30th March 2011
Before founders Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger combined the concepts of user-generated content building and wide-reaching knowledge trusts, the character of the online encyclopedia largely adhered to the Brittanica model: a closed-source compendium of human...
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30th March 2011
ShopNBC’s web sales provided a significant boost for ValueVision Media Inc.’s overall revenue in the second quarter of the business year in 2010.
Thanks to a recorded jump from $36.7 million in the first quarter to a bullish $49.6 million in the secon...
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30th March 2011
The nice thing about gold jewelry is that it never goes out of style. From intricate rings to dangly earrings and gold necklaces, you'll come across a wide variety of gold accessories that are like works of art. Wearable for so many different occasions, y...
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30th March 2011
Have you ever heard the expression, “It runs like a Swiss watch?" The phrase is used to describe something that is accurate and reliable. As you may know, timepieces have been an important part of the Swiss economy for quite some time. Watchmakers from G...
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30th March 2011
The history of men’s watches is a long and interesting one. Just a few years after the first spring-driven clocks were introduced in the early 16th century, watchmakers in Europe were producing personal timepieces, which they called “pocket clocks." In th...
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30th March 2011
When Jean Calvin came to Switzerland in the mid 1530s, he was determined to reform the church in Geneva. But the influential pastor quickly found others issues to occupy his time. As a Protestant reformer, Calvin was uncomfortable with ostentatious displa...
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30th March 2011
Who says that inexpensive jewelry can’t look like a million bucks? Consumerist society has taught us that we need to spend the big bucks in order to get something that sparkles, but that simply isn’t true. The proof is in the pudding – it’s all in how you...
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30th March 2011
Some men only need one wristwatch. These individuals tend not to focus on concepts like timelessness, magnificence or fashion. If the watch keeps the correct time, then that’s all they care about.
And then there are the gentlemen who wear timepieces on...
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30th March 2011
Even those of us who have a huge wardrobe often spend a lot of time in front of the closet exasperatedly thinking, “I have nothing to wear!" Of course, most of us have plenty of clothing, but simply grow bored with the same old looks. Instead of going out...
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