The recent portentous acquisition of Skype by Microsoft indicates that the latter doesn't prioritize on spending money on buying startups which are on the edge of innovation, from a certain point of view.

Well, I would say that the Manila Bulletin's website (http://www.mb.com.ph/ ) is relatively bland, given that it's the largest broadsheet newspaper by circulation in the Philippines, whose population is around 90 million.

Compare its website with that of The Globe and Mail, Canada's flagship broadsheet newspaper, and think about the fact that Canada only has around 30 million people. Now we know why a developing country is called a developing country, and why a developed country is called a developed country. No offense.

How many liters of beer has the guy drained during his years, who's working the swimming pool water while pouching a relatively enormous beer gut?

Ruggedness is auspicious in the face of difficulties, isn't it? But not everyone is equipped with that character naturally.

The meaning of the word 'janitor' is actually slightly better than that of 'concierge', one of its synonyms, I suppose.

People like wacky comedians.

From a historical perspective, do momentary economic recessions do good to the U.S. by driving and scaring off loads of foreign opportunists?