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Nobel Prize winner outlines plan for ending poverty

Poverty is not distributed evenly around the world; specific regions suffer its worst effects. In sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America, hundreds of millions of poor people struggle for survival.

Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida

At the same time, oil companies, driven by the record energy price, are more willing to risk $100 million or more to begin exploring new regions.

U.S. cites 'rapid changes' in Arctic

Scientists have expected polar regions to feel the first impacts of global warming and the 2006 State of the Arctic report provided a benchmark for tracking changes. Red and yellow marks Wednesday's follow-up was the first update, marking the ...

Why interns are good for business

TOMS Shoes, the company he launched in 2006 as a hybrid between a for- and a non-profit business, has since distributed more than 60,000 pairs of shoes to children in remote, poverty-stricken regions of Argentina and South Africa, while getting his ...

The world’s best biking tour vacations

When not leading trips through regions like Death Valley, he answered the phones, repaired the bikes and worked part-time at a Berkeley restaurant called Fondue Fred’s. Today, Backroads is one of the world’s largest and most successful biking and ...