so said

“The issues are emotional. The solutions are technical. The decisions are political.” - on Globalisation by a speaker at a conference

worlds first commercial embryo maker

The Abraham Center of Life LLC of San Antonio,is worlds first commercial dealer making embryos. The company has started producing batches of ready-made embryos that single women and infertile couples can order after reviewing detailed information about the race, education, appearance, personality and other characteristics of the egg and sperm donors. The company is using only egg donors who are in their 20s and have at least some college education and only sperm donors who have advanced education, such as a PhD or law degree. Donors will be surveyed on criminal record,family history of mental illness their childhood temperaments, favorite books, adult hobbies and family histories.

wal-mart goes green

Global warming can shave up to 20 percent off the world's annual GDP by the end of the century. On the bright side, it will only cost 1 percent of the world's annual GDP to avoid the damage, if we act now.

And Wal-Mart started acting now (finally i read something +ve abt wal-mart in print)
Wal- Mart has recently started offering its workers business cards that are about half the size of the old ones. On the back of the card, Wal-Mart explains its reasoning: The new format uses 50% less paper.

BTW Wal-mart prints 9 million business cards a year

Wal-Mart has also opened two pilot stores that were built with recycled material and use renewable energy sources like solar, wind and recycled vegetable oil.Wal-Mart is going to start replacing the fluorescent lights in its refrigerators, for example, with more efficient alternatives

Homedepot ousts chief

Robert L. Nardelli, the chairman and chief executive of Home Depot was asked to leave Hoemdeopt with a exit package of $210 million. Next day Shares of Home Depot rose 2.3 percent, or 91 cents, to $41.07. He earned the nickname "general" — and, hired dozens of former military officers to run stores, a recruitment strategy he introduced at G.E.

believ it or not

privileged pup" pet massage at Ritz-Carlton Sarasota's spa costs $130

for $220 you can give your pup gourmet dog biscuits, an in-room pet massage, a choice of nail buffing or nail polish, a souvenir photo, a brisk walk over Sarasota's scenic Ringling Bridge and a gourmet meal of organic stew and designer water served on a silver tray

Americans spend about $38.4 billion on their pets annually, according to the American Pet Products Manufacturer's Association. Spending on pets increased an average of $2.3 billion a year since the association started tracking numbers in 1997

Marketer of the year

MediaPost has awarded Apple their 'Marketer of the Year' award not only for their success with the iPod, but in large part thanks to the 'Get a Mac' ad campaign. more

JWT's Top 15 trends expected to define in 2007

According to ad agency JWT, These 15 trends are expected to define 2007:

Skype/VoIP, Wii and the next-generation gaming systems, The business of social networking, Pop-up stores, restaurants and bars, Shrinky Dink technology (TVs are flat and hidden, iPods are down to half an ounce, speakers are smaller and less visible, and so on), The rise of nanotechnology, Sustainable construction/green buildings, Hydrogen fuel cell technology, Veggie-bus: school buses running on biodiesel fuel, Trans-fat fallout, Reality show talent searches, Ohio State's freshman basketball phenom, Greg Oden, Fear of agri-terrorism, Halal foods, Participatory advertising (user-generated advertising and music video competitions)