Starbucks Unveils Its Big Gulp + India Plans

Starbucks Coffee Company has inked a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tata Coffee, a unit of Indian conglomerate Tata, to collaborate on sourcing and roasting green coffee beans. Tata is a holding company with subsidiaries in nearly every industry, from steel and autos, to chemicals and beverages. Most recently known for creating the tiny car [...]

Greening Walmart: A Retail Giant Reveals Eco Goals

Retail giant Walmart announced its new commitment to sustainable agriculture that will focus on buying more food from small- and medium-sized farmers and buying more from local sellers. “Through sustainable agriculture, Walmart is uniquely positioned to make a positive difference in food production — for farmers, communities and customers. Our efforts will help increase farmer [...]

Outsourced: Are You Next?

You know you’ve working the India shift too long when you start getting press releases about Indian DVDs. I’m not making this up. I work on India, England and New York time zones for my work as a financial editor. I was lured by the promise of a trip to India, complete with fitted Saris. [...]

The Last Desi

For those of you that don’t know was a Desi is, it refers to someone from India, loosely translated. In some American movies, they’ll refer to the first generation child of Indian immigrants as an ABCD, American Born Confused Desi. This is the child that is so hell bent on seeming American that the parents [...]

SI Swimsuit Cover Continues Blond Run

Let’s just cut right to the point–the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition once again seems a somewhat homogeneous collection of bikini babes, that appears to be overwhelmingly blond? They are hot nonetheless, and I am 100% hetero, but after a while, even a woman with a healthy appetite for a girl crush can get board with [...]

Where are the Male Massage Parlors?

New ‘hood, new FWB. A situation like this, spurred by a dry spell, leads to the question: Why isn’t there a service for women called 1-800-dial-booty?

Lack of Legislation Hurting Indian Cosmetic Market

A lack of legislation surrounding the Indian personal care market, and related ingredients, is reportedly hurting the market, according to research from Frost and Sullivan. The company’s research shows that insufficient regulation and intellectual property and/or trademarks for ingredients is making it harder for domestic manufacturers to compete in the market. All cosmetics are governed [...]

Knight Foundation Commits $6M For Journalism Fellows

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation recently approved a new $6 million, three-year grant for the Knight International Journalism Fellowships program run by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). Knight International Fellows’ projects are designed to make long term improvements in the quality and free flow of news serving the public interest around [...]

The Humanitarian Business Model: Adina for Life

Does the carbon footprint of American shopping habits take into account the unethical ingredient bidding wars we enable when we don’t buy fair trade? Does it take into account the jobs we help to sustain in developing nations when we choose to pay a bit more for fair trade? Should there be a measure not [...]

English To Be Taught By Mobile Phones

The six largest mobile operators in Bangladesh have joined forces with the British Government to unveil the world’s largest project to teach a language using mobile phones, according to The Times of London. The $50 million project was funded by the British Government to promote speaking English in Bangladesh and it is one of the [...]

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