Three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices this month, triggering an investigation by military and National Security Agency experts, the Air Force said Thursday. The probe found that the missile launch codes were outdated and remained secure at all times. |Full Story
ender science tells us that women are more likely than men to remember they even read this story. In Leadership and the Sexes: Using Gender Science to Create Success in Business, Michael Gurian and Barbara Annis offer decades of experience so we can decide who is better at what in the business world. |Full Story
With the modern Western subconscious increasingly obsessed with youth and escapism, it's no surprise that today's most successful entertainment franchise centers around a pubescent wizard. But half a century ago, in the midst of the Cold War, the masses craved a hero who was virile yet romantic, spartan yet decadent, principled without being ideological.|Full Story
The launch of the next-generation iPhone promises to be Steve Jobs' greatest stunt yet. Apple, Jobs' secretive computer and gadget company, has been quietly positioning millions of units of a mysterious new product--almost certainly the new iPhone--in key markets since March. And yet, incredibly, not one credible image of Apple's new product has yet been published. |Full Story
Outsourcing and offshoring are two similar concepts that are often lumped together. By definition, the former is to purchase or subcontract from an outside source; the latter, on the other hand, can be done both within and outside a company. |Full Story
Oh, the risks of celebrity endorsers. Upscale clothier Christian Dior is the latest company to learn that lesson, dropping Sharon Stone as the pitchwoman for its skin care line in China after the actress publicly blamed the devastating earthquake there on the "bad karma" that comes from the country's dismal human rights record in Tibet.|Full Story
