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Collect donations and send out automated updates over social media, all from the comfort of your phone. All of us have, at one point or another, decided to help out a charity or organization by raising money. Maybe you're doing a marathon to support cancer research, or a bake sale for disaster relief

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - La Nina, a weather phenomenon typically linked to flooding in the Asia-Pacific, African drought and a more intense hurricane season over the Atlantic, could occur in a weak form this year, the World Meteorological Organization said Thursday. [More]

What happens when a software company owner, a roller coaster designer, and a condom maker walk into a monastery?

Think the annual arts fest in the Nevada desert is nothing more than a week-long bacchanal? Think again. It's a a master class in how to create awesomeness

Phil McKinney is the president and CTO of HP's personal systems group, the group that oversaw the TouchPad's creation and the group the company just said it will be spinning off from HP and possibly selling . He's behind HP's strategy to control both the software and hardware of its smartphones and tablets--a strategy that has paid off well for Apple, but a strategy HP CEO Leo Apotheker said he was no longer committed to.

Here are a few strategies to jump-start your company's growth, increase revenues, and find new customers.

On a civic scale, health brings wealth. And no society can be healthy without the proper disposal of human waste

Over the last decade the world of do-gooding has seemingly been taken over by MBAs. Social entrepreneurship, a field encompassing both mission-driven businesses and entrepreneurial nonprofits, professes to bring the efficiency, rigor, and cold, hard metrics of business to the most important causes on the planet.

Burning Man isn't just about getting crazy on the Playa anymore. The organization is now taking on urban revitalization, aiming to fix up the area around its new HQ.

In places where there is no grid, houses can be dark.

A franchisee organization claims Edible Arrangements imposed system-wide changes that violated its franchise agreement. A Connecticut judge ruled that a lawsuit against Edible Arrangements, a franchising company that creates fresh fruit arrangements, may proceed in the U.S

If you're under 60 years old and living in the U.S., chances are pretty high that you once toted UNICEF's orange Trick or Treat box from house to house on Halloween night, gathering change to give to the humanitarian organization.

A startling 70% of Jordanian youth who are one year out of school are still unemployed. By giving them access to classes on business, the organization is creating a new culture for startups.

Instead of investing billions in massive nuclear power plants, some power companies are developing smaller units, small enough to put on a truck and drive to where power is needed. There are obviously some concerns.

"Creativity is not some exotic, optional extra," says the author of "Out of Minds: Learning to be Creative." "It’s a strategic issue." Sir Ken Robinson is among the world’s elite thinkers when it comes to creativity and innovation. The author of Out of Minds: Learning to be Creative , a 10th anniversary edition of which was published in March, and The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything , Robinson has dedicated much of his professional life to helping governments, educational systems and businesses understand that creativity is not a fanciful luxury.