- Breaking Bread: Panera’s Pay-What-You-Want Model Is Thriving | GOOD • by Cord Jefferson
- Panera CEO Ronald Shaich opened up the first nonprofit branch of his 1,400-plus location restaurant chain in Clayton, Missouri, in 2010. At the time some thought his pay-what-you-want model, in which customers could simply take free food if they needed it, would be a disaster…
[Note the practical considerations. This can't work everywhere, but nevertheless I'm impressed. -L]
- Cable worried about poverty, not Netflix | Reuters
- For all the talk about competitive threats from the likes of Netflix Inc or Apple Inc, it is rising poverty among households that TV executives say is their biggest source of concern.
[What, you mean we all live in the same world and actually benefit from the well-being of others? Fancy that. -L]
- Bank CEO Pay Rose 36 Percent Last Year | Think Progress • by Pat Garofalo
- According to data compiled for the Financial Times, “bank chiefs’ average pay in the US and Europe leapt 36 percent last year to $9.7 million.” Workers in private industry, meanwhile, saw their wages rise by just two percent. …
- One Scientist’s Easily Understood Theory Offers a Radically Different Vision for How We Think About Energy | Environment | AlterNet
- "You don't get more oil by drilling more. You just get less efficient returns. You only get more oil by drilling thoughtfully."
But Hall's EROI work (and that of students and colleagues) unsettled the energy status quo. "We never got any money to do this," he reflects. "It all happened on weekends or pro bono. No government agency is interested in the information. Most science, to be honest, promises some form of candy. EROI doesn't do that and we don't do that."
- ‘CIA informants’ detained over bin Laden raid | AJE
- Pakistan reported to have arrested five people for allegedly giving information that aided US in Abbottabad operation.
- The 10 most expensive U.S. cities to buy a home – MarketWatch
- Six of the 10 most expensive housing markets in the country are in California, according to Coldwell Banker’s annual Home Listing Report, released Wednesday.
- Libyan rebels wrest western mountain villages | AJE
- Rebels continue to edge closer to capital, Tripoli, capturing two villages despite shelling by pro-Gaddafi forces.
- 10 June 1940 – World War II reaches Africa | About.com African History
- With Italy's declaration of war against Britain and France, forces on both sides in North Africa are put on alert. The following day, Britain makes the first strike, bombing Italian targets in Libya.
[My bookmarks live at delicious.com/camryl. In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. Also, signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
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