Candice Kumai captured our interest when she first aired on the first season of Top Chef darting around the kitchen … Continue reading “The Stiletto Chef – Candice Kumai”
Microsoft announced Tuesday it is buying Internet phone service company Skype for US$8.5 billion cash in the largest acquisition ever … Continue reading “Microsoft to buy Skype for US$8.5b”
The sultry South American tango is winning a big following in South Korea, and Seoul’s third festival celebrating the passionate … Continue reading “Tango fever sweeps South Korea”
A dad is suing Facebook for not getting permission from parents or guardians before letting members of the online social … Continue reading “Facebook sued for children ‘liking’ products”
Taiwan celebrates the Paulownia Blossom Festival – the island’s biggest flower festival part of the culture of the Hakka people. … Continue reading “Taiwan celebrates Hakka flower festival”
Fast-growing Asian economies may be flush with money but filthy toilets remain a blight across the region despite rising standards … Continue reading “Filthy toilets a blight on Asian prosperity”
Does a 6,000-pound, $3 million land yacht represent the vanguard of eco-conscious driving? Believe it. Dan Neil on the experimental … Continue reading “Rolls Royce is Going Green in More Ways Than One”
The Food and Drug Administration is in the process of demanding the power to regulate genetic tests marketed directly to … Continue reading “Your Genes in an Envelope? More, Please”
It has been 14 years since Britain handed Hong Kong back to China but some people on the street are … Continue reading “Muted response in Hong Kong for royal wedding”
Brooke Shields, Paulina Porizkova-Ocasek, Patti Hansen, and Yasmin Le Bon may be supermodels with supergenes—it’s hard to believe they’re all … Continue reading “How to Age Like a Supermodel”
