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...Absent any explicit assurances on job security, Kraft chief executive Irene Rosenfeld pledged "great respect for Cadbury's brands, heritage and people" in a statement announcing the deal. Keeping those things in mind may be more important than in most takeovers. Founded 186 years ago when John Cadbury, a Quaker, began selling tea, coffee and hot chocolate out of a store in central England, his eponymous firm enjoys an enduring popularity that distinguishes it from, say, Britain's steel manufacturers or electricity companies. Earlier this month, not far from the site of that original store in Birmingham, fans of Cadbury...
...Here at Cosmo we've had bachelors go on to be actors, models, and reality show stars, so we're thrilled that one has gone on to become a politician." - Kate White, editor in chief of Cosmopolitan (Cosmopolitan.com, Sept...
That all ended with the bursting of the property bubble, as home prices fell by nearly half. Today new homes sit vacant with dead lawns and boarded-up windows. Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, calls the Inland Empire a "ground zero" for the nationwide housing bust. To first-time home buyers, though, its blighted cul-de-sacs appear as promising as the orange groves did to Dust Bowl refugees. Armed with an $8,000 tax credit and low mortgage rates, they have flocked to cities like Riverside, where auctioneers sell off foreclosed properties...
Perhaps what's most important to remember amid the thicket of memory games, iPhone apps and other newfangled gadgetry is to just do something - preferably something novel - that engages your brain. Oh, and make sure you enjoy it too. "If you hate going to the gym," notes Bill Thies, chief medical officer for the Alzheimer's Association, "you're not going to go there on a regular basis...
...That street-fighter turned into a powerful administrator. From 1977 to 2000, Basu served as West Bengal's chief minister - the longest-serving state leader in Indian history. He presided over sweeping land reforms, lifting millions of farmers out of poverty. "Transforming one-crop land to multicrop land and providing land to the landless was his greatest contribution," says Mohammed Salim, a colleague of Basu's in government. By the 1980s, West Bengal had gone from a famine-plagued state dependent on food subsidies to a surplus grain producer. "But that's where it all ended," says Rajat Roychowdhury...