Barry Schwartz makes a passionate call for “practical wisdom” as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. He argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world.
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp aims to present its new business plan on how it will scale down its business operations within the next few weeks, a senior company official told Reuters on Tuesday.
STUTTGART/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Daimler swung to a hefty loss, hit by exposure to Chrysler, and Opel and Saab braced for news of General Motors' survival plan, as European carmakers saw their fates tied closely to their U.S. peers.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc posted a quarterly profit that beat Wall Street forecasts, helped by higher U.S. sales at its namesake discount stores, and said it expected to continue to perform better than its competitors.
TORONTO - At a time when Canada's rail industry has come under intense public scrutiny to protect safety Canadian Pacific Railway's recent decision to cut workers responsible for conducting safety inspections and repair work on rail cars at eight Ontario locations is absurd and must be stopped, said CAW Local 101 President Tom Murphy.
"You're next in line for a promotion", "Let's have lunch sometime", "I'd love to read your report", "No, those pants don't make you look fat."
We get lied to all the time. People are dishonest with us out of politeness, to avoid punishment, to protect others, or to deliberately mislead us for personal gain.
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Even though Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) touts its mighty Tundra pickup as "the truck that's changing it all," workers who build it in San Antonio are not immune from the threat of layoffs that have beset the Big Three U.S. automakers.
Statscan - The decline reflected almost equal decreases in both volume and price. This was the largest monthly percentage decline since the start of the current series in January 1992.
CALGARY - Imperial Oil Limited announced total year-end proved reserves of more than 2.3 billion oil equivalent barrels, an increase of almost 50 percent from 2007. This represents a reserve life at current production rates of approximately 25 years.
TORONTO - Data newly released from Statistics Canada confirms that Canada experienced its worst-ever year in international trade in automotive products in 2008, according to an analysis from the Canadian Auto Workers union.
NEW YORK - Mercer International Inc. today announced that its Celgar mill has signed a contribution agreement ("Contribution Agreement") with the Canadian federal government pursuant to Canada's ecoEnergy for Renewable Power Program. The program was established to increase Canada's supply of clean electricity from renewable sources, such as biomass, by providing funding for renewable energy projects such as the Celgar mill's new green energy project (the "Celgar Energy Project").
Statscan - Canadian investors continued to repatriate funds in December, with significantly reduced holdings of foreign debt instruments. Foreign equities were also sold, as Canadian investors shed $6.4 billion of foreign securities over the month.
Skuku’s Mobile VOIP Application Enables Customers to Access the Cellular SIM Card in their Mobile Phone, Ensuring One Mobile Identity Anywhere in the World
PETACH TIKVA, Israel and BARCELONA, Spain - Skuku an international communications company specializing in network based telephony solutions, announced today the launch of a Mobile Windows application for its revolutionary roaming solutions at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Geneva, Switzerland/New York, USA – The World Economic Forum today released the Globalization of Alternative Investments Working Papers Volume 2: The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity Report 2009, one of the most exhaustive studies of private equity involving thousands of companies going back to the 1980s.
Laval - The author, Lucien BONNET, from Montréal of Haitian origin, graduate in Communication Sciences from the University of Montreal, explains here that the shortage of residences in Haiti is so serious that even Haitians of the Diaspora, generally more fortunate, who would like to return to the country or to go there for visit, cannot find there suitable housing.
Viigo leads the market in supporting the BlackBerry Storm
TORONTO - Viigo Inc., developer of the popular mobile content and services platform for smartphones, announced today that its award-winning application is the first third party application to be included in the BlackBerry Application Center for Vodafone.
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