Healthcare Matters

Have a lovely weekend, all!

Definitely a positive read.

Billionaires For The Cure

Most Forbes Billionaires change the world. Heirs aside, it’s hard for them not to.  To attain that level of personal wealth is impossible without starting something significant; no one gets there by spending their lives working for someone else. To identify a goal, act on that vision and achieve it – that ability is the essence of what all self-made billionaires have in common. Successful entrepreneurs engineer solutions…

A good excuse to eat berry cheesecake? I think so.

Blueberries and Strawberries May Ward Off Mental Decline

Women who eat more berries may have a lower risk of cognitive decline in old age, a new study suggests. Researchers found that women who had a higher berry intake delayed cognitive aging by up to 2.5 years, as shown by their scores on memory and thinking tests. Blueberries and strawberries, which have high levels of compounds called flavonoids, seemed to offer the greatest benefit, the researchers said…

Purchased any Nutella recently?

Nutella, After Suit, Drops Health Claims

It’s hard to imagine that there are people who might confuse Nutella–a gooey, chocolaty spread laden with sugar, palm oil and hazelnuts — with a health food. But apparently that’s exactly what Athena Hohenberg, a San Diego mother of a 4-year-old daughter, did. Last  February,  Hohenberg sued Ferrero USA, Inc., the makers of Nutella, for false advertising. In her suit, she claimed that she “was shocked to learn” that Nutella “was the next best thing to a candy bar.”

From Spend Matters

Friday Rant: Thank You Whit Stillman — Even in Business, Good Dialogue Matters

Last night, I had a planned date night with my wife to see Whit Stillman’s latest flick, Damsels in Distress (after writing this post, it was called off because some type of stomach plague is circulating around Chicago, but I do hope to make it this weekend). Stillman is better known for his three earlier movies: The Last Days of Disco, Barcelona and Metropolitan. I’ve always been a huge fan of Stillman’s dialogue and the seemingly heady yet petty conversations his characters are known for. If you’re a serious movie person, you either love or hate his work (others usually just don’t get it, which probably explains why his movies have such a cult appeal among, like, ten of us)…

From Spend Matters UK/Europe

Group Energy Buying hits the UK Headlines

Energy costs form a significant element of most households’ budget, and there has been much talk of market oligopoly in the UK, where six large providers dominate the market. So now “people power” is emerging as an interesting development – featured on the main BBC TV news programme this morning. It showed a group of people in a Lincolnshire village who have formed a local buying consortium to negotiate deals for heating oil. It appears to be working well at that local level, and in a market where there are many small distributors of the product; but could it be successful on a larger scale with electricity and gas supplies…