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While it may seem that people want to cut back on spending, companies that shape up inefficient buildings and get paid back via the energy savings are doing booming business. What's the ideal economic environment to get a free high-efficiency upgrade worth tens of millions dollars

New renovations will let even "Post-Panamax" ships cross the isthmus, altering the economics of global shipping to the advantage of countries that produce cheap goods for the developed world. What a difference a century makes.

These elements are the building blocks of a modern society, and China has all of them. Until now

Economist Dean Karlan's new book looks at what works and what doesn't work in the fight against global poverty.

Break a business plan into bite-sized pieces, to focus on what matters most right now. The second of a three-part series. Read part one here.

LONDON -- David Stainforth is a brave man.

People the world over eat more fish than the environment can sustain. In Europe, they ate a year's worth of fish by July 2

A startling 70% of Jordanian youth who are one year out of school are still unemployed. By giving them access to classes on business, the organization is creating a new culture for startups.

Robin Chase recently launched a new car-sharing service in France, called Buzzcar. Robin Chase recognized early on that there is money to be made by making car travel smarter and more affordable

A new model in Cleveland--in which workers own companies that are supported by the city's big businesses--has the potential to change the economics of the city and its workers. There are two things in which I believe strongly: that business is at the root of our economic challenges and that business is at the heart of the solution to those challenges

People love to prognosticate about how the world will power itself in the future. But only one person can be right. Here's some of the possible ways the next 50 years might turn out.

By Gerard Wynn LONDON (Reuters) - A widening shale gas revolution is killing the economics of renewable energy, even as falling costs allow wind and solar to overtake fossil fuels in niche areas, say energy executives and analysts.

Along with writing his own business books, Adrian Slywotzky writes for many publications such as Harvard Business Review and The Wall Street Journal . He is a sought after business consultant and a Partner at the consulting firm, Oliver Wyman .

A few weeks ago, Satoshi Kanazawa, a blogger at Psychology Today who was already notorious for his dubious claims about racial differences, especially with respect to intelligence, proclaimed on the basis of a bizarre data analysis that Black women are “objectively” the least attractive females of all the races. Objectively , mind you, which implies that it’s a matter of fact rather than his personal taste