By Robert Sun America is in danger of becoming the world’s first “derivative economy.” Once renowned around the world for our prodigious ability to manufacture, invent, and revolutionize, the U.S. is becoming a place where pastimes take precedence, image is king, and quick money is the goal. Eighty years ago, ...
By Bismah Ali James Foley and the need for consistent international approaches to hostage situations. Before his brutal murder, James Foley’s masked executioner explained that his death was in direct response to recent United States airstrikes in Iraq against ISIS. However, after his kidnap from Syria in 2012 and until ...
By Alex Lodge After a busy summer of dragging my carcass around various festival sites it's time to sit back and reflect on everything I've seen and heard. The main stage at any festival is sometimes great, though often hit and miss. The headliner draws a huge crowd and we ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Bank holidays, like this one, are generally spent resting, drinking or indulging in the UK’s favourite past time…DIY. Well it appears that this might not strictly be the case anymore, especially for men, traditionally the seen as the master builder of the household - AKA the first to ...
Sport News 24/7 By Cai Davies “The buck stops with me” were the words that Albion chairman Jeremy Peace used to kick off the transfer window this season. Last season was a farce from start to finish; from Nicolas Anelka’s role at the club, the unrest brought by handing a ...
By Jamie Viggiano, Head of Marketing at TaskRabbit Britain continues to encourage entrepreneurship. So far this year, 350,000 companies have started up in the UK. This is not surprising. After all, making money and being your own boss is something that appeals to most of us. However, starting a company ...
By Tony Roy, President of CareerBuilder EMEA A career in culture may be a neighbourhood away While it might be enticing to work in the areas of culture, media or sport, these jobs are often difficult to find. Yet according to our new study, a more targeted approach might be ...
Sport News 24/7 By Will Herrmann In the final few games of last season Connor Wickham began to give some evidence that he has the ability to succeed at the top level and his goals went a long way to keeping Sunderland up. Gus Poyet has come out and said ...
By Valentina Magri All that glitters is not gold. ONS data released on August 13th for the second quarter of 2014 shows that Britain currently enjoys a record low unemployment rate at 6.4 per cent and an increase in employment (+167,000 persons). The jobs market seems to also be improving ...