KODAK is one of the brand names from my childhood. Founded in 1892, KODAK became one of the leaders in the photography industry. They applied to the bankruptcy court in New York on 19 January, 2012. In the application the company said the move, which would include the sale of non-essential assets, which could include
[ More ]I don’t know how much interest you have in football. Although years ago I had played football a few times on a full sized field, my interest is really not more than watching the game on TV once in a while. Recently, I watched Barcelona crushing its powerful competitor Real Madrid. Messi came out as
[ More ]“I need an energy drink” said the businessman to me. We were in the 6th month of the process of finding an acquirer for his company shares. The project required a couple of months more. He continued by saying, “Such a drink that as soon as I drink it, just like in the advertisements, I
[ More ]I have already written about the IKEA effect mentioned in Dan Ariely’s book The Upside Of Irrationality. A part of the book discusses the dating methods singles use today and how they can be made to function better. Among others the writer looks for the answer to the question: “But could it be that, in
[ More ]Let’s say that you are organizing a special gala, and you would like to begin the event by having a female electric violinist, whose numbers are constantly increasing, performing on the stage to be accompanied by a dance group.
They have given you a list of performers. Although money is not an issue, it is hard
We didn’t know any of them when we were born.
We were not yet told why the hours were invented, years and months…
There was only sunrise and sunset: Start of light and dark.
Now we know all of them; clocks are running everywhere.
They say we are progressing day by day,
As we try to command the time while being its
I completely agree with the view expressed in an article in the Nov. 1987 issue of Ebony Magazine.
” One has to go back a while to recall a time when cars were simply means of transportation. [...] Today, cars are extensions of their owners. They make statements about the character and status of their owners.”
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Not so easy to answer. According to the information I have gathered from the Internet:
Ancient Mesopotamian women were possibly the first ones to invent and wear lipstick.
During the Islamic Golden Age the notable Arab Andalusian cosmetologist Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi invented solid lipsticks, which were perfumed sticks rolled and pressed in special molds.
In Medieval
Many years ago I was attending in USA the annual meeting of a company that we were representing. In his opening speech the chairman thanked about 10 people by separately calling out their names for their contributions in the preparation of the meeting. During the first break I went outside the hotel to get some
[ More ]“We are a green company” said the businessman as we were walking towards his car. “In a year we halved the amount of paper products that we use in our packaging.” After a short drive we arrived at the site of a metal coating company, who was one of his suppliers. I asked the person
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