In the entrepreneurial economies of emerging markets, women are key to connecting with the main engine of growth: the small-to-medium business market. This remake of the famous U.S.
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International Medical Corps is a model for global not-for-profits , with a plan that goes way beyond drop-in disaster relief. In Jacmel, Haiti, Dr. Dan Khodabakhsh, center behind woman, teaches locals how to fashion a sling out of a bedsheet
Read More »Photo Issue 2011: Phillip Lim, Shot By Jake Chessum
Inside the life and mind of Phillip Lim , one of the most talented and most elusive young fashion designers of our time. Here, Lim is photographed in the New York loft that will soon be his new HQ.
Read More »Photo Issue 2011: Scott Wilson, Shot By Jeff Minton
Psst, Mister! Wanna buy a watchband?
Read More »Photo Issue 2011: Jeanne Gang At Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo
Jeanne Gang designed the Nature Boardwalk at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo: "It's a hyper-urban site, and yet it provides a space for a natural habitat." Photo by Michael Lewis See more of the best photos of 2011
Read More »Photo Issue 2011: Exercises At China’s Second High School
During recess, students at the Second High School attached to Beijing Normal University--like their counterparts across the nation--gather in the courtyard to do calisthenics. This exercise is meant to aid their vision. Photo by Shiho Fukada See more of the best photos of 2011
Read More »Photo Issue 2011: David Lauren, Shot By Francois Dischinger
David Lauren is turning his father's empire into a digital leader --and shaking up the fashion industry. Lauren wearing a simple and elegant white suit allows him to be projected as a towering figure
Read More »Photo Issue 2011: Israel, Land Of Oil And Money
Israel may be the world's next energy superpower . But is this good for the Jews
Read More »Photo Issue 2011: Marketer Colin Spooner, Shot By Jason Madara
Creative marketers are launching new efforts to reach the Latin American community. Colin Spooner manages a consultancy launched by ad agency Pereira & O'Dell, whose majority owner is Brazilian advertising giant Grupo ABC.
Read More »Video: Flex Spending: How to use it and not lose it
How can you get the most out of a Flex Spending Account?
Read More »Childhood Obesity Best Battled in Schools, Research Finds
In the struggle against widespread obesity that begins in early childhood , new research indicates that schools may be the best place to start a solution. [More]
Read More »Dutch team provides alternative to optical semiconductor amplifiers
Researchers at the University of Twente's MESA+ research institute have developed a material capable of optical amplifications that are comparable to those achieved by the best, currently available semiconductor optical amplifiers. The researchers expect that this material will accelerate data communication and, ultimately, provide an alternative to short distance data communication (at the μm-cm scale).
Read More »Hitting the Track the Easy Way
The world of MotoGP racing is a richly funded, high-stakes microcosm where the best of the best do battle on million-dollar machines. But the Grand Prix world stage isn’t entirely inaccessible. Feeder fields like the current Moto2 and the upcoming Moto3 series allow privateers on relatively affordable bikes to compete ...
Read More »Video: Choosing the best health care options
Russ Mitchell talks with Consumer Reports senior program editor, Nancy Metcalf, and Prevention Magazine contributing editor, Dr.
Read More »Family Blend’s Newest Member
Cigar making is often a family endeavor, and one of the best examples of this is the privately owned Alec Bradley’s Family Blend of cigars, first released in 2009. Befitting its name, each blend honors the fathers of the three company executives, Alan Rubin, president; Ralph Montero, executive vice president; ...
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