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Mr Thompson, previous chief executive of the US internet media company–Yahoo has acknowledge that his strong technology credentials has been tempered by his lack of experience in the media and advertising businesses.
Now the company ended the four-month vacuum left by the sacking of chief executive as it chose president of online payments service PayPal–Scott Thompson to be the next head of the company.
The news drew silent support on Wall Street, while adding a fresh twist to negotiations that have been going on behind the scenes as Yahoo pursues potential deals that could reshape the company and lead to it shedding its valuable Asian holdings.

Though you would think living in the Stone Age was especially awful without your central heating or hair straighteners, the interesting fact is that your distant ancestors didn’t work nearly as hard as you. A lot of ancient historians and anthropological experts think that ancient man worked for only a few hours a day.
Humans as we know them have been more or less the same for the past 200 thousand years. The modern notion of an asset collecting, control freaking humanity has been I n pace for about 6 thousand years. Go back beyond those 6 thousand years, and you will discover that our needs were remarkably simple—Food and Shelter. Without only two key issue to really concern, we will be left with a lot of time for lying around not really doing anything at all. The time that was not spent lounging would have been spent hunting things or foraging for edible roots, nuts, fruits and plants. So foraging is actually one of the most natural and ancient of human activities.
Nothing could be as pure as self-sufficiency. There are so many things around us that simply require you to find them and then eat them. There are also helpful hints and recipes to turn the foods into something more interesting.
If you are good enough with plants, you will be able to pick the right food in your local park and produce delicious food such as blackberry pies, and even sell them to the local market.

Until recently, the footwear retailer–Barratts Priceless employed 3840 staff in 191 Barratts and Priceless Shoes stores, plus 374 concessions of which 359 were in Arcadia Group stores.
However, following the administrators’ failure in finding a buyer for company’s concession business, over 1600 staff at Barratts in the UK and Ireland will be made redundant.

Facebook is now pushing advertising sales agencies to become more transparent over the way they charge for their services, in an attempt to protect companies who market on the social network.
The social network company believes that via improving transparency, companies will obtain a much clearer idea of what proportion of the money they give to agencies goes directly on ad spending, rather than on service fees.

Apple is facing growing challenges this year to refresh its key product lines, facing the increasingly fierce competition after a year marked by record profits but also the death of its founder and chief executive, and less dramatic design innovation.
In 2011, a white iPhone, white iPad and white iPod touch has been the most noticeable physical changes to Apple’s products, though the company updated the internal hardware of its devices and introduced new software as well as services to retain the cutting edge.
However, according to the industry analysts, it is said that the US IT giant needs to do much more if it attempts to stay ahead of competition as the world’s leading technology company and ensure that its employees are still inspired to work for Apple.

Work sucks when you don’t know how to deal with your own boss. When it comes to the issue of dealing with the boss, there are nine principles you need to bear in mind:

First of all, it should be always your top priority to learn about the characteristics of your boss. As the old saying goes, “Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

Secondly, remember to always pay attention to the hierarchy and power distance between you and your boss. Hierarchy and power distance within an organization could vary greatly depending on the nation’s culture and organizational culture. You will never want your bosses to think you don’t respect them enough as you fail to identify these two culture dimensions.

Thirdly, never cry in front of your boss no matter what happens. In most cases, crying does you no good but reveals your weakness to the others. You could easily make your boss feel awkward or embarrassed via crying in front of them.

Fourthly, be loyal. No boss want an employee who might be considering quiting the job all the time. It is natural that almost all bosses want someone who are trustworthy to work for them.

Fifthly, try your best to finish your work on time help create a positive image of you in front of your boss. Even if you are going to fail to finish your job on time due to strong reasons, never stop working until the last minute.

Sixthly, try to think from your boss’ point of view in order to be aware of their motives. It helps you understand their desires and approaches much better. Then, you could anticipate your boss’ needs and emotions.

Seventhly, pay great attention to details. A lot of things are always shown in details. It could even determine success or failure of an individual or a business.

Eighthly, don’t compromise too much too easily. A good employee should have his own insistence. Constructive advices should be valued by wise bosses. If you simply give up your standing without fighting at all, you will only appear to be not assertive at all.

Last but not least, never lose your team spirit even if you could actually do great by yourself.

Mario Monti, the Italian prime minister has called for a “common response” to the debt crisis of the Euro zone, because he plans to Italy announced out of the recession. He added that despite the two recent successful Italian bond auctions, he did not believe that the period had ended the financial market turbulence.

On Thursday, the government raised about 7 billion euros ($ 8.96bn, £ 5.86bn) of debt. The interest on the Italian 10-year bonds remained unchanged at 6.98%, a barely sustainable levels. Mr. Monti, on the occasion of traditional Prime Minister end-of-year press conference, stressed that the problems of Italy in the markets to larger problems at European level, a “united front, joint and convincing answer,” that increase could also necessary growth were connected.

He said his new government is working hard to prepare a package of measures to the Italian economy moving again. He will detail his economic plan, which EU leaders will present on 23 January. The plan would focus on the promotion of competition and liberalization of the Italian labor market, said Mr Monti.

He said that Italy had been seen heading towards a debt crisis in Greece as sliding doors, but had “dug in their heels” on the edge and not fall. “We’re very close to the situation in Greece,” he said. “We were in the South East [towards Greece] heading and we put on the brakes. He added that until the government took action, “there were many vultures circling in the sky of the European and international markets. Italy is the euro zone’s third largest economy, but investors worry about their mix of low growth, high debt and spiraling debt.

There are fears the country could be a bailout like the other euro zone members Greece, Ireland and Portugal have. Although the yields on Italian bonds fell from recent highs on Thursday’s debt auction, the country remains the cost of borrowing is relatively expensive.