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Inside a global cybercrime ring

Hundreds of computer geeks, most of them students putting themselves through college, crammed into three floors of an office building in an industrial section of Ukraine's capital Kiev, churning out code at a frenzied pace. They were creating some of the world's most pernicious, and profitable, computer viruses.

Crafty stay-at-home moms turn to online sales

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Lara Lewis used to be a stressed-out single mother whose teaching job left her little time for her young daughter, but now she works from home, selling an estimated $60,000 a year worth of jewelry online.
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Time for next stage of sustainable business

Corporate America needs to track its use of energy and resources as closely as it does its hiring and cash flow if it wants to keep pace with social concern about climate change and other sustainability issues, an activist U.S. investor group argues in a new report.
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Small business spirits downcast in February

Optimism among the country's small businesses slipped in February as entrepreneurs worried about repeatedly weak sales, the National Federation of Independent Business said in a survey released on Tuesday.
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Scientists say UK risks losing innovation edge

Britain risks decades of slow economic decline unless it invests heavily in research, which at the moment is one of the country's few genuine areas of economic competitive advantage, leading scientists said on Tuesday.
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IELTS Made Easy With Study English

Study English, a program specifically aimed at IELTS students, have now come with its third series. Using no scripts, the program is unique as it is presented using authentic, everyday speech. This, in turn, is expected to help the viewers to understand local Australian dialect and informal speech.
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California students protest fees

University of California students take to the streets on Thursday to protest fee hikes, campus racism, and what they call privatization of the public system that was a beacon for the state in the 1960s.
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New York's Buffalo misses good times and bad

Buffalo's Statler Towers hotel was, at 18 stories, one of New York state's tallest building when it was erected in 1923. It now stands vacant and boarded up as a sore reminder of the city's long, losing quest to attract business, investment and residents.
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Procurement Professionals - Solution To A Rising Demand

The needs for procurement professionals across the country is increasing and as the demand exceeds the supply, the profession is facing a significant skills shortage. The Australian Technology Network of Universities and the Australian Procurement and Construction Council are working together to solve the problem.
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Democrats struggle to advance jobs bill

Democrats in the Congress on Friday struggled to make headway on their top legislative priority -- job creation -- as the government prepared to shut off funding for many of the measures they hope will bring down the unemployment rate.
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Comic startup cashes in on star power

When Barack Obama merely mentioned how much he liked his BlackBerry, the unofficial endorsement was said to be worth as much as $50 million. While not in the same stratosphere, a small comic book startup is using caricatures of the president, First Lady Michelle Obama and other big names to drive up sales.
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The Street's jobless recovery

When Matt Prendergast was laid off in 2008 after Bear Stearns collapsed, he expected to find a new job right away. With more than 20 years' experience as an investment banker, he thought he was sitting pretty.
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Twenty years on, family income still determines educational success

While the Government's 'Education Revolution' aims to drive productivity, empower individuals and overcome adversity, the latest data from the Brotherhood of St Laurence's Life Chances Study indicates that reduced family income remains a major barrier to social inclusion in education.
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Hunt is on for high performing companies

The Australian School of Business is leading research into why some companies outperform the rest of the pack. It's now hunting for firms to take part, and gain an insight into just why they are so good.
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Greece crisis to delay EMU aspirants

The Greek crisis has likely delayed euro adoption for the biggest emerging European economies by at least a year, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday.
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Housing shaky as confidence sags on jobs worry

U.S. consumer confidence sagged to a 10-month low this month on worries about jobs and fears gridlock in Washington could hinder efforts to restart employment, curbing the economic recovery.
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Exploring The Edge

From ambitious concept to international academic institution, Iceland‘s Svartárkot Centre for Research & Education adopts a radical new approach to addressing the complex — often vexed — relationship between humans and nature

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