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Ethonomic Indicator of the Day: 26% -- the amount of global CO2 emissions that come from the production of traded goods and services.

Facing huge shortage, China considers offering compensation for living organ donors

Text and Photographs by Mark Leong For the residents of one neighborhood in Shenzhen, China, the New Balance sneaker is more than a shoe.

China may be wising up to international condemnation of its lax copyright protection standards, as the Ministry of Culture has revealed it will "punish" local search giant Baidu for facilitating illegal music downloads.

01 / Yandex > > For mastering search. The internet search company Yandex is already three times more popular than Google in its home market (Russia) and this year, it made its move onto Google's international turf with the launch of an English-language search engine. One of Yandex's key advantages has always been the complexity of the Russian language, whose Lego-set of prefixes, roots and suffixes has forced it to be a step ahead in the nuance of its algorithms.

Professional pyromaniacs (fine, engineers) employed by the insurance industry are finding increasingly sophisticated ways to recreate horrific natural disasters--and their research is helping companies avoid millions in losses. As wildfires rage through Texas and the U.S

PGT: Garcia in contetion in China

Chinese car firm Geely has a gift for you in the trunk of its electric McCar vehicle: A tiny electric trike that's actually charged as you drive the bigger car. It could be the perfect vehicle to solve city traffic problems

CHENGDU, China (AP) -South Korea's Han Chang-won racked up six birdies on the front nine to take the first-round clubhouse lead by a stroke in the China Open on Thursday.

The U.S doesn't have much over China at this point. Sure, we have breathable air, but they have more clean energy funding , the world's fastest-growing economy, and at least for now, a head start on the vehicle electrification race.

By Aizhu Chen YUANBA, China (Reuters) - China has spent tens of billions of dollars buying into energy resources from Africa to Latin America to slake the unquenched thirst for fuel from its growing industry and burgeoning cities. [More]

Fact: The United States uses more water in a day than it uses oil in a year. In four days, the United States uses more water than the world uses oil in a year.

All parents struggle to find the right balance between encouragement and discipline when it comes to raising their kids.

We pronounced the netbook phenomenon all but over last year--they're now merely another class of laptop one can buy, at the cheap end.

How do developing countries provide a new market for companies? Is it really possible to do very well by doing good?