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Insight: How Renewable Energy May Be Edison's Revenge

School children look at Nikola Tesla's coreless transformer displayed at the Tesla Museum in Belgrade December 17, 2011.
At the start of the 20th century, inventors Thomas Alva Edison and Nikola Tesla clashed in the "war of the currents." To highlight the dangers of his rival's system, Edison even electrocuted an elephant. The animal died in vain; it was Tesla's system and not Edison's that took off. But today, helped by technological advances and the need to conserve energy, Edison may finally get his revenge.

Crocodile Adopts 'Poison Pill, Offers Maud Creek Update

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Australia-focused Crocodile Gold Corp., which is in the middle of an unsolicited takeover offer, said Tuesday a new study estimates its Maud Creek Deposit holds inferred resources of 1,072,000 ounces of gold at 2.4 gram per ton.
First Antarctic Plant-Eating Dinosaur Fossil Found

First Antarctic Plant-Eating Dinosaur Fossil Found

Researchers have for the first time identified remains of plant-eating dinosaurs in Antarctica. The Argentinean research team suggests that these large bodied sauropod dinosaur or advanced titanosaurs were widespread during the Late Cretaceous era.
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Top Travel Destinations for 2012 (PHOTOS)

There are only a few more days left to ring in the New Year and if that is not incentive enough to go hunting for exotic travel destinations, consider that 2011 was the Year of Travel according to industry experts. Travel advisors at Virtuoso, a leading luxury travel network in the Americas, the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand, suggest the top seven destinations that ought to be visited in 2012.
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Qantas agrees pay deal with engineers' union

Australia's Qantas Airways has agreed a pay deal with its engineers, one of three unions that the airline has had a stand off with for more than a year, a union representative said.
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Deadline looms for UBS Australia pay agreement - sources

A unique deal to protect part of the annual bonus pool at UBS Australia expires within weeks, say sources with direct knowledge of the matter, raising the prospect that the business may lose some top talent if it's not renewed.
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European Debt Woes Prompt Year-End Flight from Risk in Asia

Asian shares fell into bear market territory for the year and commodities and the euro nursed stinging losses Thursday, after fears that Europe's debt crisis is still worsening prompted investors to dump riskier assets and huddle in the safety of the dollar and Treasuries.
Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Motorola Xoom Lose Google Support: Doomsday for Verizon CDMA Phones?

Verizon Galaxy Nexus: New Clues for Dec.15 Release Date

There's still nothing official spinning in the Galaxy Nexus rumor Mill, but Verizon has launched a simulator on their Website that takes an in-depth look at the phone's features, which suggests the carrier is gearing up for an official release.
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New Music Service Courts Tech-Averse Listeners

A simple new online music service will launch across Europe and North America this week aimed at the millions who like music but struggle with the technology to find and listen to it.

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