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Professor brings clean power to African villages

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Boston Globe - By James F. Smith - Mar. 21 (Special Report) - Where nightfall once meant only darkness in the tiny Tanzanian island of Tumbatu, now there are 200 points of light.

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Rio Tinto announces Chinese deal

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Mar. 19 (News) - The Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto says it has signed a deal with China to develop a massive iron ore project in West Africa.

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Steal This Idea! Hot New Revenue for News

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Reynolds Journalism Institute - By Michael Skoler - Mar. 18 (Opinion) - How does this sound? A million dollar revenue stream that requires only a salesperson or two, some web support and off-the-shelf e-commerce and newsletter tools? It caught my eye. And I’m suggesting you steal the idea for your local news operation fast before national competitors own the market. The idea is Deal Brokering. You use your knowledge of the local scene, your brand and your contacts to negotiate group deals with local businesses from bars to restaurants to dry cleaners. The businesses offer big one-time discounts to attract new customers, your audience gets access to great deals, and you broker the deal on your site and get a substantial cut of the money. It’s already happening around the country. Online startups like Groupon and Living Social offer one local deal a day, which is conveniently pushed to you through e-mail or cell phone. Each deal is usually 50% off or more, good for just one day, and specific to your city. I’ve seen deals on organic food, massages, hair styling, dry cleaning, acupuncture, dental checkups, online book printing, gym memberships, belly dancing classes, and much more. Yet the most common deals, and probably the best sellers, are restaurant, bar and entertainment gift certificates. I have yet to see a deal repeated. The beauty of the model is its simplicity. It is easy and fun to see one deal a day, presented with humor or sparkle. I dislike lists of deals provided by groups like Travelzoo.com or Restaurant.com that require combing through offers to see if any are relevant. And the new deal services make it easy to buy the day’s deal and share it with friends. They also provide incentives to get people to share the deals through their social networks.

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A Fine Texas Wind

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

American Spectator - By William Murchison - Mar. 17 (Special Report) - The current calumnification of oil companies ("Big Oil") and the products they bring to market (gasoline, electricity, plastics, etc.) puzzles and infuriates the generality of Texans. The state that long ago, as to energy, worked out some constructive balance between economic and cultural imperatives finds out-of-state power elites declaring, hold it, won't do, the Age of Carbon has to end right now, got that?

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Portuguese industry struggles to cope

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:42:43 -0700

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China Uses Global Trade Rules to Its Advantage

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Keith Bradsher - Mar. 15 (News Report) - Evidence is mounting that Beijing uses inconsistencies in international trade rules to spur its own economy at the expense of others.

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Op-Ed Columnist: Partying to Change the World

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Nicholas D. Kristof - Mar. 14 (Opinion) - BeadforLife, which teaches entrepreneurial skills to impoverished Ugandans, is an example of how Americans can make a difference.

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Chinese PM rebuts criticism over Copenhagen role

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Tania Branigan, Jonathan Watts - Mar. 14 (News) - Wen Jiabao defends China?s place on world stage, says his conscience is clear on climate deal and warns US on currency The Chinese prime minister, Wen Jiabao, today launched a robust defence of his country?s place on the world stage, including a sharp rebuttal of what he called "baffling" criticism of his country?s role at the Copenhagen summit. Acknowledging "serious disruption" in ties with the United States and rising criticism of Chinese assertiveness on the climate, currency, trade and other issues, the premier said he wanted to set the record straight. "Some say China has got more arrogant and tough. Some put forward the theory of China?s so-called ?triumphalism?. You have given me an opportunity to explain how China sees itself," ...

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AP Interview: Kerry: Energy bill more about jobs

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By Matthew Daly, Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press Writers - Mar. 13 (Interview) - Sen. John Kerry, hoping to win over wavering senators, said he is pushing environmental reforms to create jobs and spark energy independence, with climate benefits along "for the ride."

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China threat can heal US-Japan rift | Simon Tisdall

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Simon Tisdall - Mar. 09 (Opinion) - A long-running row about relocating a US Marine Corps base on Okinawa is threatening to boil over, with Yukio Hatoyama, Japan's prime minister, admitting at the weekend that failure to resolve the dispute could force his resignation. Given that his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) swept to a watershed election victory only last August, such an outcome could be deeply embarrassing for the US and deeply resented in Japan.

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Showdown looms for financial reform

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

The Politico - By Victoria McGrane - Mar. 09 (News Report) - Interests ranging from the Pentagon to payday lenders step up efforts on Dodd bill.

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US Enriches Companies Defying Its Policy on Iran

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Jo Becker, Ron Nixon - Mar. 07 (Investigative Report) - US Enriches Companies Defying Its Policy on IranNew York TimesThat includes nearly $15 billion paid to companies that defied American sanctions law by making large investments that helped Iran develop its vast oil and ...and more??

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Media Matters with Bob McChesney

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

will.illinois.edu - By Bob McChesney, Patricia Aufderheide - Mar. 07 (Opinion) - Patricia Aufderheide is a professor in the School of Communication at American University in Washington, D.C. She is the author of, among others, Documentary: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2007), The Daily Planet (University of Minnesota Press, 2000), and of Communications Policy in the Public Interest (Guilford Press, 1999). Dr. Aufderheide says this about her work, "My area of expertise is copyright and fair use, and the way in which not knowing your rights can cripple your creativity, and understanding them can improve freedom of speech as well as quality of work." Call and speak with Dr. Aufderheide and Bob on Sunday.

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Democratic senators say stimulus is aiding clean-energy jobs overseas

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Dan Eggen - Mar. 04 (News Report) - A group of Democratic senators called Wednesday for the government to halt a federal stimulus program aimed at building wind- and clean-energy projects, arguing that too much of the money spent so far has gone to create jobs overseas.

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How 'Free Market' Snookers Americans

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Consortium News - By Don Monkerud - Mar. 04 (Opinion) - Corporate propaganda has sold many Americans on "big government" as the big threat to their freedom

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Math of Publishing Meets the E-Book

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Motoko Rich - Mar. 01 (News Report) - E-books are cheaper to produce than print volumes, but consumers may not realize that expenses like overhead and royalties are still in effect, publishers say.

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Germany's frugality bemoaned for inhibiting euro zone growth

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Anthony Faiola - Feb. 28 (News Analysis) - Greek extravagance touched off the biggest crisis in the 11-year history of the euro. But the world's most ambitious monetary union faces a less obvious problem that might be even harder to lick -- German frugality.

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Concerns About Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Global Voices - By Issa Villarreal - Feb. 25 (News Report) - The last meeting of negotiations for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has provoked the protest of online communities against both its content and the circumstances of their negotiations

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International Trade Commission a battleground for global disputes

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Chicago Tribune - By Ameet Sachdev - Feb. 23 (Special Report) - International Trade Commission a battleground for global disputes

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Overpopulation and Climate Change

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Arthur H. Westing - Feb. 17 (Opinion) - With the continuing failure of governments to reach agreements on combating climate change, the outlook for both humans and nature remains bleak. And nowhere is the failure more conspicuous than in the avoidance of the subject of population growth. Population is a double-barreled environmental problem — not only is population increasing; so are emissions per capita.

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India Worries as China Builds Ports in South Asia

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Vikas Bajaj - Feb. 16 (News Report) - China has been investing in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, and it plans to construct railway lines in Nepal to open and expand markets.

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Speaking too softly

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Economist - Feb. 15 (News Analysis) - Relations between America and China may chill over a meeting with the Dalai Lama IT IS bound to be a controversial meeting. The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader, goes to Washington, DC, this week and will sit down with President Barack Obama for the first time on Thursday February 18th. American presidents have long been happy to meet the Tibetan leader and to tolerate subsequent angry huffing from China, not least as a means of responding to public concern over human rights without doing anything serious to jeopardise trade or other ties with Beijing. But in Mr Obama’s case, with China increasingly assertive internationally and the American president perceived in many quarters as cautious, even timid, in foreign policy, the ...

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A lethal business model targets Middle America

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Sam Quinones - Feb. 14 (Special Report) - Sugar cane farmers from a tiny Mexican county use savvy marketing and low prices to push black-tar heroin in the United States. Immigrants from an obscure corner of Mexico are changing heroin use in many parts of America.

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A power player's surprising fall

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

The Politico - By Jeanne Cummings, Chris Frates, Carrie Budoff Brown - Feb. 13 (Special Report) - It wasn’t the health care debate or the drug industry’s role in it that nudged Billy Tauzin from the top of PhRMA, one of the most powerful trade groups in town. It was something far less dramatic but quite common in the world of K Street lobbyists, according to more than a dozen interviews conducted by POLITICO.

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Scientists seek reform on U.N. climate reports

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - Feb. 11 (News Report) - A steady drip of unsettling errors is exposing what scientists are calling "the weaker link" in the Nobel Peace Prize-winning series of international reports on global warming.

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