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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Business

Banpu Net Profit Down 17% At THB20.06 Billion In 2011

19 minutes ago - Fox Business
Banpu PCL (BANPU.TH), Thailand's largest coal miner by revenue, said its 2011 net profit fell 17%, mainly because of lower divestment gains

New Enzyme Could Make Cellulosic Ethanol Competitive With Fossil Fuels

25 minutes ago - Forbes
Efforts to create a market for cellulosic ethanol in the U.S. veered into the realm of the absurd last month when companies faced fines of $6.8 million for failing to meet a 2011 federal quota to blend 6.6 million gallons of the renewable fuel into oil and diesel supplies by Todd Woody

Bank of America to Speed Growth in China After Doubling Profit

44 minutes ago - Business Week
Bank of America Corp., the second- biggest U.S. lender, will accelerate its expansion in China after doubling profit and boosting its workforce in the world’s fastest-growing major economy last year

New Mona Lisa Stirs Buzz Over Romantic Triangle: Martin Gayford

44 minutes ago - Business Week
Though he has been dead for almost 500 years, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) continues to surprise

Wynn Rises on Discounted Okada Stake Buyout: Los Angeles Mover

44 minutes ago - Business Week
Wynn Resorts Ltd. rose the most in more than two months after repurchasing shares owned by Japanese businessman Kazuo Okada at a 30 percent discount

Hewlett-Packard Profit Forecast Misses Estimate as PCs Slump

43 minutes ago - Business Week
Hewlett-Packard Co. forecast fiscal second-quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates as consumers curtail personal-computer buying, doing more computing on smartphones and tablets made by rivals

Shell’s Cove Bid Starts Race for East African Gas Fields: Energy

41 minutes ago - Business Week
Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s $1.6 billion bid for Cove Energy Plc starts a race to develop natural-gas fields off Mozambique’s Indian Ocean coast that may hold more gas than Norway’s entire reserves

Men Aren’t Going Extinct, Study of Shrinking Y Chromosome Finds

40 minutes ago - Business Week
Men aren’t going extinct, scientists assured the world yesterday

At J&J, The Weldon Legacy Is Marred By Scandals

39 minutes ago - Forbes
After two years of scandal and controversy, Johnson & Johnson took a step that a vocal number of critics had been seekingmonths ago. The health care giant announced that ceo Bill Weldon would retire in April, although he will remain chairman for an unspecified period of time, and that he will be replaced by Alex Gorsky, one of two succession cand... by Ed Silverman

The Economics of Open - ReMade Documentary

53 minutes ago - Forbes
Given the importance and growth of makerspaces to the U.S. economy, it seems especially apropos that a hackerspace team would undertake a documentary on the rebirth of the maker movement. A film partly funded via a Kickstarter project. In an exclusive first look at a documentary segment, The Makers, is sharing a glimpse of what's to come in this c... by TJ McCue

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