and asking them to flesh out the future of the world convivially.
So it was encouraging (for a journalist) to come across a clear …