If a guy who built a wildly successful business wants to offer his services to the city, I argued, we shouldn't let our prejudice against the rich stand in his way. Since then the idea, the C.E.O. as aspiring public steward, has suffered some setbacks …

… takes a look at the effects of the neoliberal policies of the past, and more specifically in the last decade under the rule of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), to transform Istanbul from an industry-based city into a finance- and service …

To some extent, we came to a conclusion that at Nissan, we had to have an offering for emerging and high-growth markets in the world and that will be potentially different from what Nissan brand offers in terms of product, in terms of service and brand …

Petras called the company that has been billing him, QLT Consumer Lease Services, to cancel the service. Once she returned the phone in the mail, her father received $2.86. She suspected the amount was pro-rated for the next quarter he paid. Petras and …

To land the best of those jobs, workers need sophisticated vocabularies, advanced problem-solving abilities and other high-value skills that the U.S. economy does a good job of bestowing on young people from wealthy families — but can't seem to …

Boys and girls are mentored separately. The summer reading program is part of the city-wide Oakland Reads 2020 (OR2020) initiative which is working to change this national statistic: Children from low income families not reading at grade level are 3 …

Instead of being just a photo sharing service, it's also being used a storefront with people posting pictures of things they're selling. Jason Kottke highlighted this excerpt from an interview with artist Fatima Al Qadiri, who grew up in Kuwait: BR …

But in Manheim Township, the epitome of affluent suburbia, 2,089 qualify for food stamps this year, up from 890 in 2008. That means 1,199 more real people who can't make ends meet. Why so much more suburban … Government and social-service agencies …

Having a high-end hotel connected to such a restaurant would cater to the group of patients who want that type of service, possibly in a spa-type setting. That's the kind of DMC private development Carlson thinks will cater to the niche market of …