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This is Part II of "Love," started on the 8th of last month. I didn't plan on a Part II because I thought this little blog should be pointed and pithy. But then again, I did write, "Let's see what happens," and this is what happened: A Californian writer who...

For managers wishing to appear dynamic and cost-conscious, outsourcing, near-shoring and off-shoring seem to provide the perfect solutions. All entail moving services or production to other countries which boast a charming combination of talented staff and lower labor costs, usually located in emerging markets such as Romania or Vietnam. Basically,...

This quiet corner of the vivid and boisterous blogosphere is devoted to the passion and power of words. The ideas here, molded into one or two lines, are designed to delight, intrigue, annoy, question and soothe. This blog will appear monthly, always with eight phrases. Some may be witty, and...

It is a strange urge that some people have: to rule the fates of others, to play with events in order to change the course of history, to decide who receives and who surrenders, who prospers and who falls to ruin, indeed who shall live and who shall die. And...

"The German economic model is superior to all others," a German senior vice president of a large enterprise software company told me the other day. "Eating with non-family members is 'too intimate,'" a young German business psychology student recently explained to me. Although it may not be readily apparent, these...

Greece and Portugal have fallen, Spain is tottering, Italy is wobbly -- and the Germans and the Finns? They are solidly soldiering through the Euro Zone Debt Crisis that has rocked the financial and political structures of their mostly southern neighbors. While Greece has received a €110 billion loan from...

We live in the world created by World War I. The seminal event of modern times, the war gave birth to the technology and methods of how we fight and kill. It produced a hard and cynical New European Man, who had lost faith in the structures and institutions of...

Co-authored by Elwi Captan

The current political situation in Egypt is a complex weave of shifting alliances, jostling for power, democratic aspirations, and fear -- fear of losing long-held privileges, of skeletons in closets, and of what tomorrow could bring.

On one side are...

Cairo, Egypt -- Post-revolutionary Egypt is a fascinating place to visit, as I have just done, because there isn't anything "post" about the place at all. Or maybe there is. No, perhaps not. All that is certain is that Cairo, the capital with 18 million inhabitants, is a surreal city...