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Highway through Amazon worsens effects of climate change, provides mixed economic gains

Paving a highway across South America is providing lessons on the impact of road construction elsewhere.

Space & Earth / Environment

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Facebook underwriter Morgan Stanley defends IPO

The chief executive of Morgan Stanley on Wednesday defended his company's lead role in the disastrous IPO of Facebook, which has lost investors billions of dollars.

Technology / Business

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Reduced tillage doesn't mean reduced cotton yields under drip irrigatio

Loss of production may be one concern cotton producers have on the Rolling Plains when considering switching to reduced- or no-tillage systems, said Dr. Paul DeLaune, Texas AgriLife Research environmental soil scientist in ...

Biology / Other

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Livestock industry beefs up Illinois's economy

A recent report conducted by the University of Illinois provides an economic snapshot of the current state of the livestock industry, giving the Illinois livestock industry data to back up their importance to the state. The ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

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Finding fingerprints in sea level rise

It was used to help Apollo astronauts navigate in space, and has since been applied to problems as diverse as economics and weather forecasting, but Harvard scientists are now using a powerful statistical tool to not only ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Economic power of self-employment felt countywide

People in rural counties who work for themselves may add a boost to local economies, improving income and job growth, according to economists.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

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Apple still top global brand as value jumps: survey

Apple has extended its lead as the world's most valuable corporate name with a strong 19 percent increase in its so-called brand value, a survey showed Tuesday.

Technology / Business

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Economic growth in China has not meant greater life satisfaction for Chinese people: long-term study

Despite an unprecedented rate of economic growth, Chinese people are less happy overall than they were two decades ago, reveals timely new research from economist Richard Easterlin, one of the founders of the field of "happiness ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

S. Korea, Peru announce defense technology deal

South Korea's Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan agreed Thursday to grant technology transfers to Peru to help strengthen the Latin American nation's navy and air force.

Technology / Other

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Kyoto Protocol architect 'frustrated' by climate dialogue

UN climate talks are going nowhere, as politicians dither or bicker while the pace of warming dangerously speeds up, one of the architects of the Kyoto Protocol told AFP.

Space & Earth / Environment

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Study unravels origin of devastating kiwifruit bacterium

An international research team led by Virginia Tech Associate Professor Boris Vinatzer and Giorgio Balestra of the University of Tuscia in Italy has used the latest DNA sequencing technology to trace a devastating ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Age is no barrier in the workplace

(Phys.org) -- Older managers bring as much value to an organisation as their younger counterparts, according to new research.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

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California leads green tech funding, reduces greenhouse emissions

California has had remarkable success in developing and deploying clean technology, using it to help fuel the state's economic rebound and drive its effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions, even as its population continues ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 7

Gold rush sweeps Latin America, Amazon suffers

A new gold rush is sweeping through Latin America with devastating consequences, ravaging tropical forests and dumping toxic chemicals as illegal miners fight against big international projects.

Space & Earth / Environment

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Upper class people more likely to cheat: study

The upper class has a higher propensity for unethical behavior, being more likely to believe – as did Gordon Gekko in the movie "Wall Street" – that "greed is good," according to a new study from ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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Economy

An economy consists of the economic system of a country or other area; the labor, capital and land resources; and the manufacturing, trade, distribution, and consumption of goods and services of that area. An economy may also be described as a spatially limited and social network where goods and services are exchanged according to demand and supply between participants by barter or a medium of exchange with a credit or debit value accepted within the network.

A given economy is the end result of a process that involves its technological evolution, history and social organization, as well as its geography, natural resource endowment, and ecology, as main factors. These factors give context, content, and set the conditions and parameters in which an economy functions.

For more information about Economy, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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