Earlier today, only minutes before Apple Inc. announced its plan to revolutionize and reinvent textbooks in ways never before seen, the world’s largest technology company already had one stellar achievement under its belt as shares of the Cupertino based tech corporation soared to an all time high of $431.37 on the Nasdaq. Apple’s market capitalization, as a result, shot past $400 billion — a first in the company’s 35 year history, and one the late Steve Jobs would be proud of today.
Since 2009 the job market has been more than unsettling. People with college degrees have been forced to work in retail positions or only part-time. Even people with years and years of experience have been looking for jobs that will not only help them to pay the bills, but keep them on a schedule for more than twenty hours a week. The idea of employees working part-time when they really need a full-time job is called underemployment and it has been just as prominent as unemployment in these past few years.
Black Friday is behind us now, but Cyber Monday is here! If you didn’t stay up all night waiting in lines for $2 waffle makers in Wal-Mart stores around the country, or in any of the other brick and mortar retail stores all over the United States, you’re probably like me, who spent Black Friday hiding behind my iPad 2 continuing to read the Steve Jobs biography or playing Plants VS Zombies, waiting the arrival of the biggest shopping day of MY year: Cyber Monday.
When people set out to open up a business, their primary goal is usually to make enough money to keep the business running and probably live, ie. shelter, food, and clothing. The Walton family, the family of the founders of the chain mega store retailer, Wal-Mart, have well surpassed average goals. Wal-Mart is the number one corporation in the United States, with a top spot on the Fortune 500 list. The Walton’s find themselves near the top of the Forbes list of wealthy people each and every year thanks to owning 48% of the superstore.
Even the biggest names in the business world and political limelight are subject to the ravages of disease and illness, and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is no exception. Diabetes is a serious disease affecting millions of Americans each year. It has two forms, Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 diabetes is most commonly diagnosed in children and young adults. Previously known as juvenile diabetes, this is the type of the disease in which the body does not produce its own insulin. Insulin is a hormone responsible for converting sugar, starches and other foods into energy needed for human metabolism. About 5% of people with diabetes have this form of the illness, so it is quite rare.
