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China Trying to Harness 2 Trillion Tons of Coal Reserves for Global Energy Dominance

Coal may be the most loathed energy source among sustainability advocates, but it isn't going anywhere, especially now that governments are investing billions in carbon capture and sequestration projects for coal plants. Any country with significant coal reserves and a government that pays little attention to safety and environmental hazards stands to profit handsomely.

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PC Industry Is Apple’s Plaything

Apple has some hot products on sale, and its designs push many an envelope. But are its decisions skewing the PC industry somewhat

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Hackers Discover Google’s Unreleased Cloud-Based Music Service

Google 's cloud-based music service may already be up and running--if you know where to look for it. A hacker from the XDA-Dev forum found something interesting when he forced the Motorola Xoom Android tablet's music app onto his Android smartphone: a "Sync Music" feature. So the hacker tested the out the feature

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Are You Afraid of Good Ideas?

In this excerpt from his new book Poke the Box, author Seth Godin discusses people who, because of fear, save up ideas without acting on them. Are you one of those people? One of the people with too many good ideas?

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Warner Bros. to Offer Facebook Movies on Demand: Will Other Studios Follow Suit?

Warner Bros. announced Tuesday that it will offer movies directly for rent or purchase through Facebook, becoming the first Hollywood studio to introduce a video-on-demand service on the world's largest social network. So far, only one title is available for rent--Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight--but Warner says it will roll out more films in the coming months.

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What Really Scares Entrepreneurs?

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today

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Should Financial Literacy Be Mandatory?

British MPs want compulsory finance education in schools, but there's mixed evidence on effectiveness. At the epicenter of the housing crisis was a black hole of financial literacy--masses of consumers making calculations with unrealistic mathematical expectations . To avert another capitalist catastrophe, 300 British MPs are calling for mandatory personal finance education

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Mardi Gras Mambo

For many Americans, New Orleans and Mardi Gras are near synonymous -- and last year’s Carnival marked a 25-year high in partygoers visiting the Big Easy.

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Nearly 20% of Female Chinese Managers Are CEOs

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.

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