California's senators are urging Congress for $310 million in new emergency spending to fix the rampant sewage pollution that repeatedly flows from Tijuana to San Diego's South County shoreline.
Environment
Aug 31, 2023
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Last year, Don Pratt fled from his home as a wildfire swept down the mountainside here in Washington's Cascade Range.
Environment
Aug 24, 2023
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Fintechs, notably mobile money, have transformed banking and finance in developing and emerging economies in Africa and beyond. Financial technology (better known as fintech) is used to describe new technology that seeks ...
Economics & Business
Aug 16, 2023
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Protesters rallied at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday, railing against Darwin's controversial Middle Arm venture which critics say would benefit the gas industry.
Environment
Aug 9, 2023
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Benjamin Franklin may be best known as the creator of bifocals and the lightning rod, but a group of University of Notre Dame researchers suggest he should also be known for his innovative ways of making (literal) money.
Archaeology
Jul 17, 2023
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Not all nonprofits are created equal—and some exist mainly to capitalize on a tax law loophole that allows them to anonymously funnel donations to political causes. New University of Oregon research proposes an index that ...
Economics & Business
Jul 6, 2023
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Studies show that consumers believe people who work hard for their money have higher incomes, are more financially literate and are more comfortable taking on prudent financial risk.
Social Sciences
Jun 12, 2023
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Since its emergence in the late 2000s, "mobile money," a form of digital currency, has been a game-changer throughout the developing world for people with little savings and no access to formal banking systems. Even in rural ...
Social Sciences
Jun 8, 2023
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A new study of 3,745 families from across the UK demonstrates a "sizeable" gap in the financial knowledge of children depending on which socio-economic group they come from.
Economics & Business
Jun 1, 2023
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Devastating floods have hit community after community on Australia's eastern seaboard over the last three years. Weather systems were dynamic and difficult to forecast.
Environment
May 18, 2023
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