Bee deaths threaten food supplies
This is not the first time that the subject of the declining population of the UK’S bee’s has once again become news, this time because of the results from a survey that has been conducted by the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) which show that the nations bee population has fallen again.
This may seem like a [...]
Business can learn from sport
There is some things that business people can learn from sports people, as they both have similar goals and need the same qualities but that is where the similarities end. Therefore, there are some things that sports and business people have in common.
However, are there any tips that the business world could learn from the [...]
China set to lead manufacturing
Next year will be the year that China overtakes the USA as the biggest manufacturer of goods, this was always going to happen, but the experts had initially predicted that this would actually be taking place in four years time.
The main reason for this jump is being put down to the economy in the US [...]
Dollar still struggles against the Peso
As oil prices begin to slow down, in fact, there has been a slight decrease in the price of a barrel of crude, however the US Dollar is still struggling against most international currencies but what is truly painful for the American is that the Mexican Peso is continuing to get stronger against the Dollar.
At [...]
Marty McFly’s hover board for sale
There cannot be many people around who have seen Back to the Future, where hero Marty McFly (Michael J Fox) found that skateboards had evolved into hover boards in the second movie. The hover board also appeared in the third and final movie, but after being retired for some time the hover board is now [...]
July 24, 2008BioFuels made from sawdust
It seems that there is no limit to the types of plant matter, which can be converted into biofuels, the only problem is converting the plant molecules into the liquid hydrocarbons, which is essential, otherwise the whole process is a waste of time.
Once this conversion has taken place plant material and waste plant material can [...]
Bloggers facing lawsuits
Blogging started around 2004, but then it was mainly a way of ordinary non technically minded people who wanted a piece of the web for themselves to express what they were feeling at that time.
But now blogging has taken on many different forms, these range from pro-bloggers to people who like to just leave the [...]
Google in trouble over parked domains
If you have ever found a parked domain, have you noticed the Google Adwords on the page?
This has become the basis of an accusation from a law firm in California; they have been paying the site to be promoted through the search engines scheme. Only to find that instead of the adverts appearing on [...]
A Milestone for McDonalds
Out of all the products that McDonalds sell, the Big Mac has to be the most famous and possibly even the most popular burger that they sell. Yet the Big Mac was never on the original menu, because as with many burger bars during the late fifties they just sold burgers.
But one franchise owner James [...]
Google increases day care costs
You can always tell when company means business, when they start looking to the costs of the benefits that they providing their staff with. Google of course no different to any business now and they too have been looking into the costs of the perks which their staff love so much.
But instead of looking at [...]
Adsense referrals RIP
For users of Adsense who have not updated their accounts recently, may wish to pay the account pages a visit, especially before the end of August as this will be the time when Adsense referrals will be closed for good.
Google said that this part of their continuing work to improve the services that they provide [...]
Smoking ban a year on
It’s been a year since the smoking ban was introduced in the UK, and so far there has been a mixed response as to whether or not this has helped in any way at all.
Clearly there are the health benefits, nobody wants to be stuck in a room full of smoke, and not even smokers [...]
Millions of people poorer due to bio fuels
At first bio fuel may have seemed a great idea, but now that the scale of the industry is becoming more apparent, there are fears that the hunger for fuel to put into cars is driving the bio fuel industry to expand.
But this expansion of crops for bio fuels means that the traditional crops are [...]
The world’s largest arms dealer is?
Well in 2007 the world largest exporter of weapons is the UK! Surprisingly according to the UK Trade and Investment (UKTi) exports of arms came to a massive £9.7 billion, more than the US, who most people think are largest arms supplier in the world.
However the sort arms that we are talking about here are [...]
The business of being green
There are not many places that you can go or see on the TV where eco friendly items are being marketing. The problem is for the average person going green is not very easy, first there is the time consumption because inevitably going green slows things down and then there is cost, going green can [...]
June 11, 2008The real price of oil
Nobody can escape the talk of oil these days, no matter where you are located, oil and the price of oil has an impact on virtually everyone’s lives in one way or another and yet there is talk that the price of a barrel of oil could be as much as sixty per cent of [...]
June 6, 2008Are Bio Fuels bad for business?
Well this is going to be part of the big debate, because yes Bio Fuels are great but they are really not a replacement for fossil fuels, they will just extend their usage by a few years.
The real problem with the rise of Bio Fuels is the damage that the growing this crop does, in [...]
Websites that help you save money
It may be a hard concept to grasp but there are some businesses out there that are actually in the business of giving stuff away. These may be directed to certain people or products, but at the end of the day saving money is what it’s all about.
Sites that will save you money, in one [...]
Forget the Apprentice, entry level jobs are harder
If you think that the Apprentice is hard enough then you may wish to view the top ten of the worst entry level jobs that there are. These jobs are the ones which the new graduates will be trying to get in order to get a foot on the corporate ladder.
But sometimes these jobs may [...]
Business pays employees to leave
The business of being business has changed over the years, with new and exciting companies being started up by people who have little or no experience in business, but have great ideas.
This lack of experience has created new companies run by people who have an unconventional approach to business.
Like Zappos, they produce a cool line [...]