A few weeks ago, I breezed into a cocktail reception that my husband weeks before had asked me to attend with him. En route to the subway I slipped on heels. On the train, I applied mascara. Inside the restaurant, I kissed my husband’s cheek. I was 15 minutes late, which isn’t really late at [...]
Some of China’s most prominent hackers plan to issue a call for their peers in the country to steer clear of commercial cybercrime, a move aimed at cutting down on Chinese cyberattacks that experts say often target foreign Internet users and companies. While it’s unclear how effective such an appeal will be, it is a [...]
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of pink cheeks, red lips and flexible knees; it is a matter of will, a quality of imagination, a vigor of the emotion;it is the freshness of the deep springs of life. Youth means a dispositional control [...]
After I took a high-school job at the local Kentucky Fried Chicken, my grandfather decided to share the mysteries of the stock market by giving me two shares of its parent company, Heublein. Though I was far more interested in the company’s extensive operations in vodka, tequila and various liqueurs than its net income, I [...]
The U.S. citizen Jun Young Su detained in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) recently admitted his crime against DPRK after entering it, the official news agency KCNA reported on Thursday. Jun Young Su has admitted his crime in the course of investigation conducted by a relevant organ, according to KCNA. The U.S. side was [...]
China is poised to become the world’s second-largest tourism market in the next two years, but is the world ready for the flood of Chinese travelers? According to a new study from the Boston Consulting Group, the answer is no. Chinese consumers, thanks to rising incomes and a bustling economy, are powering a travel boom [...]
Healthy and Fit The first goal common to all of us is health and energy. We all want to be healthy and fit, to have high levels of energy and to live free of pain and illness. Today, with the incredible advances in medical science, the quality of our health and fitness, and our lifespan, [...]
According to the Daily Mail on February 13, a 56-carat heart-shaped diamond is up for sale with an estimated price tag of between 5.6 million pounds ($9 million) and 7.5 million pounds ($12.1 million). Cut to a perfectly symmetrical heart, this diamond is one of only a handful of 50 carat-plus jewels to be offered [...]
Photos posted online Monday show Facebook founder and recently crowned Time journal Person of the Year Mark Zuckerberg has made nice on promises to visit China. While there’s considerable speculation swirling around what Mr. Zuckerberg is doing in the country with the world’s largest web population─he was photographed touring the campus of Chinese search giant [...]
The holiday shopping season, which starts online Cyber Monday, promises to be very good for Apple Inc. The Cupertino, Calif.-based consumer electronics giant will likely take advantage of the gift-giving season to flex its muscles, grabbing market share for its popular iPod, iPhone and iPad products. In particular, analysts say Apple will lock down its [...]
