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Quote of the day: Oscar Wilde

Tue, 15 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. Discuss

News: 'Love can overcome brutality': foreign fiction award won by Holocaust novel

Mon, 14 May 2012 19:00:01 -0400

An octogenarian Holocaust survivor has won The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for a novel loosely based on his experiences during the Second World War in which he escaped from a labour camp.

Quote of the day: George Eliot

Mon, 14 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

Spain economy: It's Time to Stop Using Chewing Gum And Chicken Wire In Spain

Sun, 13 May 2012 09:01:00 -0400

"Every leg of the eurozone crisis has been marked by denial of the full scale of the problems. Whether Spain’s authorities have been deceitful or wilfully blind makes little difference at this point. The banks will need more capital; the government will need external help, with all the market uncertainty and strings attached that this implies. And the pain in Spain will only get worse".
The top Line, Financial Times

Quote of the day: Joseph Conrad

Sun, 13 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400

The sea—this truth must be confessed—has no generosity. No display of manly qualities—courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness—has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.

Quote of the day: John Milton

Sat, 12 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400

Awake, arise, or be forever fallen!

Quote of the day: Lewis Carroll

Fri, 11 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400

That's the reason they're called lessons...because they lessen from day to day. Discuss

News: Free Harry Potter e-books to be offered through Kindle

Thu, 10 May 2012 13:21:48 -0400

Harry Potter has joined the Kindle lending library.

Business news: Schumpeter: Pretty profitable parrots

Thu, 10 May 2012 11:06:15 -0400

EVERY year Les Wexner, the owner of Victoria’s Secret, a lingerie retailer, takes a month off to travel the world looking for other companies’ ideas to adopt. Limited Brands, his clothing group, seeks lawful inspiration from firms ranging from airlines to consumer-goods manufacturers.

Business news: Valuing Facebook: Zuckerberg’s rocket, ready for lift-off

Thu, 10 May 2012 11:06:15 -0400

OUTSIDE Facebook’s vast new headquarters in Silicon Valley is a huge sign with an image of a hand on it giving a thumbs-up sign. A tiny digital version of the same hand sits on millions of websites and invites Facebook’s 900m or so users to click on it to share content they have found with their pals.