The job market is improving. A recent study from the National Association of Colleges and Employers found that employers plan to hire 13% more new college grads this year than last year — with business, engineering and computer fields taking top priority. That’s good news if you or someone you know is preparing to make […]

Economists used to think wealth came from a combination of man-made resources (roads, factories, telephone systems), human resources (hard work and education), and technological resources (technical know-how, or simply high-tech machinery). Obviously, poor countries grew into rich countries by investing money in physical resources and by improving human and technological resources with education and technology […]

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At least 10 million hectares of cultivated land in China are polluted, which poses a grave threat to the country’s food safety, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Friday.

Okay, here’s one from the crazy women who love chocolate - a fashion show in New York where all of the fashions have incorporated chocolate into the design.  No word yet on whether these women like to get "bitten".

As China’s expatriate population grows, many foreign women looking for love are saying Beijing, China is the wrong place to meet Mr Right.

Police have arrested two members of one of Chile’s most notorious gangs, known as the Spider Girls. The all-girl gang of teenagers were infamous for climbing up buildings in Santiago to burgle luxury apartments.

Despite the soaring popularity of computers, BlackBerries and other electronic gadgets, Canadians are using twice as much paper as they did two decades ago, a new study suggests.

While most people just think of toothpicks as a disposable tool for cleaning your teeth, San Francisco native, Steve Backman, has figured out how to turn the lonely toothpick into some amazing works of art.