California, US to bank millions in taxes on Facebook IPO
California has a friend who's about to write a hefty personal check that could help ease the state budget crunch.
Business
May 8, 2012
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Researchers to conduct major Japan ocean microplastics survey
Scientists will begin a two-year survey of microplastics in the coastal waters off Japan from April, a research group announced on Wednesday, with concern growing about the impact of plastics on the oceans.
Environment
Jan 29, 2020
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Chemistry job seekers face tough outlook during pandemic
Even though it's been over a decade, the 2008 recession and its effects still loom over the chemistry enterprise. And now with the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down labs and universities across the world, chemistry students ...
Other
May 13, 2020
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Panel calls for more timely access to public genomic datasets
A large panel of scientists has published a Public Forum piece in the journal Science calling for the scientific community to provide better access to public genomic datasets. They suggest the current system allows restrictions ...
Speeding up immigration claims urgently needed to help migrants experiencing homelessness
Unique research carried out during the COVID pandemic has highlighted major problems with the Home Office application process for immigration claims.
Social Sciences
Feb 13, 2023
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Public dollars, private rules: The charter school calculus
The phenomenal growth of charter schools nationwide has been aided by a canny legal strategy in which the schools claim to be public for the purpose of taking in tax dollars but private for the purpose of evading government ...
Social Sciences
Aug 15, 2014
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Grocery delivery startup Instacart raises $210 million from investors
Grocery delivery startup Instacart has raised a bumper crop of $210 million from investors.
Business
Dec 31, 2014
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Yahoo ad exec deflects talk about becoming CEO
(AP) -- The head of Yahoo's online advertising business in North America said Monday he has been too busy trying to bring in more revenue to consider whether he would be willing to become the struggling Internet company's ...
Business
Oct 18, 2011
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WWF report says online wildlife trade on rise in Myanmar
A report by the World Wildlife Fund shows illegal purchases of wildlife online are growing in Myanmar in a threat both to public health and to endangered species.
Ecology
Mar 31, 2022
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COVID-19 a 'transformative' moment for social science
What's driving violent anti-Chinese discrimination in Nairobi, Kenya, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and what can be done to quell it? How are part-time student workers in central Florida handling massive furloughs, and what ...
Social Sciences
Apr 3, 2020
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