Articles
19/07/2010 | Linda Sieg
A growing number of Japanese students are doing whatever they can to avoid joining what some experts fear will become a “Lost Generation” of young people trapped in unstable, low-pay jobs Japanese college student Hiroki was keen to graduate last month and start his first full-time job, but despite applying ...
16/07/2010
The economy of Central Asia's most populous nation is wilting behind its sparkling façade, with factories closing and banks often empty when pensioners try to withdraw cash Uzbekistan powered through the global economic crisis, kept inflation in check and is enticing foreign companies with a ...
16/07/2010 | Kate Kelland
Scientists believe people who live to 100 years or more hold valuable secrets in their genes that can reveal targets for medicines to tackle a wide range of age-related diseases, as well as improving longevity itself They may be a little wrinkly, and there may not be many of them, but centenarians are the fastest growing demographic in...
16/07/2010 | Sangeeta Shastry
Over the past six years, social networking has been the Internet's stand-out phenomenon, linking up more than one billion people eager to exchange videos, pictures or last-minute birthday wishes. But concerns over privacy remain Sites like Facebook, which has more than 400 million users, rely in large part on people’s willingness to share a ...
16/07/2010
Internationality, practical relevance and an integrative perspective have been the trademarks of education at the University of St.Gallen (HSG) in Switzerland ever since it was established in 1898. Today, the HSG educates 6,400 students from 80 nations in the fields of Business Administration, Economics, Law and Social Sciences The HSG has shown itself to be highly successful, having been consistently ranked among Europe’s leading business ...
16/07/2010
Despite all of the potential offered by cloud computing, companies are unlikely to ever shift their entire IT infrastructure to the cloud. Integrating existing IT systems with cloud computing services will therefore present a key challenge in the future Experienced system integrators like Siemens IT Solutions and Services are needed to analyse which applications are suita...
Bailed out homebuilders collect fat paycheques