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...research firm, polled about 9,000 Americans online at the beginning of the year in order to generate a list of the 60 "most visible" companies, and also asked some 30,000 people broader questions about corporate America's reputation. Each company was then evaluated in areas such as social responsibility, leadership, financial performance, product quality and workplace environment by about 600 people. The top 10 highest-rated companies: Berkshire Hathaway, Johnson & Johnson, Google, 3M, SC Johnson, Intel, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Amazon and General Mills...
...power. Their key demand is a new election, whereby a party linked to Thaksin could conceivably return to power. But in recent weeks, their raison d'être has expanded beyond loyalty to a fallen politician. The movement's leaders now include a motley crew of populist orators, social activists and opportunist politicians - all preaching the gospel of class struggle. "I don't even like Thaksin," says Thienchai Mangmeetanasothon, owner of a small business in Bangkok. "It's not about one person. It's about how the government doesn't care about people who aren't rich...
...rule, they have reached into the language of Thailand's feudal past and characterized the current political crisis as pitting the phrai against the amataya. Roughly translated, that's a conflict between the serfs and the aristocracy. Abhisit struck back on local TV: "Thailand no longer has [such] social classes. People are equal under the constitution, although they have unequal opportunities." But the underclass isn't convinced. "The poor work hard and contribute to society," says Pasuk Phongpaichit, an economist at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, "but they are waiting for a crowded bus while the rich drive by in their...
...glitz and buzz, Libya's international acceptance has not brought deeper political or social change. Last September, Gaddafi celebrated his 40th anniversary in power with a blowout party featuring an air force flypast, hundreds of performers and a massive fireworks display. Aged just 68, Gaddafi Senior is now the world's longest-serving head of government (a few monarchs beat him when it comes to longest-serving head of state). His face peers from billboards across the country, and his firebrand style has barely tempered with age. His blast against Western leaders in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly...
Awareness of body language and facial expression is among the social skills lost on a majority of the young people to whom I teach etiquette. I advise them to take small breaks from their gadgets and focus on actual conversations to gain vital skills they won't absorb via text or tweet...