Commericial acquisitions and mergers were a 20th Century phenomenon that
allowed companies to grow and prosper. In the first and second decades
of the 21st Century, those types of business practices may be
antiquated. "Acqhire," is a neologism recently added to our lexicon to
indicate when a social networking company is acquiring a start-up
company mainly for its talent versus its infrastructure.
A solid gold, 25-kilogram (55 pound), anatomically correct replica of Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi’s left foot has been put up for sale by the Leo Messi foundation but you’ll have to act fast, as it’s a limited time offer. Cast and crafted by Japanese jeweler Ginza Tanaka, a portion of the $5.25 million sale proceeds are earmarked to assist victims of the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
One of the bane’s to many people’s existence is that frigid winter chore of scraping ice off of the car windows on icy winter mornings. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new coating that could make scraping a thing of the past. This coating can also be used on other surfaces such as glasses and camera lenses.