October 28, 2009 | Washington Post

For a decade or more, the political battle over climate change has been fought largely over the validity of the science of global warming. But Tuesday, as the Environment and Public Works Committee opened its first hearing on a Senate climate change bill, those concerns took a rear seat to a different issue: the potential economic impact of climate change. And the scene was set for a battle over best estimates.

October 30, 2009 | New York Times/GigaOm

Climate change, corporate carbon footprints and policies in the works to address them present real risk for businesses and their investors. But can shareholders demand disclosure of that risk? As of this week, thanks to a new ruling from the Securities and Exchange Commission, now they can.

October 28, 2009 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer/AP

Many college graduates are passing up industrial centers and former hotspots in the Southwest, which have been hit hard by the recession, in favor of life in urban, high-tech meccas. Their moves are fueling a resurgence of brainiacs in parts of California, North Carolina and Texas.

October 30, 2009 | Reuters

China's top economic planner said on Friday that it had launched venture capital funds totalling 9 billion yuan ($1.32 billion) jointly with several provincial governments and private investors to support the country's growing high-tech sector.

October 30, 2009 | Phildelphia Business Journal

One of the Philadelphia area’s economic-growth engines is faltering. The area has major institutions, led by the University of Pennsylvania, that produce a lot of research that can be commercialized. It’s also home to entrepreneurs willing to try to turn that research into products and services and large pharmaceutical companies that will buy the companies those entrepreneurs start if they prove successful.

George Lipper, Editor

Trying to find credible, rational, moderate examination of the pros and cons of global warming. Are the only choices blatant fraud or looming catastrophe?