Businesses might be surprised at how well-served they would be on any number of fronts by offering up the opportunity for their people to let loose with their thinking, gain exposure to new and different environments and influences, and literally unplug from all those distractions and devices that can block creative thinking and learning.

FORBES: Unplug for Innovation

Zero interest rates have fooled a lot of people, such as the Wall Street Journal editors, into thinking monetary policy is loose.

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This may be because men have another option: for suit-wearers the best trick is to buy not the right new size but a size too big, for then the suit looks loose and people may be fooled into thinking you are getting slimmer, not fatter.

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