Wendy Kaufman

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Surf Air Offers 'All You Can Fly' For A Monthly Fee

Monday, June 03, 2013

A new airline with an innovative, "all you can fly" business model is about to take off. Federal regulators have just given California-based Surf Air permission to begin passenger service.

Surf Air is a big idea with small planes. For a flat monthly fee, subscribers will be able to take ...

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Peers Find Less Pressure Borrowing From Each Other

Friday, May 10, 2013

The Internet has managed to disrupt many industries, from publishing to music. So why not lending?

Google is teaming up with the nation's largest peer-to-peer lender. The search and tech giant is investing $125 million in Lending Club, which gets borrowers and lenders together outside the conventional banking system. Google's ...

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How One College Is Closing The Computer Science Gender Gap

Wednesday, May 01, 2013

This story is part of our series The Changing Lives of Women.

There are still relatively few women in tech. Maria Klawe wants to change that. As president of Harvey Mudd College, a science and engineering school in Southern California, she's had stunning success getting more women involved in ...

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This Building Is Supergreen. Will It Be Copied?

Monday, April 22, 2013

One of the world's greenest office buildings formally open its doors Monday — Earth Day. It's a project of the environmentally progressive Bullitt Foundation. Its ambition is bold: to showcase an entirely self-sustaining office building hoping that others will create similar projects.

The first thing that strikes you about the ...

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What Drives Us? Car Sharing Reflects Cultural Shift

Monday, April 08, 2013

As car sharing continues to gain traction among American drivers, Car2Go is one company benefiting from the changing way we use cars.

Seattleite David Stewart doesn't own a car. Instead, the managing partner of a small social media company relies on Car2Go for getting around.

He picks one up ...

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Jury To Decide Apple's Patent Case Against Samsung

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

In one of the biggest patent infringement cases ever, Apple is suing Samsung for as much as $2.75 billion — charging that in creating its products, Samsung ripped off iPhone and iPad ...

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