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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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Fisker Automotive founder is out
Henrik Fisker's resignation comes at a turbulent time for the luxury electric car manufacturer.
1 | March 13, 2013 10:26am |
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Facebook CEO to employees: Freeze and produce!
Mark Iceberg, er, Zuckerberg, keeps the office temperature at 15 degrees C. He likes alertness.
11 | March 13, 2013 4:14am |
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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 |
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World's 'most admired' companies: many are obvious, but not all
Sure, the corporations that most people on the planet admire are also pretty easy to guess. Hint: number one begins with an "A." How they rank offers some surprises.
6 | March 1, 2013 11:30am |
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A glimpse at a cordless, rechargeable future
BARCELONA -- The time where everyone can be off the grid is near. A dispatch from this year's Mobile World Congress show.
March 1, 2013 3:06am |
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North Korea opens up mobile Internet (visitors only)
North Korea has opened a sliver of access to mobile Internet within the country.
2 | February 22, 2013 11:00am |
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Crowdfunding coming to Africa
African startups were rewarded for coming up with innovative technological solution to local challenges.
February 21, 2013 10:56am |
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Microsoft's Zhang: China will represent the future of innovation
Does China have the resources and talent to become the next hotspot for innovation, research and development?
6 | February 20, 2013 11:00am |
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Disruptor | Jim Rogers, Investor
In the 19th century, Horace Greeley advised men to head west. Jim Rogers' response? "Go East, young woman."
3 | February 19, 2013 3:00am |
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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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Loosecubes' pioneer rides the ups, and downs, of startup life
For the first time since the promising startup shuttered last fall, Loosecubes CEO Campbell McKellar talks about the company that changed the face of shared workspaces.
12 | February 18, 2013 3:00am |
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3D printing bubble bursts; Obama comments 'overhyped'
Will we see innovation and investment in 3D printing begin to slide?
8 | February 15, 2013 2:35am |
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Study: When private companies go public, innovation suffers
While an IPO puts firms in a better position to innovate, other priorities take hold.
2 | February 14, 2013 4:23am |
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Start-up Sailthru wants you to read less
Sailthru, a data analytics start-up that examines consumer behavior to predict your interests, thinks that you'll get more by seeing less of what you don't want. Big investors agree.
10 | February 12, 2013 5:02pm |
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Microfinance turns Bihar prostitutes into businesswomen
BIHAR -- How a bank loan could end generations of prostitution in an Indian town.
1 | February 11, 2013 12:00am |
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Once a comedian, Reykjavik mayor is now a symbol of change
REYKJAVIK -- Artist-politician Jon Gnarr emerges as the Icelandic capital's unlikely hero.
8 | February 7, 2013 3:00am |
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Better Place closes up shop in U.S., Australia
The electric car infrastructure company, whose founder envisioned a network of battery-swapping stations, is turning its attention toward two core markets.
5 | February 6, 2013 2:29pm |
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How apathy killed VantagePoint's cleantech fund
One of the largest venture capital backers of cleantech has stopped raising a new fund because a lack of interest.
3 | February 6, 2013 12:20pm |
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Crowdfunding: a good resource for architects?
A new white paper commissioned by the American Institute of Architects points out the advantages of raising money from "the crowd" to finance bridges, skyscrapers, and other large projects.
3 | February 5, 2013 6:33am |
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How beer will help power this brewery
An Alaskan brewery will save thousands using a beer-making byproduct to power its operations.
4 | February 4, 2013 2:49pm |