What's Wrong With Africa, that Makes Me Sick!

I have written a hard-hitting analytic research article on Kenya, a country with a GDP of more than US$66 billion, a population of more than 41 million, with per capita GDP of just about US$1,600, unemployment rate at more than 40%, and the percentage of the population living...

Groot Property Group Authorizes to Issue 10 Million Shares

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WINDHOEK, Namibia – October 1, 2011 -- /GPG/ -- Groot Property Group (Pty) Ltd is developing a new township namely, Groot, an upscale multifarious community to be comprised of more than 2,100 commercial retails with light and heavy industrial parks and...

Groot Property Group to Build 900 MW Gas Power Plant in Namibia

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WINDHOEK, Namibia - October 3, 2011 - - /GPG/ - - Groot Property Group (Pty) Ltd is developing a rapid industrial ecosystem in Namibia with more than 60 different projects which includes Groot Town Center (Groot), Wire and Cable Plant, Mini Steel Plant,...

LinkedIn Personal Endorsements and Connections for Sale?

Last week, I wrote and posted a blog article, titled “Real or Fake; How Reliable Are LinkedIn Professional Recommendations?“, and since then, I have received notes from different users, claiming that this kind of thing has been going on for a while on LinkedIn. And...

Obituaries and Memorial Services Going Social Networking

For years, families and friends have traditionally mourned their loved ones in private settings, mostly enclosed only to those who were relatively close to the deceased person. However, as social networks are becoming more of the everyday living for many people around the...

Who Should We Blame for All the Impact of the Current Recession?

Today, in the U.S., whether you are a blue or white collar worker and if you still have a job, any kind of job, and have not been laid off or threatened to be laid off, then you are either just lucky, your laid off time hasn't ticked in yet, your employer's industry has not...

Kraft Foods, Inc., An American Made, Globally Inspired

If you order a Big Mac or hamburger with cheese at any of your favorite restaurants, anywhere in the US, then chances are, your cheese is made by Kraft Foods, Inc., (NYSE: KFT), (”Kraft Foods”), the largest branded food and beverage company in the United States and the...

NAFTA, the Good, the Best, and the Ugly for the Americas

NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, has been getting a lot of not so favorable, and sometimes, controversial headlines in recent years. Some critics blame it for the current labor shortages in the United States, due to the fact that most U.S. companies have been...

The Daring Power of Honesty

Every one of us, anywhere, are all in need of something, we are all competing for resources, to make a living, to survive, and whatever it is that we may want, we can only get it from each other, if we are completely straight forward with one another.In order to...

Gov. Blagojevich taken into custody

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich was taken into custody Tuesday morning at his Northwest Side home, sources say. According to the source, the governor is now at FBI headquarters on the city's West Side, where he is in the custody of federal authorities. Officials are...

What Every Organism Wants: Sexual Selection

Yes, the title is an indicative to capture your attention. And, since you'all seem so tired and perhaps stressed out, well, we are now in "officially" a recession. Perhaps, an economic depression is next, but not soon or may be never, I hope. So, I wanted to arouse your...