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Last summer, my American Airlines flight from San Francisco to Miami was diverted to Los Angeles for mechanical problems. By the time the plane finally arrived in Miami — five hours late — many passengers, including me, had missed their connections to South America. American knew, of course, what each person had paid for [...]

To Bolivia’s president, it’s the great silvery-white hope. Lithium, the lightest metal. Half the density of water. Used in cell phone, laptop and iPod batteries, and in the years to come, many thousands of electric and hybrid vehicles propelling humanity into a cleaner energy future.
“Lithium is the hope not just for Bolivia but for all [...]

As HBS professor Laura Morgan Roberts sees it, if you aren’t managing your own professional image, others are.
“People are constantly observing your behavior and forming theories about your competence, character, and commitment, which are rapidly disseminated throughout your workplace,” she says. “It is only wise to add your voice in framing others’ theories about who [...]

Is Steve Jobs dying? Larry Ellison thinks so — the prospect reportedly moved the Oracle CEO to tears. A Gizmodo source thinks his “health is rapidly declining.” For Apple, it could be good news.
Is the persistent speculation about the health of Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer, offensive? Perhaps. But Apple shareholders are not observing [...]

What were the top social media sites of 2008? ComScore came out with its worldwide traffic stats for November a few days ago (so these don’t include December). They are a mix of social networks and blogging platforms. Blogger, the orange line in the chart above, still rules the roost with an estimated 222 million [...]

American job titles and responsibilities are constantly morphing to suit the economic and cultural transitions of our madcap age. Euphemisms are often the way recruiters dress up old job titles to narrow the field to specialists. A “hash slinger” is now termed a “culinary resource professional.” Kidding aside, today’s workers are often forced by marketplace [...]

As we all know that a long lasting recession has already been started world wide. Here is an interesting article about some of our familiar things which will not last through this recession.
The government says we’ve been in a recession for the past year. Experts say it’ll be at least another year before it’s [...]

Google said today it is partnering with LIFE magazine to make more than 10 million images available online from the magazine’s photo archive.
One of the most interesting things about the project is 97 percent of the photographs have never been seen by the public. The collection contains iconic images from the 20th century with works [...]

As performance review for the year 2008 is coming nearer, the article may be found useful.
As 2008 comes to a close amid a flurry of dreadful economic news, you may be less than excited at the prospect of your upcoming performance review. But unless your company is one of the few listening to calls [...]