Scientists can now track whales from space! Treehugger And the blind shall see! | Because 71% of Earth is covered by oceans, counting whales can be a bit like looking for tiny needles in a very large haystack. This is an important problem, because if we only have a fuzzy idea of how healthy populations are, it makes it a lot harder to be sure we are tak...
The places you need to visit, right now Stuff Some of what's here today on the tourism landscape will be gone tomorrow. | Ignoring the grim reaper of climate change lurking in the background, new dams, roads through wild places, developments both commercial and political, conflict and even the very fact of mass travel all impact on the reasons ...
An exemplary commitment New Straits/Business Times Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s special address at the dinner in conjunction with the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Board meeting in Kuala Lumpur on February 20 | I AM pleased that Malaysia has been chosen to ...
For ecotourism to thrive, locals need new income sources: expert Sun Star FOR ecotourism to work, the local community should have a bigger participation, stakeholders observed. | Dr. Philip Dearden of the marine protected areas research group under the University of Victoria’s geography department said providing alternat...
Car chiefs on progress The Examiner “Many of the new trucks and cars on display at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this year [last January] are being shaped not just by the automakers’ designers and engineers, but also by the government,” wrote Bryce Hoffman...
Smart, coops disburse conditional cash grants Sun Star SMART Communications, Inc. (Smart) through its mobile financial services subsidiary Smart e-Money, Inc. (SMI) has disbursed the conditional cash grants of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to close to 6,000 subsidiaries in Leyte...
Beauty brand donates all profits to charity as it hydrates winter skin The Examiner Balanced Guru, the beauty brand renowned for it charitable work, has recently launched its Giving Back Program with customized limited-edition product collections that are designed for non-profit organizations to sell and fund their causes. Seva Amaz...
Jacksonville is hot for startups CNN By Parija Kavilanz @CNNMoney February 21, 2014: 7:03 AM ET | Jeff Charette's startup Menaut, a digital menu for restaurants and bars, graduated from the KYN incubator in Jacksonville last fall. | NEW YORK (CNNMoney) | Jacksonville, Fla., is att...
IMF chief calls G20 shots on timing of U.S. taper Xinhua SYDNEY, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- With the dream of G20 consensus still frustratingly floating in the ether of Sydney, strident IMF chief Christine Lagarde again pointed the finger at emerging economies exposed to further unreadable vibrations from a U.S. ...
$10b for Whatsapp? Larry Page is crazy! The Verge $10b for Whatsapp? Larry Page is crazy! | Posted by never4getthis on February 21, 2014 06:13 am 0 | I am astounded at the reaction people are having to the acquisition of WhatsApp. The Verge somehow tries to make a meaning out of a $16b acquisition? ...
Poo books make Diagram Prize shortlist BBC News Two books about faeces have made the Diagram Prize shortlist for the oddest book title of the year. | How to Poo on a Date by Mats and Enzo and The Origin of Faeces by David Walter-Toews are among the six books in contention. | Other shortlisted titl...
In Asia, WhatsApp posts mixed message for Facebook Independent online Singapore - WhatsApp may be hugely popular but its forays into Asia, the world's biggest mobile market, have had mixed success, raising questions about whether it can sustain the explosive growth Facebook Inc cited to justify its $19 billion price ta...
Hans Gant to leave Metro Atlanta Chamber Business Journal Carla Caldwell, Morning Edition Editor | Hans Gant will leave Metro Atlanta Chamber in March. Gant, who is senior vice president of economic development, has been with the organization for 15 years. | Gant oversees marketing around the world for the ...
Barack Obama proposes $1 billion climate protection fund The Times Of India WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will Friday propose a $1 billion dollar fund to mitigate the impact of climate change, as he inspects farmland parched by drought in California. | He will propose the investment in his 2015 budget that will be released next month -- though it is unclear whether the fund has much prospect of advancing past Republic...
Respite from cold wave in Kashmir and Ladakh region The Times Of India SRINAGAR: There was slight respite from the intense cold conditions in Kashmir and Ladakh division even as the mercury across the region stayed below the freezing point. | Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 2.5 degrees Celsius, slightly up from previous night's minus 3.3 degrees Celsius, an of...
