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With today's workplace dominated by creative workers, it has become important to know what qualities they admire. Are organizations embracing these values

People who have directly experienced flooding are more likely to be worried about climate change and willing to adopt energy-saving behavior, according to a new study.

AT&T will soon be leapfrogging over Verizon to become the biggest wireless carrier in the United States after announcing today (Sunday) that it will be acquiring T-Mobile USA for $39 billion.

Life expectancy in Europe is continuing to increase despite an obesity epidemic, with people in Britain reaching an older age than those living in the United States, according to study of trends over the last 40 years.

The LPGA Tour found a way to return to the Valley of the Sun and add another U.S. event.

A team of physicists in the United Kingdom has taken a giant step toward realizing efficient single-photon sources, which are expected to enable much-coveted completely secure optical communications, also known as "quantum cryptography." The team presents its findings in Applied Physics Letters, a journal published by the American Institute of Physics.

Google's tools don't easily translate into synthesized speech or Braille. Now the National Federation of the Blind has issued a federal complaint with the Justice Department, alleging that university use of Google Apps for Education amounts to discrimination.

By Jon Cartwright Scientists in the United States have devised a new way to avoid collisions among space debris, and possibly even reduce the amount of debris in orbit. [More]

Some of the undersea cables off the coast of Japan shared by the world's telecomm companies have suffered significant damage from the 8.9 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks. So far, there has been little disruption to communications thanks to rerouting data through alternate pathways.

As applications for the 2011 Inc. 500 | 5000 pour into our offices, we thought it would be worthwhile to shine a spotlight on some of the companies that are vying to appear on our ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. (For more information and to apply, go to http://www.inc.com/inc5000apply/2011/ .) One that caught our eye was Cotati, California-based KG Technologies .

Troy Matteson shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday in the Puerto Rico Open to open a three-shot lead as he goes after the third PGA Tour victory.

The United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has teamed up with a coalition of Google Maps-savvy computer security, journalism, NGO and humanitarian experts to find out exactly what's happening in Libya. The challenge: stopping the map from being used for military intelligence purposes.

Among China's female workforce in managerial positions, 19% hold the title of CEO, according to the Grant Thornton Business Report released this week . That's 10% higher than averages in Europe and 14% higher than averages in the United States, according to the report. Thailand came in first at a whopping 30% of female managers holding the title of CEO and Taiwan came in third at 18%, pointing to a possible emerging trend in Asia for women to more routinely hold the position of CEO.

By Svetlana Kovalyova and Deepa Babington MILAN/ROME (Reuters) - Climate change bringing floods and drought, growing biofuel demand and national policies to protect domestic markets could drive up global food prices and threaten long-term food security, the United Nations said. [More]