Many small business owners still think they can take a pass on the power of online social media tools, particularly if they reside in seemingly low-tech industries like plumbing, fishing, or lawyering. I want to share a quick interview I
Creating and remembering strong passwords -- like backing up our computers' contents -- is something many of us know we should do, but don't. And can you blame us? Having to come up with user names and passwords for virtually
When most people think about Internet security problems, they focus on viruses and spyware -- technological attacks that usually can be mitigated by technological defenses. But the most insidious Internet security problems today rely on human gullibility, not tricky software.
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak discussed information technology investments and the future of the Internet on Tuesday during a brief visit by the software mogul and philanthropist."We're approaching the second decade of (the) digital age,"
Shortly after Microsoft announced its hostile bid for Yahoo, Google objected and raised the prospect that it would take its opposition to the merger to U.S. government regulators. As it turned out, Google was very much the spoiler in the
If you are a female business owner running a successful enterprise, you could be in with a chance of being a winner in the latest NatWest Everywoman awards, which are backed by Financial Mail.
Former Dragons Den panellist Rachel Elnaugh famously left the hit BBC programme after her company Red Letter Days was forced into administration in 2005
Russia's Federal Tariff Service has redefined the way airlines will be charged for using the country's airports. This comes in the wake of rapidly growing fuel prices, which have risen by 20% since the beginning of the year.
According to Bloomberg, the world's biggest banks are advising the purchase of roubles, betting that Medvedev will promote a policy of strengthening the Russian currency.
With price freezes on essential food items lifted this month, Russian inflation remains high. Central banks throughout Europe say they have few answers, and finance ministries are now being called on to bring government spending under control.
The Quakers have a saying along the lines of, "Pray as if everything depends on God, but act as if everything depends on you." While Cheryl Couch isn't a Quaker, the philosophy reflects one of her basic beliefs of success
Consumer foodstuff and soft drinks prices grew by 5.2%, the prices of housing and utility services reduced by 2.3%, health care services grew by 2.5%, transport by 2.5%.
Unilever, one of the biggest consumers of palm oil, has announced that it would back a moratorium on further palm oil related deforestation in Indonesia, and it commits to using only fully traceable palm oil by 2015. (1 May 2008)
