Archive for October, 2011

Males More Productive At The Office When They are Inside A Relationship — Women Less

Males More Productive At The Office When They are Inside A Relationship — Women Less

Sixty-four percent of single men say they are more productive at work when they are in a relationship, compared with less than half of women, according to a survey conducted by the popular online dating community Zoosk. Dating and sex and gender are wrapped up in so many myths it’s easy to come up with reasons [...]

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Have You Got A Good Marriage? Predictors Your Partnership Will Succeed

Have You Got A Good Marriage? Predictors Your Partnership Will Succeed

In her book, For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage, Tara Parker Pope explores the scientific evidence that explains why some couples succeed and others fail. Here, she discusses why conflict is healthy, why boredom is a marriage-killer and what to look for in a mate. You’ve mentioned the “drip, drip of negativity” that can erode [...]

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The Pill: Can You Set Off It To Check Your Relationship Chemistry?

The Pill: Can You Set Off It To Check Your Relationship Chemistry?

Our friends over at Tres Sugar recently raised an interesting question: Would you go off the pill to make sure he’s “the one?” They were responding to a new study that found that the birth control pill, in evening out hormones, may cause women on the pill to choose uglier men who are worse at sex but [...]

October 24, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Relationship Violence: The Key That Kills 4 Women each day

Relationship Violence: The Key That Kills 4 Women each day

He “threatened me,” “strangled me with a PlayStation cord,” “lunged at me with a pocketknife.” A horror movie? No, real life for far too many young women,an exclusive new Glamour survey reveals. Why is relationship violence still so frighteningly common in 2011? And how can we help? The answer starts with two simple words: Tell Somebody. Not [...]

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Relationship Advice Online: Desire a Sustainable Romance? Here’s the initial step

Relationship Advice Online: Desire a Sustainable Romance? Here’s the initial step

The overall theme of my blog posts is about revising what we think a psychologically healthy life is in today’s 21st century interconnected culture — that is, what psychological health and resiliency look like in careers and organizations and in intimate relationships. Some of my earlier posts have described features of healthy relationships in this new [...]

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RIM aims to rebuild franchise on new BBX platform

RIM aims to rebuild franchise on new BBX platform

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Research In Motion will introduce souped-up operating software for its BlackBerry smartphone andPlayBook tablet, aiming to make them more formidable competitors to Apple and Google devices. At a developers conference in San Francisco, the Canadian company said on Tuesday it would install its new BBX platform in next-generation devices but provided no timetable. BBX would replace the antiquated software [...]

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Rim maker shows new phone, tablet software

Rim maker shows new phone, tablet software

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled a new operating system Tuesday in hopes of grabbing some attention away from the iPhone and Android phones. The new BBX system combines existing BlackBerry elements withRIM’s previously announced QNX operating system for phones and tablet computers. RIM said BBX will incorporate the reliability and security features of QNX — [...]

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Activist investor states RIM blocked meeting

Activist investor states RIM blocked meeting

TORONTO (Reuters) - Jaguar Financial, a Research In Motion investor agitating for a shake-up, said two independent RIMdirectors canceled meetings called this week to discuss complaints about the BlackBerry maker. Jaguar, a Canadian merchant bank that targets underperforming companies, wants RIM to replace co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie. It has also asked RIM to consider putting itself up for sale, either as a [...]

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Amazon’s tablet might be most popular holiday gadget

Amazon’s tablet might be most popular holiday gadget

(Reuters) – The Kindle Fire tablet may be the hottest selling gadget this holiday, pressuring Amazon.com Inc’s profit margins but giving the world’s largest Internet retailer potentially millions of new high-spending customers. Since Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos unveiled the tablet at a lower-than-expected price of $199 on September 28, some analysts have increased their sales estimates for [...]

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Analysis: RIM could face legal cases for Rim problems

Analysis: RIM could face legal cases for Rim problems

(Reuters) - Law firms in the United States and Canada are exploring possible consumer lawsuits against Research In Motion Ltd for last week’s BlackBerry outages, which for three days crippled email and messaging for tens of millions of users around the world. Consumer lawyers say they are looking at whether customers have common claims against the BlackBerry manufacturer and might be able to [...]

October 24, 2011 | 0 Comments More
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