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A massive mixed-use project could add 3 skyscrapers to Midtown Atlanta Amy Wenk and Douglas Sams Atlanta Business Chronicle A massive mixed-use project that could add 3 skyscrapers to Midtown Atlanta — including one that could be Atlanta’s tallest tower at 60 stories— is moving forward. On Feb. 5, 2014 plans were formally filed in […]

Ten years of Facebook Deutsche Welle Since its launch in 2004, Facebook has become one of the world’s most important social networks. What began as a student network at Harvard University has developed into a perfect advertising machine. For businesses, media enterprises and political parties, it’s now considered the number one internet marketing platform. Ten […]

Ghana Jubilee Field to probably flare gas starting next month By Ekow Dontoh Bloomberg Ghana will probably start flaring natural gas at the offshore Jubilee field next month to relieve pressure at the deposit operated by Tullow Oil Plc. (TLW) The Environmental Protection Agency will allow the flaring because the pressure has swelled and will […]

Gordon Gee endorses splintering of NCAA’s top level Brad Wolverton The Chronicle of Higher Education Less than a week after college-sports leaders agreed on a preliminary plan to give the wealthiest NCAA conferences more autonomy while keeping Division I intact, E. Gordon Gee threw his support behind a different idea, suggesting that the 60 or […]

President Obama to invite 47 leaders to US-Africa summit in August AFP President Barack Obama will invite 47 leaders to a landmark US-Africa summit in August 2014, seeking to widen US trade, development and security ties with an increasingly dynamic continent to which he traces part of his ancestry. Obama will send out invites to […]

Oil investments in Ghana to hit $20 billion (US) in 5 years Xinhua ACCRA- Ghana’s investments in the petroleum sector are estimated to reach 20 billion U.S. dollars over the next five years. Alex Kofi Mould, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), disclosed this here on Tuesday, saying the investments […]

Los Angeles: Construction begins on Crenshaw/LAX light-rail line By Laura J. Nelson The Los Angeles Times The crunch of a bulldozer biting into a Crenshaw Boulevard school signaled the start of heavy construction Tuesday on the latest addition to Los Angeles’ steadily expanding rail network, a light-rail line that will connect the Mid-City area to […]

Minneapolis Metrodome roof deflated for demolition of stadium WCCO 4 CBS Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS- Friday, January 17, 2013 was another milestone day at the Metrodome. The iconic inflatable roof came down, so demolition can proceed for the new Vikings stadium. Cameras, however, were be placed inside and around the Dome, so the deflation would not go […]

Philadelphia skyscraper to be tallest building outside of New York and Illinois in the U.S. Associated Press PHILADELPHIA- Comcast Corp. already built the tallest skyscraper in town. On Wednesday, it announced plans to build an even taller one. The Philadelphia-based media giant said it plans to build a $1.2 billion, 1,121-feet tall technology center that, […]

Uganda inches towards oil sales East African Business Week KAMPALA, Uganda – With China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the only holder of an oil production license for the Kingfisher Discovery Area, expectations are that 2014 will likely be the year for the government to issue more production licenses to other firms. Last week, all […]