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Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/09/goldman_and_gods_work/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/09/goldman_and_gods_work/index.html?source=rss CEO Lloyd Blankfein defends the Goldman business model -- and warns that if his bank goes down, so does everybody By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/06/dogs_vs_suvs_vs_the_earth_debunked/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/06/dogs_vs_suvs_vs_the_earth_debunked/index.html?source=rss Rumors of the canine carbon footprint appear to be greatly exaggerated By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/06/october_unemployment_take_two/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/06/october_unemployment_take_two/index.html?source=rss The new labor numbers inspire dismay and despair. Come on, people -- it's not like we didn't have ample warning By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/06/stimulus_and_berkeley_solar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/06/stimulus_and_berkeley_solar/index.html?source=rss From Obama's signature to my laptop: A cool way to calculate the cost/benefit of solar for my very own home By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/06/john_reed_doubles_down_on_his_apology/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/06/john_reed_doubles_down_on_his_apology/index.html?source=rss John Reed helped make our current mess. But unlike his colleagues, he seems sincere in taking responsibility for it By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/06/october_unemployment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/06/october_unemployment/index.html?source=rss The symbolism is awful, but by some measures the labor market is actually improving By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/05/climate_change_is_a_religion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/05/climate_change_is_a_religion/index.html?source=rss A British judge rules belief in climate change deserves the same workplace protection as religion or philosophy By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/05/amazing_japanese_bike_parking_technology/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/05/amazing_japanese_bike_parking_technology/index.html?source=rss When in doubt, use a Rube Goldberg robot to take care of your bike By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/05/worker_productivity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/05/worker_productivity/index.html?source=rss Worker productivity jumped 9.5 percent in the third quarter of 2009. The good news? Hard to go higher By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/04/stock_market_mysteries_revealed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/04/stock_market_mysteries_revealed/index.html?source=rss Did Tuesday's election results provoke a stock market rally? No. What about a booming Chinese economy? Yes By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/04/bankers_praise_jesus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/04/bankers_praise_jesus/index.html?source=rss Love others as yourself is a holy endorsement greed, says Goldman exec. Where's the hellfire? By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/04/obamas_year_of_energy_progress/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/04/obamas_year_of_energy_progress/index.html?source=rss Energy efficiency gains could slake the world's oil thirst. Thanks, in no small part, to the current administration By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/04/corizine_and_the_goldman_kiss_of_death/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/04/corizine_and_the_goldman_kiss_of_death/index.html?source=rss Tenure at the world's most successful investment bank used to be a selling point for aspiring pols. Not any more By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/03/buffetts_bet_on_climate_change_and_coal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/03/buffetts_bet_on_climate_change_and_coal/index.html?source=rss Freight trains could get a boost when carbon is correctly priced. But what happens when coal is the cargo? By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/03/red_white_and_blue_eritrean/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/03/red_white_and_blue_eritrean/index.html?source=rss A sports columnist questions the American bona fides of Meb Keflezighi. Anger erupts, followed by abject groveling By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/03/illegal_immigration_india_style/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/03/illegal_immigration_india_style/index.html?source=rss Chinese laborers sneak into the subcontinent to work on big construction projects. But who is being exploited? By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/03/commercial_real_estate_and_the_cra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/03/commercial_real_estate_and_the_cra/index.html?source=rss Paul Krugman says government policy can't be blamed for the mall-and-office-space bust. Conservatives will disagree By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/03/warren_buffett_railroad_bet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/03/warren_buffett_railroad_bet/index.html?source=rss The tycoon's decision to spend $26 billion on Burlington Northern is an "all-in" gamble. Let's hope he wins By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/02/yankees_and_the_great_depression/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/02/yankees_and_the_great_depression/index.html?source=rss If a Bronx Bomber victory saved us from a second Great Depression, would their 27th World Series win be OK? By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/02/stimulus_money_and_chinese_jobs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/02/stimulus_money_and_chinese_jobs/index.html?source=rss How screwed up is U.S. energy policy? A wind farm in Texas might get stimulus money to buy Chinese technology By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/02/getting_serious_on_the_deficit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/02/getting_serious_on_the_deficit/index.html?source=rss Is the president listening too much to the pollsters? Now is not the time to be thinking about debt reduction By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/02/goldmans_bet_that_the_housing_market_would_crash/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/02/goldmans_bet_that_the_housing_market_would_crash/index.html?source=rss The bank sold toxic waste to pension funds while secretly betting against the subprime market. Was that illegal? By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/30/the_globalization_of_ginseng/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/30/the_globalization_of_ginseng/index.html?source=rss From Wisconsin to the court of the Kang-Hsi emperor, with cameos by Daniel Boone and John Jacob Astor By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/30/return_of_the_rational_consumer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/30/return_of_the_rational_consumer/index.html?source=rss Americans put the brakes on spending, again, in September. And why not? The weather out there is frightful By Andrew Leonard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/29/swine_flu_and_the_gop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/29/swine_flu_and_the_gop/index.html?source=rss Treatment and prevention of swine flu hurts insurer profits. The timing couldn't be better