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“Parents 'control' their children in one of 2 ways — and only one leads to happier kids” by Mic and syndicated to Business Insider makes for interesting reading if you’re wondering what your approach to parenting is doing for (or to…) your kid. Says the lead author of a recent study on the subject: “We […]

A masterclass in spotting BS business, when it’s worthwhile: The Financial Times’ Lucy Kellaway (who, we remind you, will be switching careers this fall — in her 50s) was delighted to hear that the University of Washington was offering a course entitled Calling Bullshit In the Age of Big Data. The course is designed for […]

When failure to compete on the executive management level leads to failure to compete on the pitch: Arsenal FC is in crisis. This season has been the esteemed English football team’s worst since its legendary manager Arsene Wenger took over the club 19 years ago. The club has been on an impressive losing streak for […]

Kicking Qatar around on a long weekend: If you’re into thrillers and crime capers, go read Jon Gambrell’s fantastic “Qatari pays USD 2 mn to try to free royals abducted in Iraq,” which uses US Justice Department documents to “shed new light on the opaque world of private hostage negotiation in the Middle East in […]

If a 94 year old can revolutionize battery technology for the second time, what’s your excuse for not being creative? The guy who co-invented the battery in your smartphone, laptop and tablet at age 57 is back at age 94 with a discovery that could turn the energy and automotive industries on their heads. The […]

Speed-reading tips for your holiday book: Don’t “say” words aloud inside your mind while reading and cut distractions that make you re-read sentences, writes Tim Adams for The Guardian. Read in blocks, not in individual words and sentences. The idea was conceived by American teacher Evelyn Wood in the 1950s has been revived just in […]

There’s more than Amazon behind the meltdown of retail in the United States over the last two years, and if you’re doing retail in Egypt, you need to read this: Bankruptcies, store closures and liquidations in retail in the U.S. are partly due to online shopping, writes The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson. “There have been nine […]

We were fans of the “Fearless Girl” statue that was erected in front of the Wall Street Bull as part of a campaign to get more women on corporate boards. The New Yorker’s Jia Tolentino made us view things from a different perspective; she says “there’s an infantilizing undertone that is often present in the […]