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• This big-oil backed company wants to address climate change by sucking carbon dioxide out of the air   

  By: Katie Brigham

  Carbon Engineering wants to address climate change by capturing and removing carbon dioxide straight from the air, and it just announced plans to build its first commercial plant in partnership with Occidental Petroleum. This will help bring its tech to market, but many question whether partnering with oil and gas companies is the right move.

• Bill Gates and Big Oil back company trying to solve climate change by sucking CO2 out of the air

  By: Katie Brigham

  Carbon Engineering wants to address climate change by capturing and removing carbon dioxide straight from the air, but many question whether partnering with oil and gas companies is the right move.

• Low-tech learning and why it's highly sought after by high-tech parents

  By: Katie Schoolov, Katie Brigham

  The Waldorf teaching philosophy is used at more than 1,000 institutions in 91 countries, including 136 schools in the U.S. Technology isn't used at all through 8th grade, and is scarce even in high school. CNBC gets an inside look at what it is like.

• Inside a Waldorf School — what it is like to learn with no tech   

  By: Katie Schoolov, Erin Black, Katie Brigham

  In most public and private schools across the nation, Chromebooks, iPads or Windows devices are everywhere. But things look very different at Waldorf Schools, where technology isn't used at all through 8th grade, and is scarce even in high school. The Waldorf teaching philosophy is used at more than 1,000 institutions in 91 countries, including 136 schools in the U.S. Watch the video to see what a Waldorf School is like, and why parents are seeking them out in places like Silicon Valley.

• WeWork lost $1.9 billion last year, but it's considering going public

  By: Katie Brigham

  The We Company, parent company of WeWork, is the latest in a string of richly valued start-ups set to go public this year. But though it is valued at $47 billion, it's far from turning a profit. Instead, it's hemorrhaging cash.

• How WeWork is losing billions as it considers an IPO   

  By: Katie Brigham

  The We Company, parent company of WeWork, is the latest in a string of start-up unicorns set to go public this year. It is valued at $47 billion, but like other newly public companies such as Lyft and Uber, WeWork isn't turning a profit. Instead, it's hemorrhaging cash.

• Amazon battles Rakuten for e-commerce market share in Japan

  By: Katie Brigham

  In Japan, Amazon faces tight competition for market share from homegrown e-commerce company Rakuten.

• Rakuten vs. Amazon: The battle for Japan's e-commerce market   

  By: Katie Brigham

  In Japan, Amazon faces tight competition from Rakuten. The Japanese e-commerce company has a robust customer loyalty program, and a suite of products and services including its own credit card, online bank and streaming services. But in recent years, Amazon has captured greater market share in e-commerce thanks to its superior logistics capabilities, and focus on price and convenience.

• Amazon is moving into health care, its next big market

  By: Christina Farr, Katie Brigham

  Amazon isn't the everything store -- yet.

• How Amazon could change the pharmacy business   

  By: Katie Brigham

  With the acquisition of PillPack and the recent release of HIPAA compliant Alexa skills, analysts speculate that Amazon is preparing to disrupt the $934.8 billion dollar global pharmaceutical industry, hopefully one day allowing consumers to order and refill their prescriptions as easily as they would buy clothing or toys off of Amazon Prime.