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...Francisco-based Craigslist has had a near monopoly on listings for apartments, cars, relationships and used furniture ever since. The keys to its success have been the (mostly) free listings and a grassroots, community focus that relies heavily on users flagging inappropriate ads. Although it is now a for-profit business with 25 employees (the dot-org suffix is pure nostalgia), the site's founder, Craig Newmark, still refers to it as a "public service" rather than a profit-driven venture...
...generals' motives seem to be not so much avoiding justice as accumulating wealth. At first glance, it's hard to see how anyone could profit from a country where unemployment is at 80% and inflation is 165,000%. But the regime works the chaos to its advantage. The seizure of white-owned farms since 2000, endorsed by Mugabe as a long-overdue redistribution of land to Zimbabwe's black majority, has benefited the ZANU-PF élite. A senior army officer warns that the generals will use any means necessary to hold onto their riches. Should the June 27 vote...
...week goes by without news of a lab breakthrough using rats or mice. But of all the promising medical interventions that make it to animal trials, only a fraction seem to translate into major breakthroughs for humans. Frankie Trull, president of the non-profit Foundation for Biomedical Research (a promoter of responsible animal testing), explains the promise and the pitfalls of pre-clinical trials...
...dramatically than the cost of fuel, leaving farmers facing a triple whammy: oil- and food-price rises, plus a lack of credit. Aliko Dangote, a Nigerian businessman and Africa's richest man, said small farmers are not supported by governments. "Farmers would have to grow gold" to make a profit, he commented...
...That's all but impossible to do under current market conditions. Competition between factories is fierce, and their profit margins have shrunk. There's a glut of Chinese and Indian factories competing for Western clients, so if a factory doesn't pass audits, multinationals can just walk across the street. With the Chinese workweek capped at about 50 hours (including overtime), strict new labor laws and growing competition for workers, it's getting tougher to comply with the law, pay the minimum wage, make order deadlines - and earn a profit. Says Rosey Hurst, founder of Impactt, an ethical trade...