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Founded in Santiago de Cuba in 1862 by Don Facundo Bacard

Founded in Santiago de Cuba in 1862 by Don Facundo Bacard

The Mongol hordes led by Genghis Khan carved out the largest contiguous land empire history has ever witnessed, reaching at its apex from Asia's Pacific coast to eastern Europe and down into Persia and southeastern Asia. Although conventional wisdom suggests drought may have pushed them across the steppe to conquer more bountiful lands, ancient, long-dead trees discovered in a forbidding lava field in Mongolia give evidence that unprecedented rains might actually have helped fuel their expansion. [More]

I woke up, bleary-eyed, to news that would change my week: A corpse plant was about to bloom at Cornell University. In other words, the most amazing thing I could imagine was unfolding, literally, down the street from my house. The corpse plant has the largest unbranched blossom in the world

Whether you're trying to sell whisky or get people to adopt dogs, marketing can be magical when there's a deep understanding of both an organization's culture and its strategic needs. There’s been a back and forth on Fast Company of late, regarding corporate culture versus strategy

At the end of the month, Netflix subscribers will no longer be able to stream Starz content--one of the largest providers of movies and TV shows. Netflix puts on a happy face: "We are confident we can take the money we had earmarked for Starz's renewal . . .

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will carry out a comprehensive assessment of development pressure on the Great Barrier Reef to help preserve the world's largest coral reef system, ministers said Saturday. The assessment will take into account how development along Australia's northeast coast is affecting the reef, Environment Minister Tony Burke said in a joint statement with the Queensland state government

I may be a rule-follower by nature. But when it comes to my own company, I've learned when to color outside the lines.

A dead or dying value model can take your company down with it. Here's how one company came back from the brink. We recently wrote about the " value model ," a framework for defining how four key elements of your business–employees, capabilities, customers and financial performance–interrelate in a way that creates or destroys business value.

A dead or dying value model can take your company down with it. Here's how one company came back from the brink. We recently wrote about the " value model ," a framework for defining how four key elements of your business–employees, capabilities, customers and financial performance–interrelate in a way that creates or destroys business value

A dead or dying value model can take your company down with it. Here's how one company came back from the brink

A dead or dying value model can take your company down with it. Here's how one company came back from the brink

By Adam Marcus of Nature magazine A long-running question about how the largest species of birds achieve erect penises seems to have been settled.

Scientists have discovered the largest black holes yet, and they're far bigger than researchers expected based on the galaxies in which they were found. [More]

The St. Regis Tianjin opened October 30 as that city’s first hotel to offer butler service for all guests. Located in northern China, about a 30-minute bullet-train ride from Beijing, the 18-story glass-and-steel structure features the largest presidential suite in Tianjin, along with 273 guest rooms and suites, many of ...