December 2013

FastFig | The Word Processor for Math

FastFig is The Word Processor for Math. We make it easy to type and solve math, physics and engineering problems. Math Simplified. With FastFig you can quickly edit and solve everything from arithmetic to calculus. Type and share interactive math documents online and with mobile devices. Keystrokes instantly become math symbols. Rich Documents. Add graphs, …

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Labor and State Department officials have encouraged retailers to participate in strengthening rules on factory conditions

WASHINGTON — One of the world’s biggest clothing buyers, the United States government spends more than $1.5 billion a year at factories overseas, acquiring everything from the royal blue shirts worn by airport security workers to the olive button-downs required for forest rangers and the camouflage pants sold to troops on military bases. But even …

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Green Rush

There is a gold rush happening in Ethiopia, but it’s not a hunt for the yellow metal. It’s a quest for the green gold of fertile farmland. A nation more associated with periodic famine and acute childhood malnutrition than with agricultural bounty is leasing millions of hectares — an area the size of Belgium — …

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