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Business & Economy

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How new credit card rules affect consumers

Consumers should expect increases in annual and other fees as banks and credit card companies change their rules to head off new restrictions.
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Journalism in the digital age

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Exploring the fate of journalism as more of us go online for news, and news outlets struggle to survive....
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Hollywood meets the digital economy

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Hollywood analysts and studio insiders on how the digital economy is bringing big change to the movie business....
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Unemployment benefits, jobs and foreign companies

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Congress extends federal unemployment benefits, and how foreign companies are providing jobs for Americans....
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What Starbucks says about America

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There may be a parable in the meteoric rise of Starbucks Coffee shops and America....
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Lao rice farmers move from subsistence to cash crops

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Scientists working with Lao farmers to increase profitable harvests by finding higher yielding varieties of sticky rice....
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Women and global economic and political stability

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Poverty, racism and the systematic oppression of women contribute to political and economic instability around the world. ...
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George Soros' $1 billion to green energy

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In addition to $1 billion to fund clean energy technologies, Soros also pledged $100 million into environmental group....
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Drought in East Africa

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A lack of rain and political unrest is threatening East Africa with starvation; Kenya is one of the hardest hit areas. ...
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One boy's vision brings change to Malawi

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The story of William Kamkwamba, who had a vision to bring power his village in the very poor African nation of Malawi....
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A farm in a pickup truck

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Two documentary filmmakers plant vegetables in the back of a pickup truck to show that food can be grown just about anywhere....
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