When Microsoft announced recently that it was starting a big push to grow its market in Africa, it cited the continent's big growth opportunities, calling Africa a "game changer in the global economy."
Business
Mar 21, 2013
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Take a walk or drive through the streets of most Nigerian cities, and you will see plastic waste everywhere. The country's rivers, lakes and ocean are also full of discarded plastic. Nigeria is estimated to generate about ...
Environment
Jan 31, 2023
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Privacy and technology go together like music and dance: it's only when both work well together that the magic happens. But what about privacy in the age of big data, an era in which your every move has been recorded somewhere ...
Internet
May 28, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Companies must see combating corruption and promoting human rights as connected and complementary moral duties in the countries where they operate, according to researchers at the University of Michigan's Ross ...
Economics & Business
Feb 5, 2014
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Many people are aware of plastic pollution in the oceans. Photos of turtles or seabirds entangled in plastic garbage first went viral in the 1990s, and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now the focus of highly publicized ...
Environment
Jan 10, 2023
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Technology giant Google is to pay £130 million (172 million euros, $185.4 million) in back taxes to Britain after an "open audit" of its accounts, the BBC reported Friday.
Business
Jan 22, 2016
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Migration has always been a regular feature of human existence, but these days it is more visible—and politicized—than ever. A 2016 survey found the vast majority of people (80%) would welcome refugees, in agreement with ...
Social Sciences
Feb 4, 2022
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Companies using the Fairtrade Mark* demonstrate different types of commitment to the fair trade movement and therefore their impact on producers in developing countries is not the same, according to a new review from the ...
Business
Oct 30, 2012
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The United States added about 7.6 million acres of forests between 1990 and 2010, which may seem like a great environmental gain.
Environment
Feb 13, 2015
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An influential committee of British lawmakers accused search company Google of dodging its taxes on Thursday in a scathing report that said the U.S. Internet company took on highly contrived arrangements serving no purpose ...
Business
Jun 13, 2013
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