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Buffett's Bet on Rail: What Does It Mean for Transport and Energy?
WorldChanging Team, 4 Nov 09 by Elana Schor The financial world was riveted this morning by billionaire investor Warren Buffett's move to take full ownership of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad, a $34 billion deal that ranks as the largest ever executed...
Gaming Cap and Trade: Should We Worry?
Eric De Place, 4 Nov 09 A look at the evidence - and a path forward. Worries about “gaming” or market manipulation sometimes crop up as an objection to cap and trade, often with reference to recent shenanigans in the financial markets. Some fear that a...
Climate Prosperity: Building a Worldwide Clean Economy
Agnes Mazur, 4 Nov 09 As world leaders begin to pack their bags for the Climate Summit in Copenhagen next month, feelings of anxiety may accompany the pressure to hammer out an international agreement to cap carbon emissions to keep our planet from entering a...
Small Deposits Add Up: Savings, not just loans, factor into microfinance formula
Suzie Boss, 3 Nov 09 Yak herders in Mongolia may seem like the most unlikely of bank customers. There’s little infrastructure in their largely rural country, making it tough to find a local branch office. But in these sparsely populated steppes, opening a personal savings...
The Cleantech Revolution Sweeps Through America
Green Futures, 2 Nov 09 By Peter Madden and Polly Ghazi The wind of change is sweeping America – literally. Take Texas. Synonymous with the nation’s oil boom era, for the past century its wealth has been powered by gushing geysers and giant oil companies...
