Actors Jaden And Willow Smith Become Youth Ambassadors for Hasbro’s PROJECT ZAMBI

Actors and brother and sister duo Jaden and Willow Smith are joining Hasbro, Inc.’s PROJECT ZAMBI as the program’s Youth Ambassadors to help raise awareness for the estimated 15 million children who have lost parents and relatives to the AIDS epidemic...

75% of Americans Plan on Working Until They Drop

A new study released by Bankrate, Inc. shows that the vast majority of working Americans plan to work as long as they can during retirement age, showing a redefinition of how Americans view traditional retirement plans.

Number of Internet Domain Names Reaches 184 Million

Domain names continue to show growth across the Internet, according to the second quarter 2009 Domain Name Industry Brief published by VeriSign, Inc.

The Growth Question

Much of my writing about economic conditions has focused on the dangers of a prevailing commitment that growth is all that matters where economic health is concerned. I have even suggested that this fixation on growth is a primary means by which the...

Missile CHUTZPAH

This feels like it has been a long week. It has certainly not been a week without chutzpah; but it did not feel like a week in which any specific act of chutzpah immediately jumped out as being award-winning. In retrospect, however, I think that...

U.K. Teenagers Most Concerned About Losing Weight And Fitting in

Today’s teenagers in the U.K. are most worried about losing weight and fitting in. But more teenagers from low income families worry about bullying, drugs, and smoking compared to peers from high income families. Surveys for NHS Teen LifeCheck published...

Ciara Helps Teens Give Back At the 2nd Annual Staples/Do Something 101 Volunteer Event

Grammy® Winning singer-songwriter Ciara shared the spotlight with youth volunteers in a national effort to empower teens to give back to the community.

Whose Recovery?

A Reuters dispatch this morning from European Investment Correspondent Jeremy Gaunt in London may be an indicator of who thinks what about the current economic crisis: Leading investors have taken their holdings of stocks back up to levels last seen...

Sears Tower, the Tallest Building in the Western Hemisphere, Renamed Willis Tower

The tallest building in the Western Hemisphere was renamed Willis Tower last week. Joseph J. Plumeri, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley officially introduced...