Working moms are breadwinners for 40% US households: Pew Research Center report

American working mothers have earned a new distinction of being the primary breadwinners in a record 40 percent of households with children. The milestone is said to be changing the face of modern families in America where earlier the numbers just used to be about 11 percent in 1960. The report was released by Pew

Body found in river recognized as Brown University student

The Rhode Island medical examiner’s office has recognized the body found in a river as that of the missing Brown University student Sunil Tripathi. It all came to light with the help of forensic dental examination, according to, spokesperson for the Rhode Island Department of Health Dara Chadwick. “At this time, the cause of death

Researchers claim William Shakespeare was callous businessman

Not most of us would associate the professional traits of a Hoarder, moneylender, and tax dodger with William Shakespeare. This may be shocking news for all Shakespeare fans but according to a group of academic researchers, Shakespeare had all these traits in him. The researchers argue that the novelist was a callous businessman who made

Phil Ramone, Record Producer for Music’s Greatest Stars dies

A creative record producer and engineer Phil Ramone has died on Saturday in Manhattan. He has worked with the leading music stars of past 50 years like Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, Billy Joel and Barbra Streisand. He was 79 years old. There has been some controversy over his age in media with some

Richard Griffiths dead, raised from poverty to fame, lived well

“And soon, I suppose, I shall be swept away by some vulgar little tumour.” Said Richard Griffiths in the film Withnail without knowledge that one day the same words would define his death. Stardom brings with it its own share of challenges. For 30 years after the movie, Richard Griffiths has died at the age

Asperger’s dropped from psychiatric manual lead to the Connecticut Shootings

The decision to drop Asperger’s Syndrome by the American Psychiatric Association from its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatry that will be published in May 2013 has attracted criticism. In fact the American Psychiatric Association has decided to compile the disease under the category of “autism spectrum disorder”. The way this decision is going to

Women at top business positions can contribute towards Global Economy as much as China and India

Women’s role as productive members of the society has always been underlined by numerous thinkers, scholars and gender equality activists. If we don’t diverge out attention towards the biased attitude of male co-workers with their female counterparts, we can focus our attention towards the role that women can play in global economy. Beth A. Brooke

Words : Meaning and Usage of the word “Aggiornamento”

Since, I have a keen interest in the English language; I prefer to share the new words, phrases and jargon with followers of Global Annal. Today’s word is: Aggiornamento Wikipedia defines the words as synonym to “A bringing up to date”. It says on the origin of the word explaining it as “key words used during the

Pulitzer Center report indicates China’s attempt to lure back its intellectual capital to fuel its economic development in future

Looks like China has realized the relevance of their intellectual capital off late and now is going leaps and bounds to bring them back. According to the recent report by “Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting” many critical insights have been surfaced. China is giving this strategy of luring back its brain drain into the country