2005: the year of the comeback
The last column of the year is an invitation for reflection, and this one is no different. These last 12 months have seen a resurgence of the technology market and well no doubt look back on 2005 and pronounce it the year the Internet economy got back on its feet. In the overall scheme of things, the previous four years were a standing eight count, not the death blo...Storytelling makes a comeback in an unlikely place
Lori Silverman, owner of the consulting firm Partners for Progress and co-author of the organizational performance book Criti...Consumers Lead Tech Market Comeback
If the economy isn't coming back, you couldn't tell it by the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. Mountains of product releases, a near-electric buzz among attendees, and cab lines. Cab lines like you haven't seen at a technology tradeshow in recent years. In fact, if the length of the taxi queue were an economic indicator, this market is coming back strong. There were othe...Thalidomide may stage a comeback
The controversial drug thalidomide, which was banned in 1962, is being reassessed to find out if it could again be prescribed to patients to treat rare forms of cancer and leprosy. The drug which is unlicensed in Europe was marketed in the 50s and 60s as a cure for morning// sickness. However, it was banned after mothers who took it gave birth to deformed children. The European Agency...Panama hat making a slow comeback
Al Capone wore one. So did Winston Churchill and Ernest Hemingway. We are talking about the Panama hat, which is traditionally made in Ecuador. The elegant// headwear woven from palm fibres, considered a status symbol for men for decades, is now making a slow comeback. Custom-woven Panama hats are in worldwide demand and numerous German milliners are in the business of refining ones im...Yaws Disease - Making a Comeback After 50 Years
The World Health Organization warned on Thursday that a virtually eradicated disease that eats through people's skin, cartilage and bones is reappearing in Africa//, Asia and South America. WHO reported that it would restart its campaign to rid the globe of the skin and bone wasting disease Yaws. The disease affects over 500,000 people globally. Yaws, a bacterial infection,...Chikungunya Make a Comeback in Kolkata
A man from a south Kolkata neighbourhood tested positive for the chikungunya virus earlier this week.// However the patient ceased to show symptoms of the disease after a few days, according to official sources Saturday. Shakil Khan, a resident of Prince Ghulam Mohammad Shah Road in the Lake Gardens area had visited the out patients' department at the Bhagirathi Neotia Women and Child...'School Sermons' Need a Comeback
Researchers have come out in support of old wisdom, in order to deal with teenage pregnancies and substance abuse-major public health challenges// of today. Improving pupil-teacher relationships and raising a teenager’s self-confidence by changing the very ethos(institutional culture) of a school will do the trick, say the researchers. In this context, they claim superiority of aged p...