Education and Career

Melbourne, the Australian city has been named the world's most comfortable city to live in, according to The Economist. It is also worth noting that 6 of the top ten most comfortable cities to live in, are in Australia and Canada. In all, 140 of the world’s major cities were...

Boston’s MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) has been named the best university in the world for the 5th straight year, according to the QS World University Rankings 2016/17, with Stanford University (California) and Harvard University (Massachusetts) in 2nd and 3rd place, respectively. British universities have taken a tumble, it's top-ranked...

In today’s fast-paced and competitive business climate, you don’t get to reach an executive position in a successful concern without knowing what you want, and how you intend to go about achieving it. Drive, assertiveness, and an ability to keenly prioritize your time are all essential if you are to...

Jeff Erdmann of BofA Merrill Lynch has been named as America's top wealth management advisor for 2016 by Forbes Magazine in its annual list of the America's top wealth management advisor. Others making the list included Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management's Brian C. Pfeifler, at 2nd place, and UBS Private...

With annual income of $30.5 million, Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen remained the highest-paid female model in the world for 2016, according to Forbes magazine list of fashion's top-earners. Adriana Lima, Victoria's Secret's longest-running Angel, was the 2nd highest-paid female model, raking in $10.5 million. Fashion's top-earner: No one could touch...

With a brand value to $1.7 billion, CME is the most valuable stock exchange brand in the world for 2016, according to the Brand Finance, a brand valuation and strategy consultancy. The world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), ranked 2nd with a valuation of...

Today’s world is mobile-enabled, but tomorrow’s world will have an even greater mobile dependency. In 2014, there were 2.1 billion mobile phones and tablets sold worldwide. And in 2020, there will be an estimated 200 billion connected devices. Even with the obvious trend, according the PointSource 2016 The State of...

In 2011, amid much fanfare, JCPenney appointed Ron Johnson as its new CEO. Hailing from Apple and Target, where he held powerful positions, Johnson was glorified for great innovations at both. He rode into JCPenney waving the flag of change. However, after a disastrous 17 months that included a $6...

KAIST, also known as Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology has been named the most innovative university in Asia for 2016, based on a list from Reuters 75 most innovative universities in Asia for 2016. The 2nd most innovative university is Japan's University of Tokyo, followed by the Seoul...

For the 2nd time running, Germany has ranked number 1 among 160 countries according to the latest World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI) report entitled "Connecting to Complete 2016." It is followed by Luxembourg, Sweden, Netherlands and Singapore. Further, in terms of 6 sub-indices of the logistics performance index --...