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It was to be the ultimate urban paradise. Hundreds of pages of plans, maps and charts detailed the construction of a state-of-the-art eco-city called Dongtan on China’s Chongming Island, at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Only a month on the market, and the device that HP said would give Android and Apple a run for its money is already finished. Rumors were confirmed today that HP will discontinue its TouchPad tablet as well its WebOS phones. Reports indicate the company plans to instead focus on software and services, while distancing itself from hardware--HP may spin off its personal-computer business and acquire enterprise software company Autonomy for $10 billion.

Someecards co-founder and CEO Duncan Mitchell discusses the challenges of an online start-up and how his company tries to keeping innovating in the e-card industry.

During the summer of 1963, when i was six years old, my family traveled from our home in Philadelphia to Los Angeles to visit my maternal relatives. I already knew my grandmother well: she helped my mother care for my twin brothers, who were only 18 months my junior, and me. When she was not with us, my grandmother lived with her mother, whom I met that summer for the first time.

Paris has long had the nickname "The City of Light", due to its role as a center of education during the Age of Enlightenment and, in the 1800s, due to its early implementation of electric lighting. It very nearly had its name associated with another form of radiation in 1910, however, thanks to a truly unique experiment performed in the most iconic spot in the city: the Eiffel Tower! The experiment, which was the first significant evidence of the existence of cosmic radiation, also highlights the challenges scientists experienced in the early 20th century and the ingenuity they used to overcome them

A new microspectrometer architecture that uses compact disc-shaped resonators could address the challenges of integrated lab-on-chip sensing systems that now require a large off-chip spectrometer to achieve high resolution.

Every employee at Projectline Services has an opportunity to shape the direction of the company. "You spend a lot of time working with the people around you, more so sometimes than you get to spend with your family," says Mike Kichline, CEO of Projectline Services. "You have to like being around them." That's why Projectline Services established an employee panel that serves as a liason between employees and the executives, helping make benefit decisions and suggestions to improve the company.

Dear EarthTalk : With all the talk of the need for safe, renewable energy sources, isn’t the elephant in the room really that we should use far less energy than we do? Wouldn’t more rules about conservation (like not leaving commercial building lights on all night) make the challenges easier?

For working women on the go, MyDailyMoment is a one-stop shop for everything fitness, beauty, recipes, and more. As we process applications for the 2011 Inc.

Meg Cadoux Hirshberg is the wife of Stonyfield Farm CEO Gary Hirshberg. In this video she discusses the challenges of having family and friends be investors in your company

Meg Cadoux Hirshberg is the wife of Stonyfield Farm CEO Gary Hirshberg. In this video, she discusses the challenges of having her home also be the base for her husband's business.

Meg Cadoux Hirshberg is the wife of Stonyfield Farm CEO Gary Hirshberg. In this video, she discusses the challenges of having her home also be the base for her husband's business.

Kirk Aubry, Gary Schloss and Betty Manetta talk about the challenges of growing a company.

The Mississippi River has leveled off, but flooded communities throughout the Midwest remain in crisis. Mark Strassmann reports on the challenges ahead for victims of the flood.

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