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PODCAST: Yahoo! or Yahoo?
by
Mary Dooe
Jan 18, 2012
News of Jerry Yang's exit from Yahoo after 17 years may mean that the company will have to fine tune its vision. Home Depot has just announced it's going to hire 70,000 seasonal workers over the next few months, but how many of those temps will land permanent jobs? Plus, we look at the true costs of online piracy.
A Private Sector for the Public Good in Egypt
Jun 22, 2011
The World Bank may not have anticipated the Arab Spring uprisings, but they claim to have a plan for the future. They've announced billions of do...
Global climate change contributes to shrinking food supply
Mar 3, 2011
A United Nations food agency said today that global food prices reached record highs in February, and warned that rising oil prices could prompt...
Head to Kazakhstan, entrepreneurs
by
Kai Ryssdal
Nov 4, 2010
This final note today, following up on our story about the Human Development Index and how the U.S. is slipping. The World Bank came out with its...