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The Siberian Energy Rush

Global warming is opening up the Arctic Circle, and Russia would like to control its bounty of natural resources. An exclusive dispatch from the Yamal Peninsula, where reindeer give way to railroads and gas rigs every day.READ»

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Team Coco Head Talks Conan O'Brien, Social Media, Crowdsourcing His First Guest

To find out more about Conan O'Brien's innovative use of social media, we spoke with John Wooden, GM and executive producer of Team Coco Digital. READ»

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How Microsoft Can Make Sure It's Not Russia's Tool

Vladimir Putin's government has been hitting protesters with phony software piracy charges -- and Microsoft's legal team lent a hand. Here's the software giant's side of the story.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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The Personality Behind Online Gaming Site Bodog

Mountains of cash, beautiful women, and a nonstop round-the-world party. Life was good for Calvin Ayre, founder of the online gambling powerhouse Bodog. Then he was gone.READ»

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Now: March 2008

What's happening this month: Shiny new airport terminals in London and Beijing take off; why baseball's first pitch is in Tokyo; and Austin's South by Southwest by the numbers.READ»

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Flip Your Competition

Harvard Business School professor David B. Yoffie takes the martial arts into the executive suite. Your rivals will flip over his ideas (if you apply them right).READ»

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Shackleton's Way

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton never reached the South Pole. So why is he a legendary model for leadership in our age? Because sometimes, surviving the impossible is success enough.READ»

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PUSH the Future

I'm back from the 2007 PUSH conference in Minneapolis. PUSH, an annual event in its fifth year, is sort of what Fast Company would be if we were a floor show instead of a magazine (which is why we're a sponsor): It brings together ...READ»

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What's In?

The holiday card from the wizards who run strategic trendspotting and research (STAR) at Euro RSCG Worldwide lists what they consider the things that are currently very in. Makes for a cool, if somewhat silly, list worth ...READ»