Microsoft briefly overtook Apple on Monday as the world's most valuable company by market capitalization before slipping back into second place.
Business
Nov 26, 2018
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While nonprofits have benefitted from record highs in volunteer hours and charitable fundraising totals, it's a case of fewer people doing more, as the percentage of Americans who contribute time and money has fallen to ...
Social Sciences
Nov 19, 2018
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The latest Living Planet report from the WWF makes for grim reading: a 60% decline in wild animal populations since 1970, collapsing ecosystems, and a distinct possibility that the human species will not be far behind. The ...
Environment
Nov 2, 2018
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Google-parent Alphabet on Wednesday confirmed that an executive accused of sexual harassment left the company without an exit package as tension over its handling of such matters heightened.
Business
Oct 31, 2018
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Strong relationships between teachers, parents and students at schools has more impact on improving student learning than does financial support, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Oct 25, 2018
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October 10 is World Day against Death Penalty. Indonesia is one of the few remaining countries that still implements capital punishment. Despite many rejections from various circles, the Indonesian government still believes ...
Social Sciences
Oct 11, 2018
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Conventionally, economists use gross domestic product (GDP) to estimate the sustainability of the economy and the quality of societal welfare. However, this approach is not only incorrect and logically flawed, but also in ...
Environment
Oct 10, 2018
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John Hancock Insurance, the US division of Canadian insurance company Manulife, came under scrutiny last month for offering lower premiums to individuals who agreed to share their fitness tracking data with the company.
Security
Oct 4, 2018
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Soon after my family moved to New Orleans in the summer of 2005, we heard Mayor Ray Nagin's first warnings about Hurricane Katrina. With two young children, a job I hadn't started yet, and little in the way of savings, my ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2018
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Magic Leap, the secretive Plantation, Fla.-based tech company that has raised more than $2 billion in venture capital to build sophisticated 3-D software, has finally gone live.
Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 9, 2018
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