It was announced today that rising food and energy prices could push UK consumer inflation above 4% this year.I have many friends in the UK and they are already feeling the strain on their income - let alone if the...
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"Have you ever thought, “If I just had more self-confidence, if I was just more sure of myself and my abilities, I know I could be successful?”Discover how to replace your fears and doubts with a powerful self-confidence that will allow you to achieve your dreams and...
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As American Airlines cut its scheduled flights this week and Air France-KLM warned of reduced profits because of the continued rise in the price of jet fuel, will we see The end of the Budget Airline asks Dan Milmo (The Guardian, May 23rd)?His piece focuses mainly on Europe's...
Work can become an obsession for many of us, either because we aim to deliver or are trying so hard to find meaning in our daily gring suggests Lucy Kellaway in Aim low to find meaning at work (FT, May 12).She comments on a recent report from the Work Foundation titled...
The one hundred year old hotel Sofitel Metropole Hanoi has been continuously awarded “The Best Hotel in Hanoi in 2007” by the Asia Money’s readers, the leading monthly capital market magazine in Asia."With...
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This was going to happen at some point, but I'm surprised that it's happening so quickly. "Five of the six major airlines in the United States plan to start charging coach passengers as much as $25 next month to...
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In one of these weird twists, people building social networks and online communication tools do not have much of a social life and tend to neglect their spouses. Coming to that realization a couple of Australian tech guys, Ashley and Chris came up with the idea of Spouse 2.0 .
Having thought of South Koreans as working even longer hours than us in the US, I was surprised to find out that since 2004 the government of South Korea has encouraged people to cut down their working week to 5 days. Su Hyun Lee tells us about these changes and the...
"The construction of a new £1.5bn Titanic Quarter development for Belfast today moved a step closer after the planners gave its second phase the green light.
Environment Minister Arlene Foster announced outline planning permission has been given for the second stage of a...
WB Resorts Development LLC is planning a $175 million hotel and indoor waterpark complex on the ocean in North Wildwood, Cape May County, New Jersey. The North Wildwood City Council has approved a redevelopment agreement for part of the project site that moves the development...
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"England is now by law a smoke-free zone after the introduction of a smoking ban making it illegal to light up in enclosed public places came into force today.Virtually all enclosed public places are now smokefree;...
"The head teacher of a secondary school forced to close by flash floods after torrential rain will not re-open until after the summer holidays.
Pupils were sent home from Prestatyn High School in Denbighshire at lunch time after water rose up the drains during the one-hour...
This is truly fascinating. A city within a city, this incredible entertainment project is expected to be finished by 2025 and will cost over 64 billion dollars to build."Dubailand, billed as the "world's most ambitious tourism, leisure and entertainment project," is...