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Fast Forward 2005: <span>37-40</span>

BY David Lidsky
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:49 AM

The future is something to get excited about again. Here's our look at the surprising people, ideas, and trends that will change how we work and live in 2005.READ»

DNA | Comment

DNA Purification Gets Portable for Developing World

BY Kit Eaton
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 at 7:57 AM

DNA analysis is key to many modern medical techniques, but usually requires a whole bunch of electronics and chemistry in a lab environment. That's not suitable for poorer nations, so a science team has simplified it to the ...READ»

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Let's Do Lunch!

BY Gina Imperato
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:13 AM

Equal Exchange is not out to eat anybody's lunch.READ»

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The Greening of Rupert Murdoch

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Mon Sep 25, 2006 at 7:20 PM

Attendees of last week's meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative were asked to make specific commitments toward advancing solutions to global problems such as poverty, religious and ethnic conflict and climate change. While Richard ...READ»

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The Top 10 Eco-Friendly Hotels

BY Ariel Schwartz
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Mon Apr 6, 2009 at 4:59 PM

The greenest vacation is a day hike in your backyard. But if you need to get a little further away from home, there are plenty of responsible--dare we say, trendy--resorts to choose from. Online travel community TripAdvisor ...READ»

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The Power of One

BY Dr. Mark Albion
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

"My objective in life is not to have a spiritual life that is separate from the rest of my life." -- Ed McCracken, CEO, Silicon Graphics "My business is my ministry," proclaims Judy Wicks, founder and maitre d' of Philadelphia's ...READ»

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The Bravest Brands

BY christine arena
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Tue Jul 7, 2009 at 1:50 PM

Five companies that give people something worth fighting for.READ»

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China's New Oil Supplier

BY Richard Behar
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Sun Jun 1, 2008 at 1:00 PM

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»

WORK LIFE BALANCE | 3 comments

Money Changes Everything

BY Pat Dillon
Relevancy Score: 14
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 5:44 PM

Oracle makes software. It also makes millionaires. Meet four of them. They're all rich and they're all asking the same question: Now how do I succeed?READ»

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Trade Secrets

BY Lucas Conley
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:49 AM

Equal Exchange's fair-trade coffee isn't just virtuous. Because of the company's innovative and collaborative ways of dealing with growers, it gets better beans. That makes for a darn good cup o' joe -- and caffeinated growth for Equal Exchange. Do companies that thrive by twisting their suppliers' arms have something to learn?READ»

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With Justice for All?

BY Greg Donaldson
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:21 AM

Labor organizer Jane McAlevey is forcing companies in Connecticut's ultraprosperous Fairfield County to confront a moral challenge that they would prefer to ignore -- and, in the process, she is forcing all of us to confront our personal sense of justice.READ»

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The Wal-Mart Blog: Is Wal-Mart's Factory Inspections Program a Fraud?

BY Charles Fishman
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Wed Mar 8, 2006 at 1:28 PM

One of the areas where Wal-Mart is proudest of its own performance is in the energetic program it runs to monitor the working conditions in overseas factories that make the stuff we all buy at Wal-Mart. The last thing Wal-Mart wants ...READ»

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