Worried About Your Brain? Take Some Shakespeare

To stimulate your brain and fire it up, try Shakespeare, or so a study proves."n Shakespeare what is apparently a small matter is actually often a big deal made seemingly small only because it is happening at pace. The moment of a decision in Macbeth, of a death in Lear: they...

What's to love about LinkedIn?

I prefer face to face meetings, rather than internet meeting. But then that's me. What about you?" What's to love about LinkedIn? Melanie Lindner, Forbes Published: Friday, June 27, 2008 In the Internet age,...

German Inflation Worst in 15 Years, Wages Decline

"German inflation picked up speed in June, jumping to an annual 3.3 percent, the fastest pace since 1993, from 3.0 percent in May, official figures showed Friday.As inflation climbs and indicators point to an economic slowdown, there are growing concerns Germany and the...

U.S. Energy Boss: Not Speculators, Shortages the Blame for Oil Prices

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe U.S. Energy Boss blaming shortages and not speculators driving up oil prices certainly must be the same slick oil salesmen who has Prime Swamp land in Florida for...

Euro 2008: Russia 2-0 Sweden & Greece 1-2 Spain

Russia through and Spain win all the group matches. Spain have a tough draw against Italy now, and the way the Russians are going Holland will have to be careful."Russia beat Sweden in Innsbruck to set up a clash...

Man 25 years old, racks up 71 court dates, 1 theft charge

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAnyone who racks up 71 court appearances before a judge on a litany of criminal charges, certainly as this offender states "I am trying to turn my life around" speaks of...

MoneyWeek editor, latest on the UK house price crash « Peter J. Cooper’s W...

"Money Programme interview with the Editor of MoneyWeek, Merryn Somerset Webb on UK house prices which have been falling at their fastest pace in history over the past two months. This lady has been proved right for steering buyers away from property in recent years. Listen...

Saints vs Chargers in London Oct 26 Sellout

"NewOrleansSaints.com, NewOrleansSaints.comThursday, May 29, 2008 - 12:33 PMLONDON -- The first 40,000 tickets made available for the NFL’s second overseas regular-season game on October 26 at Wembley Stadium in...

Hamilton wins Monaco Grand Prix

Great win for Lewis, now 3 points ahead of Kimi. It's setting up to be another great season. How things have changed now Schumacher has gone."Monaco Grand Prix Report: Hamilton wins thrilling Monaco...

Home sales slip, stock of unsold homes rises

Just when you thought it was safe to get back into the real estate sector..."WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of previously owned U.S. homes slipped last month and the backlog of unsold properties hit a record high, according to data on Friday that suggested the market's downturn...

Fears of no money to back housing growth

It was easy for ex Government minister and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party John Prescott to advocate the building of 250,000 houses in Northamptonshire, Northants, county in central England in the United...

Corvette, Former Champ Fittipaldi Chosen for 2008 Indy 500 Pace Car :: The EDJE

"The Indy 500 has announced two Chevrolet Corvettes will serve as this year's pace car, with former champ Emerson Fittipaldi as the driver.This is Chevrolet's 19th time serving as the race's official pace vehicle and...

Computer games 'scramble young minds'

"Children under seven should be banned from playing computer games because it could damage their attention span, it has been claimed. The rapid pace of computer games is only stimulating basic "fight or flight"...

British Columbia: New detached houses scarcer

Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Of course detached homes will become scarcer, developers make so much more money putting multiple houses on top of one another or build infill housing to maximize their...

Indonesia`s 2007 GDP growth seen above 6 pct - president

"Yudhoyono said the impact of the U.S. subprime mortgage loan crisis would likely be limited on Southeast Asia's biggest economy and he expects his administration to weather soaring global oil prices.The government expects Indonesia's economy to grow at 6.3 percent in 2007...

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