Half a million lives could be saved each year in sub-Saharan Africa by taking action to reduce reliance on traditional wood- and charcoal-burning stoves, a new study shows. Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology ...
Environment
Jan 12, 2023
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Bankers and environmentalists alike are increasingly calling for capital markets to play a bigger role in the war on carbon. In the absence of a meaningful global price on carbon, however, capital continues to flow freely ...
Environment
Nov 3, 2020
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Google overtook US oil giant ExxonMobil on Monday to become the world's number two company when rated by market value, behind its high-tech rival Apple.
Business
Feb 10, 2014
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Twitter has set a price of $26 per share for its initial public offering, which means the company's stock can begin trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange in the most highly anticipated IPO since Facebook's 2012 ...
Business
Nov 7, 2013
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Online exchanges that trade hard currency for the rapidly emerging cyber money known as Bitcoin have a 45 percent chance of failing—often taking their customers' money with them.
Internet
Apr 24, 2013
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For many investors, Apple's best days are behind it. Competitors are catching up, they believe, and the latest iPhone is stumbling. The company's doubters have backed their conviction with billions of dollars. Last week, ...
Business
Jan 22, 2013
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Google soared past Microsoft in terms of market value Monday to become the second-richest firm in the tech world behind Apple.
Business
Oct 1, 2012
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Apple is Wall Street's all-time MVP —that's Most Valuable Property.
Business
Aug 20, 2012
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(AP) -- Apple, already the world's most valuable company, hit the $600 billion level for the first time Tuesday.
Business
Apr 10, 2012
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Apple shares soared on Wednesday following blockbuster quarterly earnings and the California gadget-maker leapfrogged over ExxonMobil to become the largest US company in terms of market value.
Business
Jan 25, 2012
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