Braun, the internationally leading manufacturer of small electric appliances is celebrating its 90-year company anniversary on February 1, 2011. Founded by Max Braun in 1921, Braun today is a globally successful brand and the world market leader in the foil shaver, epilator and handblender segments. Braun looks back on an eventful and fortuitous history: Artur [...]
These new Churches are the realization of Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard’s vision, where he prescribed the standard and model for all Churches of Scientology to aspire to in becoming what he called an Ideal Organization (Org). Ideal Orgs are built to provide all services of the Scientology religion while also serving as a home [...]
Dining out can be an indulgent treat, a convenient way to feed the family when you’re too busy to cook at home, or a way of celebrating a special occasion. However, consumers are still hawkishly watching their discretionary spending—in fact, 60% of restaurant-goers report that the recession has changed the way their family spends money. [...]
Oscar nominations 2011: The nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards have been announced, The King’s Speech receiving 12 nominations including Best Actor for Colin Firth. See below the full list of Oscar nominations 2011: Actor in a Leading Role Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” Colin [...]
Data through November 2010, released by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, show a deceleration in the annual growth rates in 17 of the 20 MSAs and the 10- and 20-City Composites compared to what was reported for October 2010. The 10-City Composite was down [...]
While Americans continue to pay off debts and reduce spending, Equifax , one of the leading nationwide credit reporting agencies, finds many households still carry a heavy debt burden – in some cases owing up to 17 percent of their income to credit card companies alone. No one region of the country is shouldering the [...]
Families Paying with Their Lives and Their Wallets Highway safety advocates released the 2011 Roadmap Report, the eighth annual report card grading all 50 states and the District of Columbia on their performance when it comes to adopting 15 basic traffic safety laws. This year the report’s publishers, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), [...]
Toshiba announced select Satellite C655D laptop models will feature AMD’s new E-Series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) with on-die graphics. Designed with price conscious buyers in mind, the new Satellite C655D delivers enhanced media performance and an improved battery life rating while maintaining strong value-pricing. “The new AMD E Series APU brings a whole new level [...]
NASA’s Stardust-NExT spacecraft is nearing a celestial date with comet Tempel 1 at approximately 11:37 p.m. EST, on Feb. 14. The mission will allow scientists for the first time to look for changes on a comet’s surface that occurred following an orbit around the sun. The Stardust-NExT, or New Exploration of Tempel, spacecraft will take [...]
DesignContest.com launched their latest Community Contest, challenging designers to create a better logo redesign for Starbucks. According to DesignContest.com administration, “This is a fun contest that any designer can participate in. Most designers have an opinion about the new Starbucks logo and this is their chance to show us what they would have designed instead.” [...]