Corporate

Demand for Green Data Centers Rises

Posted by Villagenyc

The heat-producing palaces of computer technology and crucial backup information use around 2% of the entire planet's electricity, according to most estimates. Further, the US Department of Energy says that data centers are creating a serious burden on the US electric grid. According to a 2006 study from the Uptime Institute, by 2010, the estimated cost of the electricity used to cool and maintain energy supplies at data centers will be around $11.5 billion.

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Burger King VP
puts self on grill | news-press.com | The News-Press

Posted by RobCottingham from News-press

A senior Burger King VP is charged with posting harsh attacks against his critics of his company's labor policies under an assumed name.

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The ABC News' Debate's Missed Opportunity for a Real Hit Job

Posted by Villagenyc from politicalcortex

What many appeared to be most miffed about was the unusual barrage of seemingly un-important salvos leveled by moderators Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos at Senator Barack Obama.

The truth is, voters should be upset, because if the moderators were looking to perform some sort of hit job on Senator Obama, they could have at least attempted to aim above the belt and attack issues of substance and relevance.

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Governance and performance

Posted by SoxFirst

Portfolios with companies that have good corporate governance deliver 18% higher average share-price returns to investors than those without, according to a new survey .

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Carl Icahn's corporate governance blog debut

Posted by SoxFirst

Corporate raider and shareholder activist Carl Icahn plans to set up a corporate governance blog.

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On Exxon Mobil's Reported

Posted by Villagenyc

Reuters reported that Exxon Mobil is “interested in helping to develop Iraq’s huge oil reserves. The “Reuters” report also says that spokesperson Len D’Eramo said in an emailed statement “if the Iraqi government decides it wants international oil companies to partner with them in developing their resources, Exxon Mobil would be interested in participating."

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Easy time for corporate crooks

Posted by SoxFirst

Five years after President Bush said corporate crooks will pay for crime, the latest figures show that most of them get less than two years jail and one in three don’t even go to jail after sentencing.

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