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Out of Tragedy, Some Good News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (July 13) -- Since January, news reports about the progress of earthquake recovery in Haiti have been largely negative. It is impossible to ignore 1.5 million Haitians living in the streets. But often, the bad news rises to the top because good news is harder to define. The earthquake in Haiti is an...

It's a Man's World, Business Study Finds

(March 17) -- In most of the world, discrimination against women in business isn't just a bad idea -- it's the law. A World Bank study of business laws related to women in 128 countries found that in only 20 are men and women equal when it comes to using and owning property, getting loans, accessing courts and obtaining...