Bitcoin Thursday got a lift with the arrival of a new investment vehicle that lets wealthy and professional investors bet on the virtual currency.
Business
Sep 26, 2013
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Thursday urged investors to get behind cutting-edge climate technologies he says would drive a "green industrial revolution" and a next wave of global prosperity.
Environment
Jun 28, 2024
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In a controversial move deemed either shrewd or unfair -- depending on whom you ask -- investment firm Goldman Sachs recently invested $450 million in the high-profile, world-changer Facebook. The deal provides Facebook with ...
Business
Jan 14, 2011
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The majority of 575 people in South Australia with a history of chronic homelessness have found stable housing and are well on the way to a better life after three years of intensive support under the "Aspire' program—Australia's ...
Social Sciences
Aug 1, 2022
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Rival Dutch- and French-speaking communities in Belgium are at each others' throats again, this time because of a loan by China of two pandas to the linguistically divided nation.
Plants & Animals
Sep 11, 2013
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If NASA is to boldly go where no man has gone before, the federal agency might have Tampa to thank for it.
Space Exploration
Sep 1, 2022
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Online auction giant eBay announced Tuesday it has agreed to sell 65 percent of its stake in Skype to a group of investors in a deal that values the Web communications service at 2.75 billion dollars.
Business
Sep 1, 2009
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At sunset, a buffalo calf's distressed grunts reverberate through the bush.
Ecology
Sep 3, 2021
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The EU launched Tuesday a billion-euro fund to support startups in the space sector with the hope it will be a "game changer" and attract private investors into the key sector.
Space Exploration
Jan 25, 2022
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It tastes like rose petals. It smells like a campfire. It glistens with a burnt-orange hue. What is it? A 5,000-euro bottle of Petrus Pomerol wine that spent a year in space.
Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2021
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