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South Africa tour announces $10 million WGC event

The commissioner of the Sunshine Tour says South Africa will host a World Golf Championship event in 2012 offering prize money of $10 million, making it the richest tournament in world golf.

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Yuck: Ad Subsidized Kindles

Amazon has announced it will begin selling an ad-supported version of its Kindle eReader starting May 3rd. The "Kindle With Special Offers" will sell for $114, an 18% discount from the current $139 sticker price

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Tiger says swing change starting to pay off

DONGGUAN, China (AP) - Tiger Woods feels like his new swing is starting to pay dividends after tying for fourth at the Masters last weekend.

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Unseen Works by Egon Schiele to Be Unveiled

Art dealer Richard Nagy is showing some unseen works by Viennese artist Egon Schiele for the opening of his new gallery on Old Bond Street. The exhibition, which runs from May 19 through June 30, is entitled Egon Schiele: Women and focuses exclusively on the artist’s “Mature Period” (1910–1918). Schiele was ...

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New Zealand–Based Diverse Projects Delivers Black Pearl

The unique virtual shipyard Diverse Projects, based out of Auckland, New Zealand, handed over the custom 103-foot (31.5-meter) long-range displacement yacht Black Pearl to its owners at the end of January. Named after a Tahitian black pearl, the yacht carries out a lighthearted pirate theme while proving to be more ...

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The Rum Maestro’s Overture

On April 23, 2003, to celebrate the opening of the new state-of-the-art Visitor Centre at the Bacardi distillery in Cata

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Why Google Is Investing $168 Million in a Giant Solar Farm

We had a feeling that BrightSource Energy was destined for big things when Google first announced it was investing $10 million in the solar thermal startup in 2008. After all, Google only invests in impressive ( TechnoServe , eSolar ) and profoundly weird ( wind power from kites , anyone?) companies.

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Microsoft Imagine Cup: Student Innovators Converge in Washington State

It's down to the final four in the U.S. nationals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup, in which student entrepreneurs develop apps and other products using Microsoft software. They all got there with a little help from what Microsoft called "academic evangelism." Alex Ryu, now a senior at Penn, was doing an internship in the healthcare field in India when he noticed two things: that many women forgot to come in for certain appointments, and that mobile technology was ubiquitous, even in rural areas.

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