Flagged Articles From This Week:

• How Trash Could Become a Hot Commodity - Slate

A key to sustainable business in every industry is creating a circular economy: What used to be considered waste is fed back into the production process as raw material.

• How “Gangnam Style” broke YouTube’s counter - The Economist

The popularity of the “Gangnam Style” video by Psy, a South Korean pop star, is beyond all reckoning. Or at least it was, until a change was made in YouTube's programming.

• Turns Out the Dot-Com Bust’s Worst Flops Were Actually Fantastic Ideas - Wired

The world is ready to cash in on the best ideas from the 90's. People laughed when Kozmo flamed out, but today, Amazon and Google are duking it out to provide same-day shopping delivery.

• How to Destroy a Currency, Russian Style - Forbes

When the oil price falls, so do petrocurrencies. That is, unless central banks intervene to stop them – if they can.

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