Archive for 'World'
Changing Westernized Habits of Japanese Consumers with Food Security PSA
About a month ago, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries released this interesting PSA (Public Service Announcement) to alert Japanese consumers about the inevitable long term effects of their changing pallets. As the cool [...]
Innovative Advertising Helps Women Survivors Of Acid Attacks
The recent acid attack on young Afghan school girls, and the international news coverage that ensued, has raised the world’s attention to a form of violence against women that has largely been obscured from international attention. [...]
How American Elections Work
The big day is here! The world is watching today’s vote for President of the USA with great anticipation. Citizens of the world look at Obama’s potential presidency as the second coming of Jesus. It is [...]
Abu Dhabi Buys Iconic New York Chrysler Building while Canada Stutters On Foreign Ownership Rules
The latest in M&A news: Bloomberg announced yesterday that the Abu Dhabi Investment Council completed its acquisition of a controlling stake (75%) of the New York Chrysler Building. The stake was previously held by a Prudential [...]
Updates on Halifax, MENA, Business, Tech, and Global Affairs
Summer is the busiest season for me personally and professionally. I hope readers will excuse the slacking on the blog front. To make up for it, here is a ‘Walmart’ post offering a variety of updates [...]
What Do Adolf Hitler and Che Guevara have in common? Highlights.
A brilliant ad from India. The product highlights a story within a story. This must have taken somebody a long time to write! Perhaps they used a computer rendition. The agency behind this is Leo Burnett [...]
13-Year-Old Child Virgins For Sale, And 8-Year-Old Divorcee
An article that appeared today in Britian’s Telegraph reported on the practices of a tribe in India where girls become prostitutes as a right of passage into adulthood. The Bedia tribe resides in shelters on the [...]
Using Facebook To Solve Murder of Norweigian Socialite Martine Vik Magnussen
Can social networking be used to help solve a crime? I started a Facebook group as a social experiment to discover the effectiveness of social networks in providing real-life results to an ongoing investigation. Within 12 [...]
Business Trends: 5 Ways You Can Make Money From The Middle East in 2008
I usually charge a fee for this information through my trade consulting firm Midman International. However, I am feeling charitable today. Besides, Canadian firms need all the help they can get to break out of their [...]
Advertising Torture – More Creative Elevator Ads
Forget obscure elevator advertising that is tucked away in a corner digital screen or print display case. Making a big impact requires a big ad, and, in some cases, a little bit of shock value. I [...]
Confirmed: Islamic Banking in Canada
Brother I am not familiar with canadian environment.But as a student o
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
With regards to Farak's comments: 1st, Hitler and the others you ment
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
Stumbled upon this accidentally and didn't finish reading, but I'm won
Confirmed: Islamic Banking in Canada
Salam All, This is in response to the comment from Abdirizak and all
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
Nice article. It just goes to show that the Canadians are becoming the