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Coming Soon? Brace for 80% Less Salary or $2-a-Day Pay

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She's the world's wealthiest woman you've never heard of and she's saying something you probably wish you hadn't: "Gina Rinehart, world's richest woman, makes case for $2-a-day pay",the Los Angeles Times reports. The Australian mining heiress has a problem. The cost of running a mining operation in Australia cannot compete with Africans willing to work …

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So Far From Green, So Close to Brown: Why An Alternative Energy Future is Slow in Coming

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Quick! What type of world did you imagine when you were a kid? Did you foresee yourself darting about in a hovercraft much like the cartoon family in the Jetsons? Vacationing on the moon? A lean, mean greener world? How is it that we find ourselves these many years, decades even, down the road and …

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