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Cognitive Fitness

The Idea in Brief What do Alan Greenspan, Warren Buffett, and Sumner Redstone have in common? They're still at the peak of their intellectual powers despite their advanced ages, defying the widespread belief that our mental capacity...

Tags: In Brief, Harvard Business Review, mental capacity, aging, Management, intellect, Brain, Leadership, Pattern Recognition, Roderick Gilkey, Clint Kilts

Articles 2007-11-07

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The distinctive style of Michelle Obama: a message from the president & CEO

Michelle Obama, who could become the nation's next first lady after the November elections, already has captured the imagination of the country with her poise, intellect and overall confident persona. During this election season, she has been thrust into the spotlight, to the point that Republicans have tried to make...

Articles 2008-09-01

Tools Test Debunks 'Dumb Neanderthals' Theory

Homo sapiens' long-extinct cousins, the Neanderthals, weren't the slow-witted losers in the evolutionary race they've been made out to be, new research suggests. The finding comes after scientists used Stone Age methods to recreate and use the respective flint tools favored by each species. "In contradiction to a 60-year assumption...

Articles 2008-08-27

Spinnaker Makes Prestigious 2008 Inc. 500 List

Supply Chain Consultant Debuts as One of Top 5 Logistics Companies DENVER -- Spinnaker, a global leader in supply chain strategy, implementation and outsourcing services, today announced its debut on Inc. magazine's annual Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing private companies in the United States. Spinnaker was...

Articles 2008-08-25

Benetton candidate, The

When R.A. Butler, quoting Bismarck, described politics as the 'art of the possible', he was spelling out the pragmatist's creed. Yet, if nothing else, Barack Obama's rise to become the Democrats' candidate for the White House shows that 'the possible' can still be extraordinary. Only four years ago,...

Articles 2008-08-23

Sherlock Holmes? Ritchie's on the case

Movies Guy Ritchie's latest gangster yarn, RocknRolla, won't even be in theaters for another six weeks, but he already has turned his attentions to his next project, a version of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes for contemporary tastes. "It will be a very big production, visceral...

Articles 2008-08-22

Congressman Chaka Fattah Mourns the Loss of His Ohio Colleague

WASHINGTON -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA) releases the following statement regarding the death of Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH). "Stephanie Tubbs Jones was not only my colleague but she was my friend. An advocate for her constituents she was resolute in her representation of their interest. Sought out...

Articles 2008-08-21

Great minds don't always think alike

Last Night's TV THE GENIUS OF CHARLES DARWIN CHANNEL 4 FIRST CUT: BEING MAXINE CARR MORE4 THE HAIRY BAKERS BBC2 Never mind the Olympic Games, The Genius of Charles Darwin last night offered a display of mental and...

Articles 2008-08-19

Newhouse: Musical sense about her

Mary Ellen Donald of Oakland defines multidimensional. Her life is like a mural, spreading out in splendor, depicting her intellect, versatility, creativity and courage. And especially her love of a kind of music you won't hear on a Top 40 station. She plays the...

Articles 2008-08-13

Thought for the day

'Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art' Susan Sontag, US writer and critic (1933-2004...

Articles 2008-08-05

Socialcast Unveils New Features for Leading Enterprise Social-Networking Platform

-- Enhances Employees' Interaction and Internal Communications While Increasing Productivity for Corporations -- IRVINE, Calif. -- Socialcast, a leading provider of on-demand corporate social networks, today announced additional features to their Software-as-a-Service collaboration platform, further providing a way for corporations to harness and retain the knowledge of employees....

Articles 2008-08-04

Flame carriers Big day for the little emperor

Four more classical stars from China Virtuoso pianist or 'flashy' showman? On Friday, millions of people can decide for themselves as Lang Lang performs at the Olympic opening ceremony Love him - or loathe him? I actually quite like Lang Lang, who, as China's pre-eminent classical...

Articles 2008-08-03

SNCF: doing okay, but must try harder

OUR lead feature this month concerns an ambitious plan to put French National Railways SNCF on a sounder footing (page 24) in the face of the twin challenges of soaring fuel prices and global warming. The plan is the brainchild of SNCF's recently-appointed president and CEO, Mr Guillaume Pepy, who...

Articles 2008-08-01

Spain, 1157-1300; a partible inheritance

Spain, 1157-1300; a partible inheritance. Linehan, Peter. Blackwell Publishing 2008 284 pages $100.00 Hardcover A history of Spain DP99 Spain was reclaiming itself in this period, and yet its long-standing occupation by...

Articles 2008-08-01

N.F.S. Grundtvig; a life recalled

N.F.S. Grundtvig; a life recalled. Ed. and trans. by S.A.J. Bradley. Aarhus University Press 2008 597 pages $79.00 Hardcover Grundtvig in English series; v.1 BX8077 N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783-1872) was a...

Articles 2008-08-01

Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. Obtains Pivotal European Patent Related To Monoclonal Antibody Passive Immunization Treatment Of Alzheimer's Disease

NEW YORK, July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: ILNS) announced today it has obtained a European patent relating to the Company's ANTISENILINR monoclonal antibody platform for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The claims of the issued patent cover the ANTISENILINR "free-end specific" antibodies that...

Articles 2008-07-31

It's a close shave, but Giambi loses

-- Surely there were some long faces Thursday at The American Mustache Institute. The organization threw its support behind the All-Star candidacy of New York Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi, who is boasting some impressive facial hair. Giambi was beat out in fan balloting for an All-Star spot by Tampa...

Articles 2008-07-12

Action Products Appoints Jae Hong to Lead Marketing Efforts

We are pleased to announce the appointment ofJae Hong as our Director of Marketing. Mr. Hong holds a BA from Universityof Pennsylvania and is a classically trained consumer packaged goodsmarketer starting his career with Procter & Gamble and then gaining hischildren's products expertise with children's art and...

Articles 2008-07-09

Adventures in a world of words

Literature WAYS WITH WORDS Dartington Hall DEVON There are plenty of ways in which to lose yourself on Dartington Hall's majestic 1,200-acre estate - even without its annual melting pot of authors and intellects. Yet if ever a literary...

Articles 2008-07-09

Apollo Group, Inc. Appoints Strategic and Financial Advisor Charles B. Edelstein as New Chief Executive Officer

PHOENIX -- Apollo Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:APOL) ("Apollo Group," "Apollo" or "the Company") today announced the appointment of Charles "Chas" B. Edelstein as Chief Executive Officer and Director, effective August 26, 2008. Apollo's founder, Dr. John G. Sperling, continues to act as Executive Chairman of the Board of...

Articles 2008-07-07