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19 Chain Restaurants Join to Offer Healthier Kids Food
With nearly one in three American children obese or overweight, 19 U.S. restaurant chains, including Burger King and IHOP, are backing an industry effort...
Warren Buffett Gives $1.5 Billion in Stock to Gates Foundation
Investor Warren Buffett gave a gift of Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation worth about $1.5 billion (19.34 million shares),...
12 of The Greatest Things to Love About America
What makes America great? On this, the 235th birthday of the nation's founding Declaration of Independence, it seems like a question we need to...
US Companies Optimistic About Growth, Half Say They Will Hire
Nearly three out of four U.S. companies expect revenue growth and nearly two-thirds expect increased profits for their businesses in the coming year, according...
Optimism in US Economy Pushes Dow to Best Week in 2 Years
A rebound in manufacturing surprised investors Friday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average up nearly 170 points to end the week with its best...
Going Green by Going Google
From mowing it’s Googleplex headquarters’ lawn with a herd of goats to proposing a $4.68 trillion plan for changing alternative energy policy in the...
Solar Energy From Windows
A start-up in Northern California is working on creating "solar windows" that could act as solar panels at the same time as blocking sunlight from...
Five Economic Lessons from Sweden, the Rock Star of the Recovery
Almost every developed nation in the world was hit by the financial crisis. Their economies became paralyzed. And then there’s Sweden.
The Scandinavian nation has...
Sustainability and Waste Reduction Win the Day in 23rd Annual Packaging Awards
Winners of the 23rd DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, represent breakthrough developments in sustainability from brand giants like Coca Cola, Intel and Heinz. "Sustainability...
Republican Heavyweights Urge U.S. to Adopt Tougher Fuel-Mileage Standard
A group of Republican former Environmental Protection Agency administrators, governors and members of Congress are throwing their public support behind a fuel economy target...
Remarkable Meeting for Michelle Obama With Nelson Mandela
The First Lady began her tour of South Africa meeting a parade of leaders from government, industry, non-profit and education, but it was her...
Good News Network Story Inspires Million Dollar Donation to Duplicate Kids Health Program
Good news travels fast – and apparently, pretty far.
After a Good News Network story about the first rural diabetes center in the US, which...
22 Year-old Plays His Way into Golf Stardom: Rory’s a Celtic Tiger, With Class
For 15 years golf needed Tiger. He made the game more popular, more accessible, more interesting, by virtue of his virtuosic play and dominance...
MBAs Today Want to Make an Impact on the World
Business school students want to learn how to make profits in the business world. That’s a given. But now, they are wanting to make...
Virgin Spends $1.4 Billion On Super-Efficient, Ultra Quiet Jet Engines
Wanting to pay less for fuel now, Virgin America has invested in a remarkable new engine from GE. "This is one of these significant...
GM Announces Investment of $67 Million in US Car Plants in Ohio, Kansas
General Motors says it will spend $47 million at a factory in Defiance, Ohio, so it can build more parts that go into the...
Bill Gates Funds Human Waste-To-Biofuel Project
Columbia University engineers were awarded $1.5 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for their project to develop a revolutionary new model that...
Pitt and Jolie Donate $500,000 to Tornado Relief
The Jolie-Pitt Foundation donated $500,000 on Friday to the Joplin Recovery Fund for rebuilding efforts in the tornado-ravaged Missouri city. The Community Foundation of...
A New Survey of Economists Offers a Bit Of Optimism for US Economy
The economic news in recent weeks suggests that the recovery has hit a rough patch, but at least one forward-looking review of the macro...
Six Green Innovations Making Freight Rail an Environmental Favorite
Of all freight transportation options, rail is the most environmentally friendly way to move goods over land, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),...