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Western Union: Remittances Financing Global Economic Development

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Ecological Development

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Sensible Investing 2007

A new way of looking at the human side of investing with the HIP (that's Human Impact + Profit) Scorecard. For this analysis, Fast Company teamed up with two San Francisco-based firms, HIP Investor and SVT Group, to ...READ»

Mineral Wealth of the Congo

A simple stroll down the streets of Kinshasa reveals how precarious life has become in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This city of ugly half-finished buildings radiates both the optimism and the paranoia of a gold-rush town. ...READ»

China Surpasses U.S. as Leader in Sub-Sahara

That the West is losing the sub-Sahara does not come as news in Africa itself. One leader after another has been explicit on this point, from Senegal's president ("Today, it is very clear that Europe is close to losing the ...READ»

China's New Oil Supplier

When my plane smacks down in Equatorial Guinea -- where if the captain misses the runway, you could end up in Cameroon -- I become the first American journalist to visit this pint-sized republic (population: 550,000) in nearly three ...READ»

Mining Copper in Zambia

I ask Xiao Ye, an Africa statistical researcher for the World Bank, whether a clear chart or table exists laying out the full extent of China's economic involvement in Africa. "I don't know anyone who has done such a ...READ»

Best Cities for Innovation

Cities to watch, from Abu Dhabi to Orlando.READ»

• U.S. City of the Year: Chicago
• Global City of the Year: London Calling

Benefits of Buying "Local"?

Exploding the myths, presumptions, and pretensions of the "buy local" bullies.READ»

• Making French Rabbit's New Eco-Smart Wine Bottle
• Library of the Living Dead

Van Jones: "I'm Bad! I'm Slick!"

Oakland activist Van Jones is on a mission to bring green-collar jobs to the urban poor. His mightiest weapon: His mouth.READ»

Promised Land

Whole Systems Design transforms landscapes into low-cost, productive spaces. Will your corporate campus be next?READ»

• Space Shot: Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects
• Under The Sea

An Ad Agency That Wants to Change the World?

Saatchi & Saatchi offers awards for ground-breakingly innovative ideas that have the potential to make a positive difference, and even change the world.READ»

• 10 Ideas That Could Change The World

Where Art Thou?

The four kinds of places that make up today's creative world.READ»

• In Praise of Spikes

In Praise of Spikes

In an exclusive excerpt, the guru of the Creative Class explains the peaks and valleys of the global economy.READ»

• Where Art Thou?

Sensible Investing 2008

  How HIP Is Your Company? Goal: Answer ten questions using multiple choice to give an estimated HIP score (one for HIP Practices; and one for HIP revenue estimate), totaled at the bottom of the Quiz.READ»

Intel's Amazon Ambitions

How a Brazilian town best known for its Festival of the Ox became a marketing tool for the world's biggest semiconductor company.READ»

• Friends and Customers
• A New World

Making Friends, Creating Customers

Intel's World Ahead Program is an ambitious billion-dollar venture, but other tech and telecom companies are also building relationships in developing countries that promise to become the most massive of mass markets. Among ...READ»

Sensible Investing 2007

  Nike (NYSE:NKE) www.nike.com Previous | Next Share Price (3/15/07): $105.66 OVERVIEW: Market Value (3/15/07): $26.6 BIL Revenue 2006 ($ billions): $15.0 ...READ»

Sensible Investing 2007

  Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW) www.sun.com Previous | Next Share Price (3/15/07): $6.22 OVERVIEW: Market Value (3/15/07): $22.4 BIL Revenue (2006): $13.1 ...READ»

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Sensible Investing 2007

  Interface (NASDAQ:IFSIA) www.interfaceinc.com Previous | Next Latest Price per share: $15.82 SIZE: Market Value ($ billions): $0.9 BIL Revenue 2006 ($ billions): $1.0 ...READ»

Sensible Investing 2007

  International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) www.ibm.com Previous | Next Share Price (3/15/07): $93.45 OVERVIEW: Market Value (3/15/07): $140.7 BIL Revenue (2006): $91.4 ...READ»

Sensible Investing 2007

  McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) www.mcdonalds.com Previous | Next Share Price (3/15/07): $43.47 OVERVIEW: Market Value (3/15/07): $52.3 BIL Revenue (2006): $21.6 ...READ»

Sensible Investing 2007

  Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) www.amd.com Next Share Price (3/15/07): $13.93 OVERVIEW: Market Value (3/15/07): $7.7 BIL Revenue (2006): $5.7 ...READ»

Sensible Investing 2007

  Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) www.cisco.com Previous | Next Share Price (3/15/07): $25.81 OVERVIEW: Market Value (3/15/07): $155.9 BIL Revenue (2006): $28.5 ...READ»