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SmartPlanet stories about the organizations, technologies, policy and infrastructure that facilitate the movement and management of money.
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5 reasons the financial industry is ripe for disruption
Technology companies offering financial services are going after markets long ignored by traditional bankers.
3 | May 14, 2013 3:01pm |
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Disruptor | Tom Potter, co-founder of the Brooklyn Brewery and the New York Distilling Company
With the Brooklyn Brewery, Potter proved America's appetite for craft beverages. With the New York Distilling Company, he's at it again.
May 14, 2013 3:00am |
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Russia to emerging countries: We'll build, operate your nuclear reactors
Lease the car and the driver too for 60 years of carbon-free power.
9 | May 13, 2013 12:28pm |
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Chinese companies buying up Detroit's auto mindshare
Chinese owned companies are buying up engineering talent in Detroit and may soon ship cars in the United States.
3 | May 12, 2013 8:33pm |
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In tech industry, CFOs make the big bucks
Finance chiefs in the tech industry are receiving hefty rewards for minimizing taxes and improving profits. In some cases, like over at Apple, the CFO makes considerably more than the CEO.
May 9, 2013 8:17am |
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Disruptor | Lyndon Rive, SolarCity
The South African native is challenging the legacy rules of U.S. power generation and financing, seeking to make clean energy as cost-effective as electricity generated by fossil fuels.
6 | May 7, 2013 3:00am |
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Do customers like Google Fiber?
So, how is Google's super-fast Internet going over in Kansas City?
1 | May 6, 2013 1:55pm |
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The secret U.S.-Russian nuclear fusion project
A small California company thinks it knows how to finally harness fusion power, the Holy Grail of energy. Its latest investor is the Russian government.
4 | May 6, 2013 6:24am |
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Electric car startup Coda files for bankruptcy
The California-based startup is ditching its electric vehicle business to pursue another related path.
2 | May 1, 2013 10:45am |
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For Ivy League grads, tech trumps Wall Street
Fresh-faced grads and young professionals are bypassing Wall Street for a chance to work at a tech startup.
April 29, 2013 8:37am |
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Finding the news before it breaks
One social analytics company is leveraging the sheer scale of Twitter to find the news before it's picked up.
2 | April 26, 2013 3:10am |
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Italy fines Ryanair over fare transparency
Ryanair has fallen foul of Italian watchdogs and been slapped with a fine over complicated online booking procedures.
April 22, 2013 11:08pm |
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IBM attempts to harness the power of two thousand suns
Can a new project aimed at concentrating sunlight bring solar power back in fashion?
3 | April 22, 2013 2:38am |
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Firms aren't interested in mergers and acquisitions, study finds
Erring on the side of caution seems more important than boosting innovation or research by purchasing firms for many businesses.
April 22, 2013 1:39am |
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Fisker Automotive: an unfolding scandal?
The automaker repeatedly violated U.S loan terms.
8 | April 21, 2013 4:57pm |
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The next big utility transformation
Creating a renewably powered grid is easy compared to crafting a new regulatory framework that will make utility investors whole during the transition.
20 | April 17, 2013 3:00am |
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Why big data needs human insight
What can we accomplish by combining the best of human intellect with the expanding processing capacity of machines?
3 | April 16, 2013 3:00am |
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Social impact bonds gear up for Mozambique
A new financial tool called a "social impact bond" promises to change the future of development. Will malaria-prone Mozambique illustrate the benefits of investing over donations?
4 | April 16, 2013 3:00am |
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Obama's $100 million brain mapping project
It's a nebulous endeavor with no obvious milestones or endpoint. But if it works, a brain map could lead to cures for conditions ranging from Alzheimer's to PTSD.
5 | April 3, 2013 2:12pm |
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Does money buy happiness?
A happiness researcher tells us why the path to continual bliss might lie in how we think of it.
4 | March 29, 2013 4:02am |