To Starbucks, a Closing; To Newark, a Trauma

After Seattle and now Newark...is starbucks going bankrupt?!..WATCH OUT, STARBUCKS SHARE IS GOING DOWN IN WALL STREET... "The green aprons, the blond wood, the safari-themed coffee art and the chalkboards. From...

New York Times Op-Ed: Israel Will Attack Iran

"Yes, you read my title correctly. Today's New York Times includes an op-ed piece by Benny Morris, a Professor of Middle Eastern history at Ben Gurion University. He claims Israel will most certainly attack Iran...

Warning over maternity leave threat to women's careers

A commission has claimed that the right for a woman in the UK to take a year for maternity leave may be making employers hesitant to hire or promote women, for fear of losing them for a eyar down the line."THE right to a year's maternity leave could be ruining women's...

McCain's divorce strained relationship with Reagans

Nancy Reagan gave a half-hearted endorsement of John McCain recently. She has known McCain for three decades, but their relationship was strained in the late 70's by his divorcing his first wife, Carol, who was good...

How four cups of coffee a day reduces a woman's chance of having a baby by 25%

I supposed non caffeine coffee suit for woman, or perhaps...drink plain water instead..."Four cups of coffee a day seriously damage a woman’s chances of having a baby, research suggests. The effect is almost as bad...

Get Healthy: Your Middle-Aged Heart Will Thank You

A common-sense study with the expected common-sense results: "King and his colleagues evaluated almost 16,000 men and women who were between the ages of 45 and 64 when the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study...

Another Indication that Newspapers are Finished

So, stage one is you lose touch with your audience.  Stage two is you lose readership.  Stage three is your advertisers run.  Stage four is your valuations plummet.  Stage five is the analysts...

Biofuels to blame for 75 per cent increase in price of food

Rushing into change without thinking out the consequences is never a good idea. Here we what at first seems a great environmental idea leading to food shortages and hikes in prices. I suppose it's just common sense...

British GP will move to Donington

End of an era for Silverstone."British GP will move to Donington Donington hosted its last Formula One race in 1993 The British Grand Prix will...

Indonesian homemakers turn trash into fashion frills

Interesting way to do a business... " Used detergent labels and toothpaste tubes from Indonesia are going from landfills to fashion frills on bags and wallets sold in Singapore, Australia and the United States. The...

The Queen and Royal Family Cost UK £40 Million a Year

Well it comes down to 66p a day per person according to palace officials but there are many who would like to see their money go elsewhere."The cost of keeping the Queen and the Royal Family rose by an...

Two men kissing advert pulled

Two men kissing advert pulled After receiving more than 200 complaints about a Heinz Deli Mayo advertisement in less than a week the advert has been yanked from the tube.The entire advert is regular in every way...

China’s Visa Policy Threatens Olympics Tourism

I think this is in relation to a previous article about the lack of attendance (1million tickets unsold) for the Olympics. The visa policy is definitely hampering the crowds of people and tourism.  " With the...

Two men kissing Heinz advert sparks torrent of complaints

"A TV advert for Heinz mayonnaise showing two men sharing a kiss has sparked outrage from viewers.After less than a week on the air, the commercial is facing claims of being 'offensive' and 'inappropriate' as well as...

NowPublic on Techvibes

Headline: NowPublic - Now with Trust and Twitter"Vancouver-based news bookmarking and citizen journalism site NowPublic relaunched its website earlier this month and added a few new features that Mashable picked up on today. The new site design is less conservative that...

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