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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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The 10 most dangerous jobs in America
The Bureau of Labor Statistics examines the 10 deadliest occupations in the United States.
1 | January 27, 2013 7:16pm |
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Why the Spanish aren't entrepreneurs
BARCELONA -- And why the Spanish youth aren't either. After all, 60 percent of those 30 and under are unemployed. Maybe it's just not in the Spanish blood.
80 | February 18, 2013 3:04am |
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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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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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Fisker Automotive: an unfolding scandal?
The automaker repeatedly violated U.S loan terms.
8 | April 21, 2013 4:57pm |
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97% of Americans overestimate cost of installing solar
A recent survey found the majority of Americans would go solar -- that is, if cost weren't a factor. Turns out, their perception of upfront costs might not align with reality.
61 | April 26, 2012 9:18am |
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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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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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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 |
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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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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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How does an architecture degree pay off?
A new study has architecture students worrying about their career choice. But their starting salaries, and prospects for graduate degree holders, may be more promising than expected.
1 | January 7, 2012 9:28am |
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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 $40,000, a motorbike that transforms into a jetski
Quadski, a long-hyped amphibious vehicle, is scheduled to hit the market before the end of the year.
8 | October 17, 2012 4:40am |
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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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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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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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Startup aims to colonize Mars by 2023
Mars One, a space venture from the Netherlands, hopes to start a human settlement on Mars in just 11 years.
12 | June 3, 2012 4:19pm |
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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 carbon capture and storage will never pay off
Carbon capture and storage has been touted as a way to let us keep burning fossil fuels while saving the climate. But will it ever pay off? Energy analyst Chris Nelder runs the numbers.
35 | March 6, 2013 1:50am |