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Chilean miners rescued by
The world has been patiently watching the unfolding saga of the Chilean miners trapped in a mine. Chilean miners still alive. Nobody knew how or when they would be rescued though. Officials and advisers from NASA have been dispatched to the site to offer any advice they can to the miners and rescue ...
Mountaintop removal mining, something Large do not like to finance
Banks are starting to have second thoughts about making loans to corporations that destroy the environment. . Now there seems to be lots of environmental pressure and decisions made in court making it so banking institutions are held responsible for anything that causing the environment destruction that they financed. Banking companies are trying to keep ...
Astroturfing in Apple App Store stopped by FTC
Apple has a good thing going with the App Store, the place for iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad applications. Various financial estimates place Apple's annual profit at more than $ 400 million, and some consider that estimate to be conservative. appear to be enough money for Steve Jobs. He still refuses to work ...
U.S. economy does better because of video games
Video games have come a long way since Pong, Pac Man and Space Invaders. According to a recent study conducted by Economists Incorporated for the trade association Entertainment Software Association entitled "Video Games within the 21st Century: The 2010 Report," the video game industry contributed a robust $ 5 billion to the U.S. economy in ...
Nothing new with U.S. News college rankings
The U.S. News college rankings were released Tuesday, and guess what: Harvard is number one ... again. Princeton has made it into second again. . Those are just the national college rankings: Since money is a major part of the list, those in academia tend to criticize it. When deciding which school is best for ...
