FEATURE
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Senate Global Warming Bill Seeks to Cushion the Impact on Industry
October 26, 2009 | New York Times
The Senate bill aimed at reducing global warming pollution will initially grant billions of dollars of free emissions permits to utilities and industry but will require the bulk of the money be returned to consumers and taxpayers, according to details released over the weekend.
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We Can Afford to Save the Planet
October 23, 2009 | Washington Post
Here is the good news on the climate front: The Europeans have ratcheted down their emissions targets, the Chinese are getting serious about solar power and energy efficiency, and Washington is lumbering toward a carbon cap.
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Innovation needed even in recessions
October 24, 2009 | Washington Post/AP
Investors are cheering, but they shouldn't. Even in these tough times, more CEOs should be talking about how they are seeking out investments, developing new technologies and making acquisitions. That's what will set their companies up for a stronger future.
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Many Vanished U.S. Jobs Might Be Gone for Good
October 20, 2009 | Louisville Courier Journal/AP
Even with economic revival, many U.S. jobs lost during the recession may be gone forever and a weak employment market could linger for years. That could add up to a “new normal” of higher joblessness and lower standards of living for many Americans, some economists suggest.
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Center for Venture Research: A Halt in Market Contraction for Angel Investors
October 27, 2009 | Center for Venture Research
The angel investor market in the first half of 2009 experienced a considerable decline in investment dollars from last year but exhibited a slight increase in the number of investments. Investments totaled $9.1 billion, a decrease of 27% reports the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
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What Startups Are Really Like
October 26, 2009 | Paul Graham (essay)
I wasn't sure what to talk about at Startup School, so I decided to ask the founders of the startups we'd funded. What hadn't I written about yet?
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Rethinking What Leads the Way: Science, or New Technology?
October 20, 2009 | New York Times
Consider the state of science without the microscope, the telescope, or a more recent technical advance like automated DNA sequencing. There would still be science, rooted in human perception and reason. But it would be far less potent than modern science, which has technologically expanded the senses and -- with computers -- the intellect, to explore and decipher reality, from the universe itself to the most elusive subatomic particle.
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