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UN Report: Cellphones a Ticket Out of Poverty for the World's Poor

Cellphones aren't all fun and games for the world's poor. For many, they make the difference between bringing home the bacon--or not.READ»

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United States Agency for International Development Launches Department of Innovation

The introduction of the DIV marks a new turn for USAID and the global aid industry.READ»

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New Dams Wrest Property From Land-Swallowing Waters in Bangladesh

Three natural cross dams are to be constructed to compact the 2 billion tons of sediment flowing through the country's rivers.READ»

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Pamela Ronald Has Developed a More Flood-Tolerant Rice

About half the world's population eats rice daily. It's one of the globe's most important food staples, said plant geneticist Pamela Ronald. But, she added, around 25% of that rice is grown in flood-prone regions. Pamela ...READ»

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TED Prize Winner Cameron Sinclair of Architecture for Humanity Dishes on Cambodia and Design Like You Give a Damn

Cambodia has "yet to be spoilt by poorly built 'Westernized' block construction."READ»

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Uniqlo Expands Into Bangladesh, Healing Social Problems With Hipster T-Shirts

Fast Retailing will "help solve social problems, including those related to poverty, sanitation and education issues" in Bangladesh and sell hipster T-shirts at the same time.READ»

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Russia Hires Cisco to Build a Silicon Forest, Easier Said Than Done

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev wrapped up his whirlwind tour of Silicon Valley yesterday, and while it’s fun to imagine Steve Jobs giving him the five-cent tour of One Infinite Loop or Ev Williams and Biz Stone teaching him how ...READ»

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iFive: BP's $34 Billion Ticket, News Corp. Bids for BSkyB, North Korea vs. Brazil, Kindle Gets Twitter, Polygraphs Are Fun!

What did you dream about while you were sleeping last night? Lie detectors? Kim Jong Il? Oil Slicks? Well, innovation was living the dream.1. The Senate is demanding that BP pay $34 billion in fines for the Gulf oil spill. Ahead of ...READ»

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Meet the New Music Festival: Lilith Expands Tunes for a Cause With i4c Grants to Entrepreneurs

Sarah McLachlan and the founders of Lilith and the i4c Campaign want you to know that attendees will be in for music and participation in a global effort to support eco-conscious entrepreneurs at the 2010 Lilith Festival kicking off ...READ»

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iFive: iPad, Supercomputers, Facebook, BP, eBooks

We may have had three days off this weekend, but the news doesn't sleep. Here's what's been going on while you've been barbecue-ing your steaks--and we Brits have been sheltering under umbrellas turned inside-out by the biting north ...READ»

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Re: March 2010

Most Innovative Companies I enjoyed the issue devoted to the World's Most Innovative Companies. I get that Fast Company is focused on business, design, the for-profit world, but then you had PatientsLikeMe as No. 23 on the list. ...READ»

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Playing Kings: The CEO and President

In the third post of their 7-part series, John Elkington and Charmian Love look at how CEOs are coping with the new wild cards dealt by environmental, social and governance challenges.READ»

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Is Haiti a Laboratory for New Urbanists? What the Country Really Needs Is Old Urbanism

Last Wednesday, Haitian president René Préval asked the international aid community for $3.8 billion to rebuild his shattered country after January’s devastating earthquake. In what amounted to a fund-raiser at the United ...READ»

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A Hopeful Response to Gore's Inconvenient Truth

An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore's ultra-popular 2006 documentary film about climate change, may not be entirely responsible for the current sustainability craze, but it certainly hasn't hurt. There is one big flaw with the film, ...READ»

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Bhagwan Chowdhry's FAB Campaign Aims to Put $100 in Bank Account for Every Baby

Bhagwan Chowdhry, a Professor of Finance at UCLA's Anderson School, outlines his organization's mission to give every newborn in the world access to financial legitimacy.READ»

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Karl Lagerfeld Becomes Fashion's Sarah Palin With Climate-Skeptic Runway Show

Chanel's legendary designer flips the bird to climate science, with a 240-ton "iceberg" created for his latest ready-to-wear collection.READ»

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Debt Management

Debt Management is meant for all those people who are struggling to pay towards credit cards, store cards, overdrafts or unsecured loan. A recent report suggested that in UK around 6000 people need help every day. These astonishing figures make debt management companies all the more quintessential. All you need to do is fulfill minimal obligations and be a part of this campaign. These companies know debt management requires much more than asking loan but enough hard work is done to reduce or consolidate your debts. In case there is default or poor credit ratings then also they provide customized solution.READ»

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Packing machine

Untitled DocumentPacking machine: What does packing machine do ? of course it's packing packages, Ruian Tengda Packing Machinery Co.,Ltd. Is Specialized Packing Machine, The Company Is Founded in 1997, and gets together 12 ...READ»

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Ten Really Dumb Old Inventions and Their Modern Counterparts

Hookay. So, you think that this M3 sub-machine gun--with a shoot-first-and-ask-later curved barrel--is a really stupid, really dumb invention, right? I don't blame you. But, trust me, you don't know what really stupid, really dumb ...READ»

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Inside PopTech's Solar-Powered Bag FLAP: Joining Forces With the Portable Light Project

The third installment of our story about the new bag by PopTech, Sheila Kennedy of KVA MATx discusses the importance of bringing clean, mobile energy to developing nations.READ»

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Five Ways Obama Could Best Spend His $1.4M in Nobel Cash

The Fast Company staff offers five from-the-hip ideas of organizations that could use Obama's chunk of change to make a massive impact. READ»

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Design with a Conscience: Columbia Team Wins Curry Stone Design Prize

Medillin, Colombia, was once known as the drug capital of the world. But thanks to a massive urban and architectural renewal project helmed by Sergio Farjado and Alejandro Echeverri, Medillin's former mayor and director of ...READ»

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The Ecological Credit Crunch

Banks and the automobile industry have had the luxury of government bailouts, but what about Mother Nature? Who should be responsible for paying off the huge ecological debt that has accumulated over years of use and abuse of the world’s natural resources? The idea of an ecological credit crunch happening may seem far-fetched, but the truth is we are using up limited resources that are fast running out. We may not have much longer before an ecological credit crisis occurs.READ»

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Good Cause, Good Ideas, Good Money

When I pull up to the village in which my mother grew up in Bangladesh, I feel like I'm on the set of a cowboy movie. Two long streets cross in the center, each bordered by a well-planned lineup of storefronts. From this ...READ»

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