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Financial shell game continues in full vigor

Last month, eleven years after the events, a judge in Milan sentenced 13 former executives of three major banks to multi-year prison terms for actions they took to hide trading losses at their institutions in 2008. This is significant since … Continue reading →

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Lowering sick-care costs through healthful habits

Chronic diseases are the most common and costly of all health problems, and they are also the most preventable.  According to the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), health-damaging but modifiable behaviours like tobacco use, … Continue reading →

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Using drones to help reforest earth

Funny how deforestation machinery can run at catastrophic scale and speed, but replanting trees is still largely done by hand and shovel.  An Ontario-based start-up aims to improve this equation using new drone technology.  Good idea. See First drone project … Continue reading →

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