In this Q&A with Inc.com, SBA chief Karen Mills talks about loan levels, a $1 billion injection of capital in small business--and numbers-centric leadership. As head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Karen Mills focuses on fueling the economy through small business growth.
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Read More »China Tackles Energy-Wasting Buildings
SHANGHAI -- For Jin Liang, a typical Chinese who watches his utility bills carefully, each scorching hot summer day posed a dilemma: Should he switch on his air conditioner, or keep it off to cool the impact on his wallet? But his dilemma faded away this year after Jin moved into a new apartment. It features magical materials that allow him to comfortably turn off the air conditioner and yet stop sweating
Read More »Live Animals In A Climate Change Simulator Reveal Which Species Adapt
A Brazilian project called ADAPTA will put hundreds of species from the Amazon in conditions that mimic what the world will be like after years of climate change. The mission: to see which animals adapt and which will need our help to survive.
Read More »Video: Will FDA withdraw Avastin for breast cancer?
The FDA granted preliminary approval to use Avastin for advanced breast cancer in 2008, but recent studies have led to a call to revoke that approval. Dr
Read More »Are Violent Video Games Corrupting Children? Supreme Court Says States Cannot Decide
The U.S. Supreme Court's 7-2 ruling Monday (pdf) that California cannot regulate the sale or rental of violent video games to minors is the latest chapter in the long-simmering debate over the impact of aggression in the virtual world on children's behavior in the real world. The high court's ruling is based on law and politics; it noted that states don't have the right to restrict children's First Amendment rights
Read More »Sunspot-Related Cooling Can’t Offset Greenhouse Warming
How much light the sun emits affects the Earth's weather and climate.
Read More »Double Impact Gamifies Saving The Planet, Makes Giving To Charity Free
A new online service takes your simple actions--checking in from a train, lowering your electricity bill--and monetizes them through corporate partners. Now you can give money just by being good. So your brand already gives millions of dollars to charity each year, but gets little recognition for it
Read More »Time To Stop Worrying About Invasive Species?
You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. And you shouldn’t judge a species by its place of origin
Read More »Balancing Acts – Minding the Kids
Meg Cadoux Hirshberg is the wife of Stonyfield Farm CEO Gary Hirshberg. In this video she talks about about the impact of the family business on children.
Read More »The Social Entrepreneurship Spectrum: B Corporations
To become B Corps, businesses must prove that they care as much about society and the environment as they do about profits. The Classic Example Method, which makes eco-friendly home and personal care products and sells them in recyclable plastic packaging, became one of the first B Corporations, in 2007
Read More »FACTBOX-Japan’s disaster in figures
April 9 (Reuters) - The following lists the impact of theearthquake and tsunami that hit northeast Japan on March 11 and [More]
Read More »Video: FDA looking into food dye, ADHD link
The Food and Drug Administration is reconsidering the impact of food dyes and its possible link to worsening ADHD in children. Dr.
Read More »When Do-Gooders Go Viral
SeeYourImpact.org rewards acts of micro-charity with photographs and stories of the impact donors make.
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