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It was an exciting year for tech in Silicon Valley, so we've decided to highlight a few women who we think have had particularly awesome achievements. They've created interesting startups, snagged new positions at great ...

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Hours after Turkey's prime minister vowed to "eradicate" Twitter, Turkish Internet users began to experience widespread disruptions Thursday while trying to access the popular social networking website.

Certified coffee, sometimes known as "sustainable" coffee, has a long way to go before it becomes a dominant industry norm, despite significant efforts by leading coffee companies and certifiers. Companies like Starbucks...

Hancock Prospecting signs US$7.2bn funding packing for Roy Hill project in the Pilbara

Starbucks will expand its evening alcohol and light bites menu, which includes bacon-wrapped dates and Malbec wine, to thousands of stores, Chief Operating Officer Troy Alstead said in a phone…

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Microsoft Corp., which has skewered rival Google Inc. for going through customer emails to deliver ads, acknowledged Thursday it had searched emails in a blogger's Hotmail account to track down who wa...

NEW YORK -- Digital discount broker E*Trade Financial Corp on Thursday bid farewell to the precocious baby who starred in the television commercials advertising its trading platform for the last seven years.     

Airbnb is reportedly in talks to get new funding at a $10 billion valuation. That would vault Airbnb to the top of the startup valuation rankings, as you can see in this chart from Statista.  Join the conversation about...

A few times a week, Mimoun Boutarrite makes the drive from Meknes to Ain Leuh, in Morocco's Ifrane provice. The drive takes him through the Atlas moutains and lush green fields that now support colorful fruit trees on la...

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The Arizona Senate gave final approval to a $9.2 billion spending plan for the coming budget year late Thursday, potentially setting the stage for an early close to the Legislature's 2014 session.

Guardian Australia: Mining executive says fossil fuels 'here to stay' and calls for cleaner technology yet industry research body starved of funds Lenore Taylor

California consumers won't be able to purchase some types of rat poisons after July 1 because state regulators have determined that the chemicals in them pose a danger to pets and wildlife.

A snapshot of major companies across the EU has found that the trend for placing operations abroad is waning Almost a quarter of European companies plan to repatriate their foreign operations in the next three years to b...

Nepal is considering an innovative plan to lease out unclimbed Himalayan peaks to private companies in a bid to increase tourism.

Toyota says it will end a lockout at its two India factories, which employ a total of 6,400 workers at two facilities outside Bangalore.

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With new technology, the industry has been able to produce more power at lower cost by capturing the faster winds that blow at higher elevations.     

10 hidden impacts of planned pension reform