Humans have been marking their skin permanently for thousands of years. A tattoo can be a remembrance, a constant prayer, a warning, or simply an amazing work of art. The reasons behind it can be intensely personal, decorative, whimsical, or utilitarian.
Nova Cidade de Kilamba, to give it its full name, is no small project – it consists of 750 eight-storey apartment buildings, a dozen schools and more than 100 retail units, and is described by Redver as “the jewel in Angola’s post-war reconstruction crown.” There’s just one problem: barely anybody in Angola can afford to move there.
An estimated two-thirds of Angolans live on less than $2 a day, meaning the apartments at Kilamba, which are priced online at between $120,000 and $200,000, will forever be beyond their means.
If you thought London Underground was already too full, let alone the Olympics, take a deep breath and dig this.
In the age of fat payouts and lucrative perks for company executives, the CEO of Lenovo is getting attention for how he used his bonus.
Yang Yuanqing distributed $3 million from his bonus among 10,000 junior-level employees, the China-based technology company confirmed Thursday. The employees, such as receptionists, production-line workers and assistants, each received an average bonus of 2,000 yuan, which is $314, in the name of their CEO.
