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FT.com / Technology - Google and Microsoft eye wind farm investments
Google and Microsoft are looking at possible investments in offshore wind farms in Britain, as part of their strategy to “green” their electricity use, a leading adviser to the energy industry has said.
 
Frank
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Obama Foreclosure Rescue Plan Has Helped Over 650,000
The Treasury Department reported today that over 650,000 people have been entered into the government’s trial loan...
 
Danny S
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we've had enough newspaper execs talking sound bites. where the WSJ investigative piece on the economics of the WSJ?
 
<em>flowersplus</em>
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The Bad Politics of Health Care Reform: This is bad economics but also bad politics: the crisis of cost affects.. http://tinyurl.com/y9qup3m
 
Pascal B
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How Much of It Was Reagan's Fault?
Paul Krugman taunts the innumerate right some more: Reagan mythbusting, productivity edition/a>: Just to be clear: when I show that growth by every measure has been slower since 1980 than before, I’m not claiming that this shows that...
 
Dan Sherman
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@ricetopher Oh, Chicago school. What do you think of the Austrian school? I'm very much still a padawan regarding economics.
 
Wendy
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Locating Safe Car Insurance Prices The Online Method
The Internet has made its mark on the shopping world, making it easy to find many things. There are websites dedicated to...
 
Juliette
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The (Sometimes) Futility of Good Intentions
From prominent pastors to politicians to professional rock stars, everyone it seems has a heart and a plan for Africa.  But good intentions don’t always translate into good results.  And when things seem to go wrong for so long, we ought to ask some...
 
<em>leischa</em>
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RT @LaBaume @Shedden @Leischa Grass roots economics and indigenous African fruit at http://bit.ly/AfricanFruit
 
sulkyblue
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How Waterstone's killed bookselling | Books | The Guardian
An interesting look at the changing face of bookshops on the high street. Personally I think the article is a bit harsh and narrow minded, but it's still interesting
 
jeremy.lyon35
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The other sort of hacking: Baltimore’s ghost taxis
Dovetailing neatly with yesterday’s article about innovative low-budget urban living in Detroit comes a piece on...
8 hours ago Futurismic | Topics: Blog, Baltimore, economics, hacks
 
Steve Hanson
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On Paying For Immoral Things, Or, Is Stupak On To Something?
There has been a great wailing and gnashing of teeth over the past day or so as those who follow the healthcare debate react to...
 
Paolo
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Gapminder.org - For a fact based world view.
Un modo nuovo di vedere le cose del mondo attraverso l'analisi dei dati
 
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Gapminder.org - For a fact based world view.
Un modo nuovo di vedere le cose del mondo attraverso l'analisi dei dati
 
Nele
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10 hours ago Nenad Stevanovic | Topics: economics
 
pacmanj
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Attention advertisers: I will one-up this guy
Some goofball makes $85,000/yr selling advertising space on his torso.iwearyourshirt.com:In this up and down economy I’m...
 
pacmanj
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Unemployment in perspective [infographic]
A nice (but not their best) display from the New York Times. (Hat tip: FlowingData)The differences appear to be driven...
 
Viki
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American don’t like capitalism anymore
Seven percent of American capitalism, anti-state output in the economy 25′te remained TurksA study released by the BBC,...
 
<em>crossrefsearch</em>
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The Connection between Fertility and Economicshttp://ping.fm/B3E2z
 
rj3sp
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Shades of Lies
On FakeBehavioural economist Dan Ariely explains his experiment in which wearing sunglasses perceived as designer counterfeits led people to cheat in an economic game. Amusing, nicely produced DIY video, featuring a great wardrobe. Check out more of...
 
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Swiss Doctoral Job Position in Economics 2010 http://ff.im/-besPQ
Swiss Doctoral Job Position in Economics 2010 http://ff.im/-besOG
 
Ysabetwordsmith
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Where the Money Goes
Sometimes, military spending is a good thing. Other times, it turns into a giant rathole that can absorb any amount of money...
13 hours ago The Wordsmith's Forge | Topics: economics, politics, news
 
Steve Riley
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@jplonie @RockyH There are definite tradeoffs, sure. For most uses, though, cloud economics are really tough to beat. CFOs love it :)
 
Happy Hospitalist
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Price Of Cigarettes Bankrupts Granny
So I'm filling up my gas tank when I notice this sign proclaiming the price of cigarettes to be the lowest price of...
 
Mana
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RT @FloridaSunSales: daughter needs a JOB. Will relocate. Economics/Finance degree but loves health sciences. HELP!
 
r_f_mcdonald25
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[LINK] On the Africans of Guangzhou
Le Figaro has reported on the surprisingly large community of African migrants attracted to the southern Chinese city of...
 
Mandy Vavrinak
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RT @AmberCadabra: RT @julien: The Economics of Trust http://bit.ly/2Y4gKD (Fascinating) > yes... Food for thought.
 
Levois
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Obama & the economy
Graphic to the left found via Exurban League with a link to a report regarding the nationwide unemployment rate. So that's...
17 hours ago It's My Mind | Topics: economics, obama, news, presidency
 
datacharmer
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Dodging the Vietnam draft
What percentage of draft eligible men did not, or would not, join the US military despite being drafted? How many men's...
 
Sojihea
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Network Marketing Online Success System [Sponsoring Online]
SponsoringOnline.com Your FREE Network Marketing Online Tips Guide The Internetwork Marketing System, free MLM guide. Can a...
 
<em>charles.frith</em>
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YouTube -- Predictions for 2010: US Default is an option
"From a game theory point of view, it makes sense for the US to declare default earlier than later." -- Predicts UK government raid on safety deposit boxes to fill a £110bn spending shortfall.
 
<em>charles.frith</em>
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Money Morning Australia -- Britain and its Near Death Economy
A spoonful of sugar... -- 'When you strip away the fancy terminology the banks like to use—quantitative easing—what you’re left with is money printing. Or to be precise, clicking a mouse and suddenly £200 billion appears. In other words, the...
 
MarkThomaTypePad
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"Not All Bubbles Present a Risk to the Economy"
Frederic Mishkin says there's no reason to worry that a new bubble is inflating: Not all bubbles present a risk to the...
19 hours ago Economist's View | Topics: Economics, Monetary...
 
Mario LIVE!
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New on 'Mario Live!' The Wall: It’s 20 years ago already. Time flies. I was studying economics in Cologne when the... http://bit.ly/cNbXu
 
Jim L
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The Fed Is Already Transparent
During the financial crisis, this credibility allowed the Fed to take extraordinary action to prevent a possible depression without triggering inflation. ...See all stories on this topic (via Google Alerts and AlertRank)
 
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Brad DeLong Celebrates His DMCA Takedown Notice
In the first year or so after I started doing this I had one or two discussions about the length of excerpts, and I've always...
20 hours ago Economist's View | Topics: Economics, Environment
 
Jua
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says I need a rest now! After studying the DAMN economics for the whole day! :P http://plurk.com/p/2kmgps