The Best Way to Build your Business

"It’s interesting to see how many small businesses try as soon as possible to follow the example of some large corporations to build an impersonal “corporate image.” People actually prefer to do business with people, not institutions. The last time you called an...

Unicef rebuilt 52 schools in Aceh since 2004 tsunami

"Unicef handed three more schools in North Sumatra to BRR which is tasked with rebuilding Aceh province and Nias district in North Sumatra following the deadly tidal wave three years ago, Unicef representative for Indonesia Gianfranco Rotigliano said here Tuesday. The 52nd...

Helicopter 'Rebuilt' Before Crash

"A helicopter involved in a fatal crash after its rotor blades "broke off" had been rebuilt three months before the tragedy, an inquiry has heard. The Bell Jet Ranger crashed into a field near Coupar Angus, Perthshire, in December 2005. Pilot Captain Philip Ward, from...

Rebuilt Iraq Projects Found Crumbling

"In a troubling sign for the American-financed rebuilding program in Iraq, inspectors for a federal oversight agency have found that in a sampling of eight projects that the United States had declared successes, seven were no longer operating as designed because of plumbing...

Sri Lanks Tops Ireland: World Cup Super 8

UPDATE: Ireland must now bow out of World Cup contention..."Ireland's World Cup came to a sorry end as Sri Lanka thrashed them by eight wickets with 40 overs to spare in their Super 8 clash in Grenada. The Irish were bowled out for 77, mainly thanks to Farveez Maharoof (4-25)...

Lessons from an Embargo: Cuba's Recycling Expertise

"Ariel Rodriguez makes new keys from old ones. He shapes them on a 1953 key-copying machine that he bought broken and fixed with parts from a grain mill. He shines them on a key polisher he rebuilt with a washing-machine motor."This story from the Florida-Sun Sentinel tells...

The ice complex at Balea Lac: hotel, church and more

"The ice hotel at Balea Lac is at its second edition. In 2006, the builder had some troubles with the local authorities, who asked him to shut down the place, claiming that he does not have all required authorizations. Once the problem solved, the ice hotel was open again,...