William McDonough Explains How Sitting In Garbage Cans Can Improve The Earth
During a Saturday interview with HuffPost Live at Davos, William McDonough explained his unusual approach to viewing waste. "I like to sit in garbage cans, metaphorically," McDonough said. McDonough...
View ArticleMicrosoft's Brad Smith Addresses The NSA Scandal
Brad Smith, Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Microsoft, addressed the NSA scandal during an interview with HuffPost Live at Davos. "Three things are going to need to happen," Smith said...
View ArticleDr. Francis Collins: 'There Is An Uneasiness' About Evolution
Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, sat down with HuffPost Live at Davos on Saturday and discussed the intersection of faith and science. "For me, somebody who is a...
View ArticlePaul Polman: 'It's Just Ridiculous' To Expect Government To Solve All The...
Arianna sat down with Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, on HuffPost Live at Davos on Saturday to talk about how businesses can solve major problems like climate change and world hunger. "It's just...
View ArticleCanadian Dollar's Decline Will Spur Business Growth, But Slam The Consumer
Canadians can soon expect to pay a lot more for everyday items from t-shirts to toothpaste as the sinking loonie hits household goods prices hardest. The Canadian dollar closed this week at 90 cents...
View ArticleScarlett Johansson addresses criticism over SodaStream deal
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Scarlett Johansson is responding to criticism over her new ad campaign for an Israeli company that operates in the West Bank.The actress says in a statement released Friday to The...
View ArticleBinning House In West Van Should Remain Open: Advocate
VANCOUVER - It may look like a simple, single-storey, flat-roofed bungalow embedded into the hillside of West Vancouver, B.C., but the early modernist home built by Canadian artist Bertram Binning in...
View ArticleVancouver Real Estate Prices Hold Steady: Report
Following a solid 2013, Vancouver housing prices appear to have stalled, according to an annual city study. The Bing Thom Architects report, which focuses on single family homes, shows only a minimal...
View ArticleJean Chretien Hints Neil Young Should Stick To Music, Says 'We're Not About...
Jean Chretien apparently thinks Neil Young should stick to music. The former prime minister recently sat down with George Stroumboulopoulos and, in an interview that will air Monday night, he compared...
View ArticleVenture Capitalist Compares 'Progressive War On 1 Percent' To Nazi Anti-Semitism
Venture capitalist Thomas Perkins wrote a letter to the editors at the Wall Street Journal, comparing the plight of the rich to the Holocaust, called "Progressive Kristallnacht Coming?"... and the WSJ...
View ArticleMichaels Arts Supply Store Warns Of Possible Data Breach
By Jim Finkle BOSTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Michaels Companies Inc, the biggest U.S. arts and crafts retailer, said it is investigating a possible security breach on its payment card network and advised...
View ArticleNaheed Nenshi Discusses Resilience To Flood At Davos Forum
Calgary's Mayor Naheed Nenshi took part in a panel discussion on building resilience to natural disasters at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Saturday. Along with...
View ArticleOilsands Product Shipment Has Risks And Unknowns, Study Warns
VANCOUVER - U.S. scientists are warning that there are environmental risks, regulatory holes and serious unknowns regarding the shipment of Alberta oilsands products by pipeline, rail and tanker.The...
View ArticleMore Cdn businesses accepting Bitcoin digital currency, despite reservations
MONTREAL - Will that be cash, credit card or Bitcoin?A small number of Canadian businesses now accept Bitcoin, the digital currency that made its debut five years ago, and has been gaining momentum...
View ArticleStock Market Slide Expected To Continue This Week
TORONTO - Stock markets look set to extend a sell-off rooted in concerns about emerging markets and about corporate earnings deemed not quite good enough to extend last year's powerful equity rally.At...
View ArticleMetro expected to hike dividend despite feeling pinch from weather, competition
MONTREAL - Metro is expected to increase its dividend for a 20th consecutive year this week despite facing ongoing challenges from intense competition, weather-related disruptions and slowing earnings...
View ArticleEmerging Markets Change CEOs' Perspectives In Davos
By Paul Carrel and Ben Hirschler DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Just as they were getting their swagger back, the global elite stumbled last week on an emerging market sell-off that served as a...
View ArticleGerman TV: Snowden says NSA also practices industrial espionage
BERLIN - Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden claimed in a new interview that the U.S. agency is involved in industrial espionage.In the interview aired Sunday night on German public television...
View ArticleThe Week In Review: The Mac Turns 30
This week, the Macintosh computer turned 30. (It's an easy milestone for me to remember because the Mac and I share a birthday.) As someone who plugged away on a boxy little Mac SE from high school all...
View ArticleKeystone-Resisting Landowners See Cash Offers Skyrocket
PAGE, Neb. - Cash offers have been skyrocketing, as much as seven-fold, for holdout Nebraska landowners who are willing to sign quickly to allow the Keystone XL pipeline onto their property.The...
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