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A New Orleans serial (social) entrepreneur, Robbie Vitrano, explains how Hurricane Katrina made him think differently about entrepreneurship. Hurricane Katrina was the moment of truth for Robbie Vitrano. "It pushed me to confront those issues about my place in business, and the role of business in this situation," he said at GrowCo in New Orleans this week.

By Tom Bergin and Jonathan Stempel LONDON/NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - BP Plc has delayed by one week the start of a massive trial to decide who should pay for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, to allow more time to cut a deal with tens of thousands of businesses and individuals affected by the disaster. In a statement on Sunday, BP said the start date for the trial in New Orleans federal court has been pushed back to March 5 from February 27.

By Natasha Gilbert of Nature magazine Forests are vital to the livelihoods of millions of people in developing countries, providing on average more than one-fifth of their annual income, according to data presented today at a meeting in London.