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Water fresh from the tarp

It may look like an air mattress you might see lying around next to a swimming pool but in reality its function couldn't be less trivial.

Time.com: Malaria-Fighting Mosquitoes to Come?

In a cramped, humid laboratory in London, mosquitoes swarming in stacked, net-covered cages are being scrutinized for keys to controlling malaria

Fortune: Peter Buffett teams with Nike on $100M grant

In the two years since Warren Buffett decided to give the bulk of his $53 billion fortune to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and charities run by his three children, his youngest son Peter, 50, has said little about his philanthropic plans for his share - stock likely to be worth well over $1 billion - which has kept the nonprofit world buzzing.

Commentary: Tax-free hypocrisy from higher education

There is an industry in this country that is making billions in profit while average Americans are struggling to fill up their gas tanks.

Question of the Week: Your E-mails

The following are CNN.com readers' comments to questions posed by the Eco Solutions special report. Please note that CNN reserves the right to edit comments for grammar, clarity and and taste.

Fortune: Making the most of the philanthropy boom

Before he crossed over to the social sphere, Tom Tierney was a big deal in corporate America. As CEO of Bain & Co., he helped FORTUNE 500 companies and private-equity clients like Texas Pacific Group build their customer relationships and their profits. He did the same, actually, for his own firm, multiplying Bain's revenues six-fold in seven years. Then, in 1999, Tierney gave up the million-dollar paycheck to do something really good: He co-founded Bridgespan Group, a consulting firm modeled on Bain but customized for non-profit clients.

Fortune: Microsoft and GE: not old & in the way

Big blue-chip companies like General Electric and Microsoft do many things well, but showing up on lists of the hottest brands is typically not one of them. Yet these two lumbering giants both made their way onto brand consultancy Landor Associates' annual Breakaway Brands ranking - a comprehensive survey that measures consumer sizzle over a three-year period.

Business 2.0: A high school for the Facebook generation

Plenty of companies use the Internet to push their products at high schoolers, but few have made money by educating them there.

CNNMoney: Lunch with Buffett goes for record $650,000

A bidder agreed to pay $650,100 to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett, surpassing last year's record for the annual charity auction.

CNNMoney: Bids for Buffett charity lunch half as appetizing

With one day to go, an online charity auction for the right to dine with billionaire Warren Buffett has fetched a top bid of $300,100, less than half of last year's winning bid of $620,100.

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