Japanese Prime Minister to Make Historic First Visit Pearl Harbor

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Pearl Harbor with President Obama later this month.

Abe will become the first sitting Japanese leader to visit the site of Japan's 1941 attack on the U.S. Naval base that prompted the United States to join World War II 75 years ago.

http://abcnews.go.com/

Fake US embassy in Ghana shut down after a decade

Real Embassy

It flew the American flag, hung a photo of President Obama and issued US visas for more than a decade.

But a building that operated as a US embassy in Ghana was a fake, the US State Department says. 

Fake Embassy

Carnival’s Princess Cruises to pay record fine for pollution, cover-up

Carnival’s Princess Cruises will pay a $40 million fine for dumping oily waste into the ocean – the largest penalty of its kind in history. The company also pleaded guilty to seven felony charges.

Jaguar reveals I-Pace, an electric SUV

Jaguar reveals I-Pace, an electric SUV. Jaguar revealed a 400 horsepower all-electric concept SUV Monday night ahead of the Los Angeles Motor Show. A production version is expected to be available some time in 2018.

1,000 jobs saved by Trump. Thousands more to go

President-elect Donald Trump has struck an agreement to save more than 1,000 factory jobs at a Carrier plant in Indianapolis that were destined for Mexico.

Steven Mnuchin- USA's new Treasury Secretary

Steven Terner Mnuchin (born December 21, 1962) is an investor, former executive from Goldman Sachs. In 2016, he served as the finance chairman of the successful presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump.

On November 30, 2016, it was announced that Mnuchin would be nominated as Secretary of the Treasury in the coming administration of President-electDonald Trump. 

Steve Mnuchin says there will be 'no absolute tax cut for the upper class'

Trump taps 'King of Bankruptcy' as Commerce Secretary

Wilbur Ross, the billionaire investor who is known for buying up distressed and failing companies, is President-elect Donald Trump's choice for the job.

That news, combined with the nomination of former Goldman Sachs (GS) banker and Hollywood executive Steven Mnuchin as Treasury Secretary, shows that Trump wants businessmen -- and not career politicians -- in key financial posts.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to step down

Schultz's surprise decision to step aside as the leader of Starbucks (SBUX) sent the stock sinking 3% in after-hours trading on Thursday.

Trump: Companies will be punished for leaving U.S.

Donald Trump praised Carrier for keeping over 1,000 jobs in the U.S. -- and threatened other companies that might consider leaving the country.

"Companies are not going to leave the U.S. anymore without consequences," Trump said Thursday at the Indiana plant where the company makes furnaces.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/01/news/companies/trump-carrier-visit-us-jobs

Iceland is suing a supermarket that's using its name

http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/25/news/iceland-store-country-lawsuit/index.html

Iceland is a country. But in Britain, Iceland is also a supermarket chain.

Movie "I Am Bolt" to hit the silver screens

Before putting his slightly ailing body through a final onslaught of winter training, a movie documentary plotting his path to a third and final Olympic sprint treble at Rio in August will be released globally in cinemas next week.

China is building a full-size replica of the Titanic 745 miles from the sea

China is building a life-size replica of the doomed RMS Titanic in a landlocked county more than 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) from the sea.

When completed, the replica ship will measure 269 meters (882 ft) long by 28 meters (92 ft) wide and will feature reproductions of the original Titanic's features, including a ballroom, theater, swimming pool and rooms, according to Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua.

The total cost of the project is expected to run to around 1 billion yuan, or $145 million.

BUSCEMİ-The man who sells sneakers for $132K

Since the store opened in September, the largest pyramid has housed a one-of-a-kind  of diamond-encrusted white sneakers that retail for $132,000.

Principles of Microeconomics, 7th Edition (Mankiw's Principles of Economics)

PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS, Seventh Edition, continues to be the most popular and widely-used text in the economics classroom. A text by a superb writer and economist that stresses the most important concepts without overwhelming students with an excess of detail. A thorough update has been made to keep all chapters fresh and relevant with current Economic coverage. MindTap, the cutting edge online environment is available with new enhancements that include Graph Builder and Adaptive Test Prep that allow students extra preparation in graph drawing and test review. The seventh edition premier ancillary package is the most extensive in the industry, using a team of instructors/preparers that have been with the project since the first edition.

Sun Tzu & Machiavelli Leadership Secrets: How To Become A Superior Leader Utilizing The Principles Of The Art Of War And The Prince

Sun Tzu’s ‘The Art of War’ and Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’ both are fundamentally important works related to the areas of strategic leadership and decision making. Although almost every leader has heard of these works, very few have read them in depth and applied the lessons they contain to their own life. This is a huge oversight. Both books contain wisdom and advice which is applicable to almost any situation a leader finds they are in. Both books have a reputation for being dense and difficult to understand. This is due to the fact that both were written in other languages and for other time periods. It can be difficult to know exactly what Sun Tzu and Machiavelli intended to convey with their words - and even less how to take action on the ideas. This has all changed. For the first time ever, the ideas of The Prince and The Art of War have been combined, updated and presented in a way which is easy to understand in our modern era. Previously hard to interpret concepts have been clarified and shown to be as useful in our own era as they were in the one for which they were originally written. By reading and taking action on this book entitled Sun Tzu & Machiavelli Leadership Secrets by author Anthony D. Jensen, you give yourself the chance to become the most effective leader you can be. You will learn how to use timeless principles of leadership, psychology and power to achieve everything you set out to do. Both your private and professional lives will benefit immensely.

The Art Of War

Voltaire said, "Machiavelli taught Europe the art of war; it had long been practiced, without being known." For Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), war was war, and victory the supreme aim to which all other considerations must be subordinated. The Art of War is far from an anachronism—its pages outline fundamental questions that theorists of war continue to examine today, making it essential reading for any student of military history, strategy, or theory. Machiavelli believed The Art of War to be his most important work.

The Prince

As a young Florentine envoy to the courts of France and the Italian principalities, Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) was able to observe firsthand the lives of people strongly united under one powerful ruler. His fascination with that political rarity and his intense desire to see the Medici family assume a similar role in Italy provided the foundation for his "primer for princes." In this classic guide to acquiring and maintaining political power, Machiavelli used a rational approach to advise prospective rulers, developing logical arguments and alternatives for a number of potential problems, among them governing hereditary monarchies, dealing with colonies and the treatment of conquered peoples. Refreshing in its directness, yet often disturbing in its cold practicality, The Prince sets down a frighteningly pragmatic formula for political fortune. Starkly relevant to the political upheavals of the 20th century, this calculating prescription for power remains today, nearly 500 years after it was written, a timely and startling lesson in the practice of autocratic rule that continues to be much read and studied by students, scholars and general readers as well.

Meditations: A New Translation

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (a.d. 121–180) succeeded his adoptive father as emperor of Rome in a.d. 161—and Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. With a profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus provides insights, wisdom, and practical guidance on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity to interacting with others. Consequently, the Meditations have become required reading for statesmen and philosophers alike, while generations of ordinary readers have responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style. In Gregory Hays’s new translation—the first in a generation—Marcus’s thoughts speak with a new immediacy: never before have they been so directly and powerfully presented.

Killing Patton?: The "Not So" Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General

Authored by Mrs. Patton, (Patton's Wife), Patton’s Soldiers, and a War Correspondent This book is told first hand by those who fought side by side with Patton and memories are graciously added from his loving wife. This is not a book about a conspiracy against "Old Blood and Guts," it is about his life, his love and his loss. There is a chapter added by a bystander who witnessed his death and how he really died. Mrs.. Patton never left his side.