One way to avoid retirement, or at least handing over control of your companies to someone else, create a conglomerate like entity and somehow bring it to life... "And so, ladies and gentlemen, I have thrown into action a complicated sequence of company mergers and buy-outs, and a logarithmically positioned series of investments, that now mean all my main subsidiary companies form a unique pattern across the globe. It's ... Read full entry

Why men should pair off with younger women Possibly because scientists think it is a good idea? Mick Jagger, Rupert Murdoch and Michael Douglas all have the right idea, evolutionarily speaking. Statistics show that monogamous men have the most children if they marry women younger than themselves. How much younger is the key question. Last year, a study of Swedish census information suggested a 4 to 6-year age gap is ... Read full entry