From Ambassador Susan E. Rice to Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Hawa Abdi to Eva Longoria, global leaders and inspiring women from around the globe will convene in New York City on April 4 and 5 for the fourth annual Women in the World Summit. See Photos from the 2012 Summit Hosted by Newsweek and The Daily Beast, this exciting and powerful summit centers on vivid journalistic storytelling from CEOs and world leaders to artists, activists and firebrand dissidents. Tina Brown will be joined on stage … [Read more...]
Black Friday, name ‘originated in Philadelphia’
November 23, 2012 by
Black Friday is one of the busiest shopping days in the USA. There are two popular theories as to why the day after Thanksgiving Day is called Black Friday. One theory is that the wheels of vehicles in heavy traffic on the day after Thanksgiving Day left many black markings on the road surface, leading to the term Black Friday. The other theory is that the term Black Friday comes from an old way of recording business accounts. Losses were recorded in red ink and profits in black ink. Many … [Read more...]
