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World Bank Gives Africa $164.5 Million for Internet Connections
The World Bank approved a financing package of US$164.5 million in grants and credits for Kenya, Burundi and Madagascar to establish high-speed connectivity to...
Mankind Has Never Been Healthier, Wealthier or Freer. Surprised?
Environmentalists and globalization foes are united in their fear that greater population and consumption of energy, materials, and chemicals accompanying economic growth, technological change...
Declining Island Culture Turns Around, Rewarded by Renewables
"After decades of decline, the people of the Scottish island of Gigha took things into their own hands, and it has really paid off......
Costly Tax Mistakes and What You Can Do about Them
The time for filing your tax returns is just around the corner. Are you ready? Here is the third in a series...
Free Online University Lectures Offer Eclectic Mix
As we alerted you last year, major Ivy league universities have begun offering lectures — and whole courses — on the Internet for free....
Tax Facts For Freelancers (Part 2)
Here is the second part in a GNN series designed to help you with your US taxes — especially beneficial to folks like me...
New U.S. Alliance Pushes to Update the Light Bulb
A coalition of industrialists, environmentalists and energy specialists is announcing next week a campaign to eliminate America's use of incandescent light bulbs within 10...
A Daily Dose of Awe and Gratitude
Most of us wake up thinking about how we are going to meet obligations or fulfill our promises to other people. We begin our...
Hoping to Be the Greenest Skyscraper
"If you don't build green, you're building obsolete." Almost everything about the new Bank of America skyscraper in New York is environmentally...
Tax Facts For Freelancers (Part 1)
GNN will begin a weekly series to help you with your taxes — especially beneficial to folks like me who haven't done them yet! Today,...
Bank of America Launches $20 Billion Environmental Initiative
America's largest retail bank announced this week they will start to spend billions on projects that help sustain the earth, like offering commercial loans...
Five Ways the United Nations is Saving People and the Planet
In 1997, the owner of Cable News Network, Ted Turner, shocked the world when he handed over a billion dollars to the United Nations....
$33 Million Donation for Stem Cell Institute
Lorry I. Lokey, the founder of Business Wire and a regular supporter of education and science, will give $33 million to help build a...
Consumers Stand Up for Rights in UK Banks, Stadiums
"People are exhibiting a steadfast refusal to put up with unfair high prices or shoddy standards, sometimes harnessing the power of the internet to...
Poor Earn Income From Trees – Without Felling Them
Entrepreneurs don't grow on trees, but with a little help from the U.N., poor families around the world are starting their own small...
Some Respect, Please, for the Afternoon Nap
A study of more than 23,000 adults in Greece shows that short naps during the day "increase productivity and creativity while reducing stress." On...
Australia to ban old-style light bulbs
"The Australian government on Tuesday announced plans to phase out incandescent light bulbs and replace them with more energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs, like this dimmable...
Organic Clothes Not Just for Hippies Now
Buying organic is becoming a global phenomenon and because "it takes a third of a pound of pesticides to produce one cotton T-shirt," organic...
Take Our Poll: The Best Call Times for Interactive Tele-conferences
I added a poll in the right column! --> It asks which day and time you would prefer, if you were interested in participating...
MidEast Youths Use Amazing Video to Tell Leaders, ‘Enough!’ (Video)
Ordinary young Palestinian and Israeli citizens were given an unprecedented opportunity last week to present an impassioned video expressing their views to world leaders...