Sweeping policies that reward people in environmentally sensitive areas for returning their farmlands to nature have been lauded as ecological triumphs. But a new Michigan State University study shows that over time some ...
Environment
Mar 21, 2018
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Orbitz says one of its older websites may have been hacked, potentially exposing the personal information of people who made purchases online between Jan. 1, 2016 and Dec. 22, 2017.
Security
Mar 20, 2018
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Paying rural villagers to cut down fewer trees boosts conservation not only while the payments are being made but even after they're discontinued, according to a new CU Boulder study involving 1,200 tropical forest users ...
Environment
Mar 14, 2018
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Programs in which people pay landholders to support natural systems that provide benefits like flood protection, biodiversity and carbon storage, are expanding around the world, according to a new UCLA-led study.
Environment
Mar 13, 2018
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Thanks to a West Australian innovation, Australia is getting its first payment ring.
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 1, 2018
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Japan's biggest messaging app Line said Wednesday it was launching a financial services spinoff to allow users to exchange and trade virtual currencies.
Internet
Jan 31, 2018
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New TVs are coming with an alphabet soup of features designed to get you to spend more.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 8, 2018
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Italian tax authorities say Amazon will pay 100 million euros ($118 million) to end a dispute over its tax payments from 2011-2015.
Business
Dec 15, 2017
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Nearly 375,000 Duke Energy Corp. customers may have had personal and banking information stolen in a data breach.
Security
Dec 6, 2017
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The French government has summoned the managers of Airbnb to demand answers over a payment system suspected of facilitating tax avoidance.
Business
Dec 5, 2017
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