After considering many important factors like safety, security, and happiness editors at Travel + Leisure magazine have given New Zealand the title of best country for independent and solo travellers. Interestingly, the United States was surprisingly absent from the top 20 list. New Zealand (Why Go?) --- According to the...

As many as nine British business women, led by Alison Cooper, the chief executive of Imperial Tobacco Group, have made it to the Fortune list of 25 most powerful women "shaping the new world order" in the Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. Interestingly, newly appointed, chairwoman of...

Women from China and India dominate this year’s Fortune magazine’s list of the 25 most powerful women changing the landscape of Asia-Pacific business. As many as ten Chinese Women and eight Indian women, however, topping the list is Australian banking major Westpac CEO Gail Kelly, one of only two Australians...

Even though IBM's revenue declined below $100bn, but Chairman and CEO Ginny Rometty grabbed the top spot for the third year in a row on Fortune’s 2014 list of the “World's Most Powerful Women in Business.” Magazine ranks Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, at age 39, the youngest member of the...

The aging population has been called everything from the “silver tsunami” to the “gray storm” to a “ticking time bomb”. This negative imagery has contributed to the older demographic being largely snubbed by brands, marketers and advertisers in favor of the more positively portrayed younger generation: that alluring sweet spot...

Recently there has been a lot of talk about ‘visibility’. For the purposes of this post, though, I’m not talking about whether you can see out of your windscreen when it has frosted over. The kind of visibility that has become a trendy subject is about being seen in the...

It comes as no surprise to me that Egyptian women are dominating the list of 200 most influential and powerful women in the Gulf, with 29 entries. A big round of applause for the land of the Pharaohs! Saudi Arabia comes in 2nd with 27 entries, followed closely by women...

This is a remarkable decoding of Hollywood jargon, When it comes to hiring women and minority directors on prime-time television episodes, cable channels and broadcast networks have made little progress. Apparently Hollywood doesn't like hiring women or minority directors, and it's also not surprising. Sadly in this day and age,...

For new users on Twitter, the good folks at Science Magazine have put together a list of the most influential scientists on twitter you should be following right now. With that in mind, here are 50 scientific thinkers whose thoughts and opinions will make you a little bit smarter. So...