The social media giant’s $104 billion IPO is part of a tech boom that benefits only the wealthiest and best educated, and it won’t do much at all for California’s flagging economy, writes Joel Kotkin.
Planning on cruising B.C.'s lakes, waterways and the coast this long weekend? Unless you want to risk being hit with hundreds of dollars in fines, don't leave home without the proper number of life jackets and - if you're operating a motorized watercraft - your licence.
Scotland tries to harness the flow of the tides
Normal life in Bihar was affected on Thursday with temperatures soaring to over 43 degrees Celsius. The state is in the grip of heat wave conditions for the last four days that has forced people to remain indoors, officials said.
CAIRO (Reuters) - On the eve of the uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak from power, the Muslim Brotherhood braced itself for a wave of mass detentions, convinced the president was planning to hand power to his son and would order a crackdown on opposition. In is a testament to how much has changed since then, the head of its political party, Mohamed Mursi, has emerged as one of the strongest ...
A preview of what the next wave of anti-corporate activism might look like. Call it Big Dada: speaking noise to power.
MBARI engineer Andy Hamilton looks out his office window in Moss Landing and points at the waves crashing on the beach below. “Pretty impressive, aren’t they? You’d think there’d be a way to make use of all that energy.” Since 2009, Hamilton has led a team of engineers trying to do just that. Their goal is not to replace the hulking power plant that overlooks Moss Landing Harbor, but to provide ...
Vladimir Putin appeared to shed tears of joy the night he won back the presidency in March. After less than a week in office, he may be tempted to shed some in frustration.
BOULDER, CO-- - Rogue Wave Software announced today that it finalized an agreement to acquire IBM's ILOG Visualization for C++ Products . For Rogue Wave customers, this acquisition adds high-performance ...
Second Wave Petroleum Inc. Announces the Conclusion of its Strategic Alternatives Review Process, $15 Million Development Drilling Financing Facility and provides an Operational Update
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