EU Bans Incandescent Lightbulbs To Save Energy
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The European Union (EU) decided to follow Australia’s example and faze out the use of incandescent lightbulbs, starting from 2009. The fluorescent bulbs that will replace the old technology use five times less energy and last ten times longer, than the old counterpart, which in turn compensates the extra cost. Europeans are expected to save ?5-8 billion from this move. This will not only help reduce the CO2 emissions but also lighten the burden on each country’s power plants.
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Bill Gates Is Now The 3rd Richest
An era just ended. After 13 consecutive years, Bill Gates fell on to the 3rd place in the worlds richest, according to Forbes. He apparently lost his place when Microsoft’s stock price fell when the Yahoo take over bid failed.
Anyway ladies and gentlemen I now present you the worlds richest man Mr. Warren Buffett.
Warren Buffett is the chief executive officer and large stock owner of Berkshire Hathaway that mostly deals with insurances and other business. Mr. Buffett’s fortune reaches 62 Billion dollars.
Second on the list is Carlos Slim who deals with Mexican telecommunications and is worth 60 billion dollars and third as we said earlier is Bill Gates with only 58 billion.
Beijing Airport: The Biggest In The World
China officially opened the gates to the biggest airport in the world, The cost reached $3.8 billion and it is now ready to welcome the millions of tourists that will visit the Olympic games. Last year alone Beijing Airport had 53.5 million visitors where as the predictions were for only 35 millions.
With this new achievement China not only takes a first but also create a monument of modern aesthetics designed by the British architect Norman Foster.
Microsoft bids 44,6 Billion to Buy Yahoo!
The news dropped like a bomb across the Internet world. The huge sum of $44,600,000,000 that Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo is really a lot of money. My advice to Yahoo! is take it and run 
Nevertheless if I had $44,6 billion I would not buy Yahoo!. Would you?
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