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Tetris is 30 years old today: The history of the worlds most successful game
2014-06-06 15:53:24| Extremetech
Tetris, the world's most successful game, is 30 years old today. Thanks to its simple and addictive gameplay, the massive popularity of the original Game Boy and mobile phones, an estimated 170 million copies of Tetris have been sold since its debut in 1984. Not bad for a game that was originally written at the height of the Cold War in the USSR on an Electronica 60 -- a rack-mounted computer that lacked the ability to output graphics (the blocks were instead formed out of ASCII characters).
10 Things You Need to Know For the Waste & Recycling Industry Today (June 5, 2014)
2014-06-05 17:35:00| Waste Age
A West Virginia landfill has dropped a lawsuit and will allow city officials to conduct tests to see if fracking waste dumped at the city is chemically contaminated. A new study shows that computer e-waste could reach 1 billion PCs by 2020. An environmental group in Ohio is urging the state to cancel temporary authorizations for 23 fracking waste facilities in the state. A pilot program to recycle cigarette butts in Vancouver has been deemed a failure by health officials who say the program has exposed people to second-hand smoke and is also inadvertently promoting smoking. These are all among todays 10 things you need to know from around the waste and recycling industry. Content Classification: Curated read more
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10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today (June 5, 2014)
2014-06-05 17:00:00| National Real Estate Investor
Head of Blackstones real estate division predicts stronger growth for the economy and the real estate sector, reports CoStar. German bank sells $1.2 billion of U.S. property loans, according to Bloomberg. Some suburban malls might be headed for recovery, says a story on RetailWire.com. These are all among todays must reads for the commercial real estate industry. Content Classification: Curated read more
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Will This Coverage Initiation Help Whirlpoorl (WHR) Stock Today?
2014-06-05 16:28:37| Appliances - Topix.net
The firm believes that replacement and discretionary demand should increase over the next two years.
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10 Things You Need to Know For the Waste & Recycling Industry Today (June 4, 2014)
2014-06-04 17:30:00| Waste Age
Daily Finance ran a comparison of Waste Management and Republic Services. A former prison site in Virginia will get an overhaul, but the $188 million project may get entangled in an ongoing dispute over the closure of a local industrial landfill. Hawaiis Intermediate Court of Appeals has ruled that a plan to expand one of the states landfills is valid. These are among the 10 things you need to know from around the waste and recycling industry today. Content Classification: Curated read more
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