View Larger Map Look at the world map taken from Google maps above. Looks familiar, right? Look at that huge land to North America's upper right. That's Greenland. Look at Africa; it seems like Africa is about the size of Greenland. Now consider this fact: Africa is 14 times larger th... Read more...
IAmNotADictionary Word Of The Day: Nativism - Nativism favors the interests of certain established inhabitants of an area or nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants.[1] It may also include the re-establishment or perpetuation of such individuals or their culture. This may result... Read more...
Editor's Note: Pete Cashmore is founder and CEO of Mashable, a popular blog about social media. He writes a weekly column about social networking and technology for CNN.com. Do you remember Bebo? AOL bought the hot social networking Web site for $850 million in 2008. This week, the company... Read more...
Prudential looks set to buy one of Asia's biggest insurance firms in a £15bn deal, the BBC understands. The UK insurance giant is believed to be in advanced talks to takeover AIA, the Asian arm of US company AIG. Prudential has refused to confirm the huge deal, but the company is expected to ... Read more...
This is a must watch from the good Dr. He speaks on Jesse Jackson, Nelson Mandela & more. This interview is kind of old but it still resonates today. The rest of the interview is after the jump (more…) Read more...
Japan Airlines (JAL), Asia's biggest air carrier, has filed for bankruptcy protection, in one of the country's biggest corporate failures. Some 15,600 jobs are expected to be cut. All board members have also voted to resign, according to Japanese media. A state-backed turnaround organization h... Read more...
Audio Here: Malcolm X - Message To The GrassRoots We want to have just an off—the—cuff chat between you and me —— us. We want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand. We all agree tonight, all of the speakers have agreed, that America ... Read more...