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The Shoes in Spain ...

... are anything but plain. Born on the island of Majorca, Camper shoes owe their quirky design sensibility -- and their trendy market appeal -- to geographical, cultural, and historical heritage.READ»

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Death Star? Golf Ball? Nope, an Iconic Solar Building

Thanks to sunny weather and massive public investment, Spain has quietly become a giant in solar energy. But few people know that -- which is one reason Madrid is investing in a massive symbol for its solar boom. The city recently ...READ»

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Lunch, Working

A new government initiative in Spain has cut short the traditional Spanish lunch break, which can last up to three hours -- at least for government employees. Because of urban growth and parallel increases in traffic and commute ...READ»

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Retirement Home Helps Residents Explore Their World

The open, easy-to-explore layout of this old-folks home puts others to shame.READ»

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Biodegradable Spud Raincoat: Plant It in the Ground, Grow Trees

What if you could toss old items of clothing into the dirt in good conscience? You can--if you have Equilicuá's Spud Raincoat. The waterproof coat, made of potato starch-derived bioplastics, is entirely biodegradable and ...READ»

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Spanish Team Goes Ant for Combat, Logistic Algorithm

In the rock-paper-scissors game of life, nature beats nurture, and here's the proof: A hook-up in Spain between geeks and the military has begot an algorithm for troops' battlefield maneuvers based on the behavior of ant ...READ»

Action Item: Tee Up This Translator

More tips and tools for golfing in Mexico.READ»

Wi-Fi Robot Fish Sniff Pollution in Spanish Seas

A Blade Runner trope come to life: British engineers BMT Group, in partnership with Essex University, have plans to release a trial school of five robotic carp into the waters off northern Spain. The fully autonomous, ...READ»

US, Satisfied?

Boy, are we a finicky bunch. According to a new study by Accenture, the industry Americans are most satisfied with is -- get this -- postal services. And that top spot in the results only means that a meager 44% of Americans are ...READ»

Fixing the Wealth Gap

Here's an idea from reader Lucio Fernandez in Spain. Many countries, he points out, have minimum wage laws. But those don't do much to solve the gulf between the poor and the extremely wealthy. Some companies, like Ben & Jerry's ...READ»

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Mobile World Congress

Cell-phone honchos meet in Barcelona, Spain, to talk -- in person -- about their sector's possibilities and challenges. Click here for a rundown of what they'll be discussing. -- Theunis Bates Mon, February 16 - Thurs, February 19 ...READ»

¿Como se dice 'Golf'?

Do you love to play golf? Do you need to learn Spanish? Spend a week at the Malaca Instituto on Spain's Costa del Sol - and before you know it, you'll be saying 'Fore!' in Spanish.READ»

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"Bird's Nest" Designers Debut a Brilliant New Museum

Herzog & de Mueron won the architecture profession's highest honor, the Pritzker, in 2001; last summer their iconic "Bird's Nest" stadium was beamed into a billion homes during the Beijing Olympics. But unlike other starchitects ...READ»

Wacked-Life Balance

Okay, so you’ve been doing all right. You remembered your anniversary, you stopped at the supermarket and called home on the cell phone to see if they were out of milk, you even sprang for the Dora The Explorer bounce house at the ...READ»

Today Was the Embodiment of the Abudnance Principle

For many years, I've been writing about a corollary to the Law of Attraction thatI call  the Abundance Principle. I've been espousing it long before I ever <em>heard of</em> Law of Attraction. Basically it's the idea that ...READ»

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Spanish SEO Advisor

We assist companies and professional service providers research the most effective search terms used by native Spanish speakers that pertain to their products and services. We take that knowledge and create or update ...READ»

These Lollies Are About to Go Pop

How Chupa Chups innovates to make suckers of us all.READ»

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Harry Kraemer's Moment of Truth

In an era when the business section read like the police blotter, the CEO of Baxter International faced a tough ethical dilemma. And he did something noteworthy: He actually did the right thing.READ»

Loose Lips Burn Ships

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Big 3 Bailout?

This Saturday as world leaders from the G20 meet in Washington, the topic du jour is stabilizing the world economy. Leaders from the United States, France, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, Germany, India, ...READ»

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Spain to Unleash Schools of Oceanic Pollution-Sniffing Robo Fish

Robotic fish developed by scientists at the University of Essex in the U.K. are soon to evolve from engineering curio to actual tool when they go on a world-first mission off the coast of Spain. As part of the larger European SHOAL ...READ»

Community of Ideas

A rogue media network connects Spanish innovators.READ»

The Best of Both Worlds

To add additional context to Linda Tischler's feature story, Fast Company offers two edited transcripts of interviews with Professor Charles A. O'Reilly at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Catherine Hakim, a sociology ...READ»

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20-Megawatt Solar-Power Tower Could Fry You Like an Ant

Abenoga's 20-megawatt solar-power tower--a 541-foot-high pillar located in Seville, Spain--is finished, and will produce enough power for 10,000 homes. The solar tower is the largest in the world, about half as tall as New York ...READ»

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Who Do You Work For?

A few weeks ago, I had to good fortune to run into an old boss of mine, Piers Plowright. He was one of the first people I worked for at the BBC, and one of the best. Much to my amazement, I discovered that he was now retired but not ...READ»