Dec 15 The miracle of profit-sharing: Year 65 and still no layoffs By Frank Koller When Canadian journalist and friend of Making Sense Frank Koller published his book "Spark", about the profit-sharing model pioneered at Cleveland's Lincoln Electric, it encouraged Making Sense to return to the manufacturer after first reporting on them back… Continue reading
Dec 15 What we're watching Sunday Bombing hits northern city of Aleppo in Syria Activists in Syria are alleging that President Bashar al-Assad's forces dropped barrel bombs on the northern city of Aleppo, killing 22 people, including 14 children. The BBC is reporting that… Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch Mandela's memorial service By News Desk South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela died Dec. 5. Updated Dec. 16 | Nelson Mandela was buried in his hometown of Qunu in southeastern South Africa on Sunday in a ceremony that was a mixture of tribal traditions… Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch School resource officers and the quest for safer schools One year after the shooting at Sandy Hook, Kevin Quinn, president of the National Associate of School Resource Officers, talks about the growing practice among some schools of assigning police officers to guard schools full-time and what techniques and practices… Continue watching
Dec 14 Event honoring Nelson Mandela lacked usual security measures President Barack Obama delivers a speech during the memorial service for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg on Dec. 10, 2013. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images WASHINGTON -- In the hours before President Barack Obama arrived at a Johannesburg soccer stadium to… Continue reading
Dec 14 New poll shows waning support for stricter gun laws File photo. Credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll has found just over half of Americans (52 percent) believe gun laws should be made more strict. This number is down from the 56… Continue reading
Dec 14 PHOTO: President, first lady, light 26 candles President Obama and @FLOTUS light 26 candles in remembrance of the victims of the #Newtown shooting. #SandyHook, pic.twitter.com/NsdhSY0edK— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 14, 2013… Continue reading
Dec 14 One year after Newtown, have your views on gun control, mental health changed? By News Desk Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images It was one year ago today when reports came in of a shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. By the end of that day, 20 children and seven adults --including the shooter's… Continue reading
Dec 14 Archbishop Tutu says he will not attend funeral -- was not invited by the ANC Updated. 8:38 pm EST: Archbishop Tutu will go to funeral after all, BBC. "No way I would have missed it" - Archbishop Tutu confirms he got no invitation for #Mandela's funeral http://t.co/ObyWwfylb4— BBC Breaking News… Continue reading
Dec 14 What we're watching Saturday Explosion hits Kenya's capital Kenyan authorities have confirmed at least 3 people have been killed in a car bombing in the country's capital of Nairobi. The explosion occurred in a passenger van that had been traveling from the… Continue reading