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Feed SubscriptionIs Karzai’s Accusation That Coalition Forces Are Polluting Afghanistan with Nuclear Material Accurate or an Over-Reaction?
President Obama has called for the withdrawal of 33,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan over the next year and the remaining 68,000 by the end of 2014, but questions linger regarding what the troops are leaving behind after more than nine years of combat. In particular, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has accused U.S.
Read More »Square Adds Former Obama Economic Advisor Larry Summers To Its Board
It looks like Square 's ambitions are growing. Just recently, it added VC superstar Vinod Khosla to its board of directors. Now comes an announcement that former Obama Chief Economic Advisor (and former Harvard president) Larry Summers is also coming on board
Read More »Health care quirk grants middle-class Medicaid
AP: Obama administration admits anomaly buried deep in reform legislation, says it will look for a fix
Read More »Training Secrets From Inside The Googleplex
Think you’ve got training challenges? Try making sure thousands of your sales agents are up-to-date with the ever-changing online ad business
Read More »Obama drives the golf cart, Boehner sinks the putt
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama drove the cart and House Speaker John Boehner celebrated a short putt during their much anticipated golf outing Saturday at a military base outside the nation's capital.
Read More »Analyzing The Faces Of Republican Candidates
Commentators continue to guess at whether GOP candidates at the June 13 debate in New Hampshire will live up to their promises. But their faces never lie. Sensory Logic's Dan Hill analyzes their expressions for Fast Company to reveal what traditional pundits can't
Read More »Obama, Campaigning on Clean Energy, Champions LED Bulbs
President Obama emphasized advances in efficient lighting yesterday in a campaign narrative that connects his clean energy goals with American job growth. He visited election-important North Carolina to underscore the improvements to light-emitting diode (LED) technology since his last presidential campaign in 2008 -- when he appeared at Cree Inc. for the first time, a few months before capturing the state's Electoral College votes
Read More »New school menus collide with budget realities
Eating healthy food isn't always cheap, and some conservatives in Congress are concerned that the Obama administration's effort to make school lunches more nutritious is a luxury the nation can't afford.
Read More »Why Obama Nominated NRDC Cofounder John Bryson As Commerce Secretary
Is it possible to separate economic growth from environmental damage? President Obama's nomination today of Natural Resources Defense Council cofounder John Bryson as Commerce Secretary means we're trying. President Obama's nomination today of businessman and Natural Resources Defense Council cofounder John Bryson as Commerce Secretary is a refreshing sign for those who want economic growth and environmental protection to go hand in hand.
Read More »Doing Business in Argentina
Think the U.S. economy feels shaky?
Read More »Invest In China To Make Money On Renewables: Report
A new survey determines that China is the most attractive country for renewable energy installations based on the size of its national renewable energy markets, renewable energy infrastructures, and suitability for individual technologies. In a resource-constrained world, any country with the ability to build out a clean energy infrastructure is going to have an advantage. While we'd like to think that American ingenuity and elbow grease would put us in a good position, it increasingly appears that China--land of coal-fired power plants and endless smog--is at the forefront
Read More »The Facebook Chasers
The Winklevoss brothers are at it again. Plus, a secret to Google's success, and the rest of the day's news for entrepreneurs
Read More »The Facebook Chasers
The Winklevoss brothers are at it again.
Read More »Environmental groups question Obama’s forest plan
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Obama administration plan to protect wildlife and water in U.S.
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