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  Billionaire Khosla Bets Big on Renewable Energy and Other 21st Century Technologies
  Topic by Harvey K Black

  Vinod Khosla is hardly a household name, yet this billionaire is clearly in a league with Warren Buffet and Bill Gates. His worth is valued at $1.4 billion by Forbes.com. What makes this Indian-born, American engineer with a Stanford University MBA more than just a member of the...

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  Review of Michael Klare's "Blood and Oil"
  Article by Roger P Hamburg

  Klare’s latest book portrays a clear example of “intermestic” policy, isuues that are simultaneously international an...

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  Challenges in getting to a low-carbon domestic energy economy
  Article by Vincent Gutschick

  The most desirable energy economy is low-carbon, domestically based, and efficient and equitable in allocating costs....

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  DOJ versus Apple versus Amazon on eBooks
  Topic by Carrie Kirby

  Oh, for the good old days of technology antitrust suits, when it was obvious which company was the bad cowboy and which one wore the white ten-gallon hat. It was easy to boo and hiss Bill Gates when he was the guy in the Department of Justice's cross hairs. But now that the DOJ has...

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  Pharmaceutical R&D Costs
  Topic by Dr Dennis Lendrem

  Pharmaceutical Research and Development is an expensive business.  Pharmaceutical companies recover R&D costs through extended patent protection and taxation allowances.  Estimates of R&D costs and the extent to which pharmaceutical companies are compensated for that investment are currently...