Female Employment in UK at Record Highs

The number of women in the workforce has been on the incline for decades, and employment levels in the UK are now at an all time high. "There are now approximately 13.6 million jobs filled by women, and a similar amount held by men.  But men still have a higher...

Urban farming takes root in Detroit - This might solve the world food price r...

Could growing fresh vegetables help save crumbling inner cities around the world and tackle hunger? Putting in the spade-work at one of the charity's gardens That is the ambitious aim of a charity called Urban Farming, which has...

Louisiana Legislature wants HUGE Pay Raise

"Salaries would be closer to full-time job Friday, June 13, 2008 By Ed Anderson BATON ROUGE -- House members will meet this morning to debate a proposal to triple legislators' salaries in what has become the defining issue of the session. After it passed the Senate on...

Microsoft builds new Beijing R&D center, plans to double research staff

" Microsoft will spend US$280 million on a Beijing research and development center and double its full-time R&D staff in China to 3,000 over the next few years, the Wall Street Journal reported. Microsoft China's chairman, Zhang Ya-Qin, said during the center's...

Men who do housework may get more sex

"NEW YORK - American men still don't pull their weight when it comes to housework and child care, but collectively they're not the slackers they used to be. The average dad has gradually been getting better about picking himself up off the sofa and pitching in, according to a...