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Communication: How Much Is Enough?

Internal communications can be a challenge for a growing company. Here are ways to keep "water cooler chatter" to a minimum

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Can China House Its Booming Urban Class in an Environmentally Responsible Way?

In August 2005 the Shanghai Industrial Investment Corp. hired global engineering firm Arup to design a city for the booming commercial capital of China. Dubbed Dongtan --or "East Beach"--the new satellite city would sit on the edge of the alluvial island of Chongming in the mouth of the Yangtze River.

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Analysis: German Rail to Run on Sun, Wind to Keep Clients Happy

By Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN (Reuters) - It won't be easy to run a national railway on renewable energy like wind, hydro and solar power but that is what Germany's Deutsche Bahn aims to do for one simple reason: it's what consumers want. [More]

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Volkswagen on Road to Carbon-Free Car

LONDON (Reuters) - Volkswagen will within two weeks unveil one of the first single-seater cars, with the potential for zero emissions, the Financial Times reported on Monday. VW's one-seat concept car will illustrate the carmaker's ambitions to build electric vehicles that generate no carbon dioxide, the FT said, citing the company's head of research, Jurgen Leohold. [More]

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Australia Passes CO2 Offset Laws, Carbon Pricing Next

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's parliament endorsed the world's first national scheme that regulates the creation and trade of carbon credits from farming and forestry on Monday, to complement government plans to put a price on carbon emissions from mid-2012. The laws, the first major bills passed by the government with Greens support in the Senate since the Greens took the balance of power on July 1, are a precursor to the carbon price legislation to be put before parliament later this year. [More]

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Fight the Frazzled Mind

“Desserts” spelled backward is “stressed.”Isn’t life like that? Even the good things in life--fine wine, rich food, sex--can stress you out

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Primal Brain in the Modern Classroom

As children settle into their classrooms for the beginning of a new school year, parents steel themselves for the pending battle. Mothers and fathers know well that their youngsters would rather pay attention to one another than to the blackboard. But parents may not realize that the reasons children struggle with education lie deep in our evolutionary past

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Passion for Possessions: Mine!

Hayley has finished making a beautiful butterfly with a cookie cutter, which she pressed into the lump of Play-Doh that she just took from Pat. [More]

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C. Kim, V Hurst, O’Toole complete US Solheim team

NORTH PLAINS, Ore. (AP) - Christina Kim earned the 10th and final points spot on the U.S. Solheim Cup team Sunday and captain Rosie Jones added youngsters Vicky Hurst and Ryann O'Toole to the squad that will face Europea in Ireland late next month.

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James Nitties wins Midwest Classic

Australia's James Nitties won the Midwest Classic on Saturday for his first Nationwide Tour title, shooting with a 6-under 65 for a five-stroke victory.

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Simpson earns first PGA Tour win

PGT: Webb Simpson took the Wyndham Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory, while Ernie Els, Padraig Harrington and Camilo Villegas sneaked into the FedExCup playoffs.

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