Beyonce took time out of her busy Mrs. Carter World Tour to talk about parenting, her new movie Epic, and just being a regular girl, during an exclusive interview with ABC’sGood Morning America.    Article Thumbnail:  read more Global Grind...

Dear Bossip, I met this gentleman around August 30th of 2012, and it was on a blind date. At first when finally meeting him in person by his actions I really felt that he wasn’t attracted to...

The Sinocism newsletter is compiled by Bill Bishop, and republished here with permission. Be Informed About China. The Sinocism China Newsletter. Free Our kids started their five week Chinese New Year vacation at 10 AM today, so just links this...

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced support for Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann on Sunday, saying she welcomed his warnings about the handling of the euro zone debt crisis and saw his influence within the European...

PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande says Greece must remain in the eurozone. Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was meeting with Hollande in Paris as part of his country’s push to win more time to carry...

Markets were disappointed when the Fed failed to extend its promise of low interest rates to 2015 and didn’t offer signs of QE3. Instead it said it would “closely monitor incoming information” and that it would “provide...

If you haven’t read it yet, Simone Foxman has a very good roundup of the various sub-plots in the European drama that are causing investors to freak out again… just days after a EU Summit that was...

Lots of people are still talking about yesterday’s ugly ISM report, which showed a big contraction in the overall outlook, prices paid, and new sales. Because the drop was so startling, there’s been a ton of talk...

Germany famously austere and harsh Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble is the subject of a Der Spiegel interview in which he defends the Euro and Germany’s motives in acting the way it has. There are some funny, eye-rolly...

PsychologyToday We need vacations. They recharge us, allowing us to be more efficient. The trouble is, too many of the vacations we take these days aren’t vacations at all. We Americans are collectively suffering from “vacation deficit...