Tuesday, June 19, 2012

8 Of The World's

  • SYDNEY, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Among the 1056 Australian CEOs participating in the St. Vincent de Paul Society 2012 CEO Sleepout there will be one man who is willing to give away 12.8 tons of gold to help change the world.
  • (StreetInsider.com)
  • As wildlife habitats across the planet have become more vulnerable, zoos have stepped up their work of preserving endangered species.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • PC World ranked M.U.L.E. #5 of the Ten Greatest PC Games Ever in 2009. 1UP.com listed M.U.L.E. as the 19th most important video game of all time.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • InfiniBand connects 40 percent of the world's most powerful Petaflop systems on the list, 8 out of the 20 systems.     InfiniBand connects 25 of the 30 most efficient systems, including the top two.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • In Argentina, the world's third-largest soybean grower and exporter, farmers may plant 19.6 million hectares, up 5.8 percent from a year earlier. The country may produce a record 54.5 million to 55.5 million metric tons of soybeans.
  • (Bloomberg)
  • MOSCOW, June 19 (Reuters) - Iran and six world powers blamed each other for deadlock at talks on Tehrans nuclear programme on Tuesday as negotiators struggled for a breakthrough to reduce the risk of a new Middle East war.
  • (Reuters)
  • The company said it plans to open between 90,000 and 105,000 new hotel rooms around the world by the end of 2014 Based on those projections, Marriott said it could generate $1.8 billion to $1.9 billion in global fee revenue through 2014.
  • (CBS News)
  • The Toast-Us City's craft beer star is about to shine a little brighter. At 8 p.m. tonight, World of Beer will open its doors at 112 W. Broughton St., smack in the middle of the historic district's open-container area.
  • (Savannah Morning News)

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