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India, South Africa Team Up to Fight HIV

India is rapidly becoming a global supplier of life-saving HIV vaccine. Now it's joining forces with South Africa to research the HIV sub-type most commonly found in their countries. READ»

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Facebook: The Social Network

Whether you’re a potential investor in Facebook’s rumored $60 billion IPO, one of the site’s 500 million members, or just a movie buff, filmmaker Aaron Sorkin’s biting biopic of Mark Zuckerberg will likely be a must-see. To ...READ»

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Are Facebook and YouTube Fomenting Violence in Kashmir?

While Facebook may be peddling its vanilla morals to the rest of the world with its ban on aureolae and pot leaves, more subversive stuff may be slipping through the net. An AP report highlights the rise of the use of social networks ...READ»

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iFive: Mobile Video Wars, Facebook's Geo-location, Swine Flu 2 (Infectious Boogaloo), Malaria Nexus, U.K.'s Green Truck Stop

While you were sleeping, innovation resigned in a truly innovative way: It wrote a letter to its boss, and sent it snail mail.1. A couple of "cool new mobile features" are to be unveiled by Google on Thursday for Android phones. It's ...READ»

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India's Capital City Using Facebook to Nab Reckless Drivers

Another example of how crime fighting tech is beginning to mirror a dystopian future -- police in India's capital city have started using Facebook and crowdsourcing to catch traffic violators.READ»

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Proposed Indian Toilet Park Has a Whiff of Community

In Delwara, an odd mix of public and private businessREAD»

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Sustainable Economics Rings Hollow In America

Today, China leads the world at 9.8% GDP growth, followed by India 8.8% likely to remain throughout 2010. Among the developing market highlights, International Monetary Fund data tracks accurately Brazil 5.5%, South ...READ»

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Megacities Today, Rubble Tomorrow: Haiti, Chile as Architectural Wake-Up Call [UPDATE]

Disasters in Haiti and Chile show architecture is the problem--and the solution--for earthquake-prone cities.READ»

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Coca-Cola's New Video Proves Brand Happiness Can Be Viral

The new "Happiness Machine" video made by Coke is a model for how brands can create that moment of delight with their consumers.READ»

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United States The World's Number One Innovator?

The Global Innovation Index, a ranking of 130 countries released yesterday, calls the US the world's number one innovator. The index was created by Soumitra Dutta, a professor at French business school INSEAD, along with New Delhi ...READ»

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Beyond Firewood: Alternative Fuel = Safer Women

Turns out firewood isn't just bad for the environment. There's a straightforward, yet relatively unexplored link between collecting firewood and violence against women. In refugee camps in regions from Sudan and Sri Lanka to Ethiopia ...READ»

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BRIDGING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN INDIA IS MUST

BRIDGING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN INDIA IS MUST This seems to be pre-occupation with the Federation of Indian Chamber of Agriculture, Trade and Services to address the issue of industrialisation of rural space in India in a ...READ»

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HABITAT ENERGY PARKS- HOW TO EVOLVE LOCAL LEADERSHIP IN INDIA!

LOCAL POWER SOLUTIONS BY NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS! HABITAT ENERGY PARKS- HOW TO EVOLVE LOCAL LEADERSHIP IN INDIA! Could we imagine that sons and sons of Chief Ministers would be logical choice of leadership for us Indians? ...READ»

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7 Offbeat Eco Trips

You’ve slept in a yurt in Big Sur, cruised the Galapagos and roared with the grizzlies in Denali. Ready for some new eco-travel ideas? Here, seven unexpected trips worth a look.READ»

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The King of Green Investing

Vinod Khosla is pouring his own millions into science experiments to counter global warming -- and to prove he's the smartest guy in the Valley. READ»

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Feedback

Medical Tourism / Our May cover story -- on Silicon Valley startup Ning and its CEO, Gina Bianchini -- attracted plenty of interest, but it was a thornier subject that drew the broadest range of comment: the outsourcing of health care ...READ»

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Medical Leave

Your next heart surgery could well be in Bangkok -- but don't worry, it'll be "in network." How your health care is taking wing ...READ»

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The World's Most Innovative Companies

We canvassed the experts, analyzed the products, and crunched the numbers. From visionary upstarts to storied stalwarts, here are companies that dazzle with new ideas -- and prove beyond a doubt how business is a force for change. We call them the Fast 50.READ»

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Now February

A calendar of events this month.READ»

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Parental Consent

In India, companies discover that when it comes to winning talent, mom and dad can help.READ»

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A Blog Masala

Take a virtual voyage to the subcontinent and its emerging economy via these Indian business-related blogs.READ»

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25 Top Women Business Builders

Meet the winners of our first-ever awards for women business owners. They're a dynamic, inspiring group -- with lots to teach us all.READ»

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Behind the Scandals: Men at Work

Recent business scandals have less to do with corrupt individuals than a narcissistic--and male--organizational culture.READ»

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The Perfect Vision of Dr. V.

At the Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai, India, 82-year-old Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy has solved the mystery of leadership: He brings eyesight to the blind and light to the soul.READ»

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Dr. Brilliant Vs. the Devil of Ambition

If baby boomers had their own Faust, he'd be Larry Brilliant, a man who's found himself at the center of almost every defining moment of his generation. His biggest battle: taming the devil of ambition.READ»