Brands make a powerful impact on people, especially in today's world of ever-increasing consumer choice. This survey highlights the importance read more

Brands make a powerful impact on people, especially in today's world of ever-increasing consumer choice. This survey highlights the importance that brands play within many aspects of our lives, and reveals some interesting trends, such as the dominance of technology and Internet-based brands. Companies that take a proactive approach to managing their brands are in a much better position to earn respect from their customers, as exemplified by the top-ranked brands on the list.

If you go back to the '70s, we have not improved very much in intensity forecasts.

If you go back to the '70s, we have not improved very much in intensity forecasts.

[She: Combines an entrepreneurial spirit with skills as a former computer specialist and corporate trainer to design real-world projects incorporating read more

[She: Combines an entrepreneurial spirit with skills as a former computer specialist and corporate trainer to design real-world projects incorporating task management, teamwork, responsibility, etiquette, success and failure; Has entrepreneurship students form companies to make and market products, complete tasks in an Apprentice-like game and manage a community golf tournament that raises up to $3,000 a year for charity; Advises student council and school online magazine, www.dawgmag.org; Turns simple keyboarding drills into PowerPoint-driven games with raffle tickets for small prizes; Videoconferencing with All-USA Teacher Teammate Pam Vaughan and her rural Arkansas chemistry class for a year-long project in which her students will market soap made by Vaughan's students; Collaborates with local businesses and corporations to form districtwide partnerships;] She has a passion for teaching and for children, a creative mind and limitless energy, ... When you put that together, you have something special.

Fashion design isn't just art for art's sake. You must be able to take it to the consumer.

Fashion design isn't just art for art's sake. You must be able to take it to the consumer.

Sometimes I cry at night because I wonder how my family will get on without her. She was the glue read more

Sometimes I cry at night because I wonder how my family will get on without her. She was the glue that held our family together.

The district was closed after the village informed me there were breaks in the water system and the Health Department read more

The district was closed after the village informed me there were breaks in the water system and the Health Department said our buildings were unsafe for water production. But they told me (Wednesday) that village water had been tested and passed.

Well, we can't control that, just as we can't control outsiders gambling on our games.

Well, we can't control that, just as we can't control outsiders gambling on our games.

There is going to be lots of twists and turns here, and I think both the U.S. and Iraq will read more

There is going to be lots of twists and turns here, and I think both the U.S. and Iraq will end up making some compromises, accommodations, as we get towards endgame.

I learned not to blink in a close-up or move your head at all, because if you did, they wouldn't read more

I learned not to blink in a close-up or move your head at all, because if you did, they wouldn't use it.