The Great Global DVD Divide Parents all over the world complain these days that kids watch too much TV. Our solution, however, offers a paradox: Kids should watch even more TV. What's the catch? They...
Hallmark's Asian Valentine The tradition of card giving on Valentine's Day seemingly an American phenomenon is taking root in Asia, too. Yet, when Asian customers buy Valentine's Day cards, they often...
Many Baby Boomers Are Worried About Prospects for Retirement When Elizabeth Buras' father retires four years from now after 30 years with a lift repair company, he'll receive monthly checks from his c...
Facing the Fears of Retirement "The day you retire, you're finished - you're dead." This simple, widely believed statement was uttered often by a 77-year-old business founder even before he came out o...
A Working Man is a Healthy Man OK, you're only 30-years-old - or maybe even 40 or 50 - and are already fantasizing about retiring. You've got the (fill in the blank: stock options, trust fund, rich wi...
Is It Healthy to Be a Football Supporter? - Why Fans Know the Score Die-hard football fans hit the heights when their team wins and reaches the depths of despair when they lose. Scientific studies sho...
Shaking Hands On the Web Jack Welch said something the other day that brought me up short: "Human relationships are declining in the selling game." It jarred me because I'd been wondering whether mayb...
The Moral Advantage How to Succeed in Business by Doing the Right Thing As for the moral advantage in business, of all places, everyone knows a modicum of ethics is called for in any business - you ca...
Could 'Japanglish' be a Legitimate Language? "We wish all the time to be able to provide you fresh bread and to propose you a joy of eating life with bread," says the sign in my local bakery. "Especia...
A Stateless Language that Europe must Embrace English is already Europe's lingua franca and it's time for politicians and educators to acknowledge this. The language policy in the European Union is bo...
