Christine Gaylican

The making of Facebook and Twitter founders into new millionaires and billionaires of this generation had simply put a price on social media. Nonetheless not all are convinced that by making a Twitter account can indeed translate into sales and the cash registers brimming with dollars and cents.

Earlier this year, Facebook launched its latest feature, promoted posts, which enables users to promote their status updates in return for a fee. Initially, this feature was solely meant for 'personal use' - ie: for users with less than 5,000 friends or subscribers.

Getting kids into the pool at an early age could be beneficial for more than just the physical side of their growth, as recent medical studies have shown that children who start swimming at an early age tend to develop cognitive skills more quickly as well.

The global business environment these days has been woven in a more complicated interdependency that some volatility from China could jolt or immobilise the stock markets to as far as Sydney, New York and London.

The U.S. middle market companies is seen growing this year albeit at a slower pace of 7%. This was the result of a survey conducted on the U.S. middle market industry by the National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM) in a project collaboration with the Ohio National State University's Fischer College of Business.

Tradition and innovation can mingle, and meshed if boundaries for originality are maintained and respected, shares Pat Whelan, director at James Whelan Butchers of Ireland.