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BP in Russia: Dancing with bears

February 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

BP’s Russian venture is already proving trickier than expected

TONY HAYWARD, BP’s ex-boss, once moaned that he wanted his life back. That was after an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year, which the British oil giant expects will end up costing it more than $40 billion. BP, too, is struggling to get its old life back, even after apologising, helping with the clean-up, dumping Mr Hayward and taking a huge write-off.

On February 1st it announced its final, awful, results for 2010: a loss of $4.9 billion. That was BP’s first loss since 1992, but the company fondly hopes that it will now have an opportunity to move on. It would like to direct the world’s attention to its efforts to improve safety, its plan to start paying dividends once again this year and its ideas for the future. …

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Mayan Holidaze 2011 | More Pics

February 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

Images by: Chad Smith

Mayan Holidaze :: 01.20.11-01.23.2011 :: Now Sapphire:: Puerto Morelos,
Mexico

We ran a review of the recent Mayan
Holidaze gathering in Mexico with Sound Tribe Sector 9, The Disco Biscuits and Umphrey’s McGee. Check out the
review here, and
enjoy this assortment of Chad Smith’s fab shots from the festivities.


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JamBase | Down Mexico Way
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Aniston not adopting baby

January 27th, 2011 | No Comments

jennifer aniston5A representative of actress Jennifer Aniston has denied reports that she is adopting a baby. Rumours have been making rounds that Aniston is in the process of adopting a child from Mexico. “It is completely false. Jennifer is not adopting a baby from Mexico, nor does she have a nursery in her home and she [...]

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GM to invest $540 mn in engine plant in Mexico

January 21st, 2011 | No Comments

general motorThe Mexican subsidiary of US automaker General Motors said Thursday it planned to invest $540 million to manufacture two types of low-emission engines at its plant in Toluca. The project will create 500 direct and 500 indirect jobs, and it will allow the plant to produce engines featuring new technologies that consume less fuel and [...]

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ALO: Tour d’Amour V

January 20th, 2011 | No Comments

TOUR STARTS JANUARY 28 IN HUMBOLDT, CA


ALO

“They have a gift for producing positivity, a charge that eases tensions and lifts spirits…pitch perfect and always
a pleasure.” – Jambase.com

ALO will celebrate their 5th
annual Tour d’Amour this January and February. The band is excited to tour their home state following sold-out
New Year’s Eve shows and an epic journey to Honduras and Mexico on Jamcruise 9.

The tour will kick off in Arcata, CA on Jan 28. ALO’s hometown celebration will be a return to the historic Fillmore
Auditorium in San Francisco with support by Sean Hayes – voted “Favorite Singer Songwriter of 2010” by the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
The remaining tour dates will feature critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Nathan Moore.

This week ALO is releasing a music video for the song “I Love Music”, from the band’s most recent album Man of
the
World (Brushfire Records). ALO is inviting fans to celebrate their love of music with Tour d’Amour games and
contests. Visit the band’s website to create a “Fan’s Choice Setlist” and visit ALO’s Facebook page to enter to win a
pair of tickets to each show of the tour.

A portion of proceeds from the Tour d’Amour will be donated to Bay Area-based organization Music in Schools Today (MuST). MuST is the Bay Area’s answer to the
program-cutting crisis in music education, serving over 10,000 children and youth annually.

Tickets and more info available at: www.alomusic.com.

And check out the new video for “I Love Music” below!

TOUR d’AMOUR V SHOWS:

Friday 1/28 Humboldt Brews – Arcata, CA / with Blue Street Junction
Saturday 1/29 The Fillmore, presented by KFOG – San Francisco, CA / with Sean Hayes

Wed. 2/09 SLO Brewing Co – San Luis Obispo, CA / with Nathan Moore

Thursday 2/10 Belly Up – Solana Beach, CA / with Nathan Moore

Friday 2/11 Troubadour – West Hollywood, CA / with Nathan Moore

Saturday 2/12 Saint Rocke – Hermosa Beach, CA / with Nathan Moore
Sunday 2/13 SOhO – Santa Barbara, CA / with Nathan Moore

Thursday 2/17 Moe’s Alley – Santa Cruz, CA / with Nathan Moore
Friday 2/18 Hopmonk – Sebastopol, CA / with Nathan Moore

Saturday 2/19 Harlow’s – Sacramento, CA / with Nathan Moore
Sunday 2/20 Crystal Bay Casino – Crystal Bay, NV / with Nathan Moore

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Kaki King: Acoustic Tour

January 20th, 2011 | No Comments

SOLO ACOUSTIC RUN STARTS FEBRUARY 23 IN NEW YORK


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Kaki King will return to her
acoustic roots this winter for a national tour that will make stops at renowned venues such as the Moma in New
York City, Yoshi’s in San Francisco and World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. In her 10-year career, King has released five
full lengths and two EPs. She has scored for television and film, most notably alongside Vedder and Michael Brook as
composers for Sean Penn’s Into the Wild for which she received a Best Original Score Golden Globe nomination.

King’s latest record, Junior, was released in April 2010 and featured King performing in a power rock-trio
configuration. This tour will feature only the guitarist as she performs in an acoustic format.

TOUR DATES:

February 23 Museum of Modern Art: Celeste Bartos Theatre, New York, NY

February 26 Salon Vive Cuervo, Mexico City, Mexico

February 28 The Loft – UC San Diego, San Diego, CA

March 2 Largo at the Coronet, West Hollywood, CA

March 3 College of the Sequoias Theatre, Visalia, CA

March 5 Ashkenaz, Berkeley, CA

March 6 Harlow’s Night Club, Sacramento, CA

March 8 Jambalaya, Arcata, CA

March 9 WOW Hall, Eugene, OR

March 10 Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR

March 11 The Triple Door, Seattle, WA

March 12 Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC, Canada

March 24 Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN

March 25 Space, Evanston, IL

March 26 The Old Rock House, St. Louis, MO

March 28 Southgate House, Newport, KY

March 29 The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA

March 30 World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA

April 1 Center for the Arts, Natick, MA

April 2 Iron Horse, Northampton, MA

April 3 Infinity Hall, Norfolk, CT

April 7 City Winery, New York, NY

April 8 City Winery, New York, NY

April 9 Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY

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BP in Russia: Dancing with Mr Putin

January 20th, 2011 | No Comments

BP’s Russian venture offers big rewards and big risks

EARLIER this month Bob Dudley was ferried along the ten-lane avenue that links Vladimir Putin’s home to the Kremlin. The Russian prime minister shook hands with the boss of BP, sealing a $16 billion deal. The British oil firm will gain access to Russia’s vast and deeply frozen Arctic oilfields. It will also get a 9.5% stake in Rosneft, Russia’s state-controlled oil giant, to add to the 1.3% it already owns. In return Rosneft will get 5% of BP. The deal was announced to the world on January 14th.

It is the first share swap between a national oil company and a private oil major. It is also the first joint venture to explore in an area that could hold as much oil and gas as the North Sea. Far from keeping a low profile after its disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year, BP seems eager to prove that it is as bold as ever. …

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Australian to sue Delhi CWG for unpaid bills

January 20th, 2011 | No Comments

An Australian company is suing the Delhi Commonwealth Games Organising Committee over unpaid bills, said an official who has given his lawyers the names of other businesses that may want to join the legal action. ABC.net.au reported that the Australian company that was behind the opening and closing ceremonies is now taking legal action against [...]

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Even Small Amounts of Oil and Dispersant Are Toxic to Phytoplankton … the Basis of the Entire Gulf Food Chain

January 19th, 2011 | No Comments

Naomi Klein said at her December 8th TED talk:What [scientists] found is that water with even trace amounts of oil and dispersants can be highly toxic to phytoplankton—which is a serious problem because so much life depends on it. So contrary to th…

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STS9: Cancel Feb/Mar Dates Murph Diagnosed with Cancer

January 19th, 2011 | No Comments

GREAT MUSICIAN FACES HEALTH CHALLENGE

Murph by Casey Flanigan

The following statement
appeared on the band’s website this week:

It’s with heavy hearts and eternal optimism for the future that we announce the cancellation of STS9′s Winter Tour 2011 dates in February 2011 and March 2011 while our brother, friend and bass player David Murphy will begin undergoing timely and necessary cancer treatment following STS9′s Mayan Holidaze performances this weekend. Below you will find a note from David himself he wanted you all to readÂ…

Greetings Family,Friends and Fans,

I’m writing to share with y’all some news I’ve received recently. I have just been diagnosed with a cancerous tumor primarily in my sinus cavity (a type of internal skin cancer). It will require an extensive surgery followed by a few months long recovery periods. There will be some treatment for the cancer following also but at this time we aren’t fully aware of what that will entail and at this time we are just focusing on the task at hand which is the surgery.

With this news comes a bit of bad news for our upcoming shows. We will have to cancel all of our upcoming shows in Feb and March in order to fully get after taking care of this little health issue to the fullest, and we will do just that. There is nothing more in the world I love than playing music and sharing it with all of you and we will continue to do it for a long time together and all I ask for is y’all’s thoughts and prayers during this time of recovery!

We will still be performing in Mexico this weekend before my upcoming surgery, so for y’all down thereÂ….

Let’s do thisÂ…. Boom!

We’ll send appropriate updates as we get them through out the process.

- Murph

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Imbruglia in shock over Australian floods

January 13th, 2011 | No Comments

Natalie ImbrugliaAustralian singer Natalie Imbruglia is urging her fans to donate to the flood appeal in her native country after seeing the images of devastation just “an hour away” from where she lives. The “Torn” hitmaker flew into Queensland earlier this week and has been left horrified by the impact of floodwaters which are causing chaos [...]

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Mexico: Headless bodies found

January 9th, 2011 | No Comments

The decapitated bodies of 15 young men have been found in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco.

Police said they were discovered near a shopping centre and were all aged between 15 and 25.

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New Year’s Eve Crunch Crumbs: Pastor Rips Off Parishioner; The Original Selena Earns Postage Stamp; Detroit Man Facing Jail Time For Snooping Through Cheating Wife’s Email

December 31st, 2010 | No Comments

Happy New Year’s Eve! May ’11 bring Peace, Prosperity, and plenty of Cosmopolitans! Bring in 2011 like “It’s 1999,” but no drinking and driving! We’ve got more than 12 hours before party time, so for now Castina’s here to help you get your Daily Scoop of Celebrity Dish with a list of tantilizing holiday links. [...]

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Joe Francis Christina McLarty Split

December 31st, 2010 | No Comments

Turns out, Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis really isn’t “The Marrying Kind.” Imagine that…. In a press statement issued Thursday evening, Francis and his wife of seven weeks, Arkansas-born CBS newscaster Christina McLarty, confirmed that they are calling it quits. “After careful and thoughtful consideration on both our parts, Christina and I have mutually [...]

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Joe Francis Divorce? Christina McLarty Dumps “Girls Gone Wild” Founder Two Months After Wedding

December 29th, 2010 | No Comments

Well, what do you know? Joe Francis’ marriage to busty newscaster Christina McLarty lasted a whole five minutes longer than we originally expected. Bravo! Word on the Curb has it that sometime between Thanksgiving and the last full moon, Christina made the miraculous revelation that she’s married to a sleazy slimebag and dumped her porn [...]

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Mexico town left without police

December 29th, 2010 | No Comments

A burnt out shell in the Mexican border town of Guadalupe has prompted a search for its last remaining police officer. It is believed the house was set alight by unidentified gunmen before the female officer was abducted last week. She has not been seen since.

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LeAnn Rimes Shows Off Huge Engagement Ring

December 29th, 2010 | No Comments

Rimes has got a ring! A day after announcing her engagement, LeAnn Rimes showed up at LAX on Tuesday with fiance Eddie Cibrian plus her new best friend: Her huge diamond engagement ring.While the singer is so far mum on ring details, Rimes, 28, and Cibrian, 38, were headed to Mexico to fete their wedding [...]

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Keppel AmFELS delivers third Rowan rig ahead of schedule

December 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Keppel AmFELS Inc., the wholly-owned US subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), says it has delivered the third of four EXL jackup rigs to a subsidiary of Rowan Companies, Inc. (Rowan) ahead of schedule and within budget.

Christened Rowan EXL-III, the rig is scheduled to depart Keppel AmFELS’ yard in Brownsville, Texas in January 2011 to commence operations on an ultra deep gas well for McMoRan Exploration Company in the Gulf of Mexico.

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IBM CPLEX Optimizer Technology at Core of Mexico’s Securities Trading System

December 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

IBM’s decision automation software from its ILOG acquisition is powering the securities settlement system for all the financial institutions in Mexico. – Mexico’s
central securities depository is using IBM
software that can settle securities trades in near real time, IBM
said Dec. 22. Rapid settlement means banks don’t need to have as much cash on
hand to cover trades, which reduces the risk of financial losses, according to IBM.
Indeval, Mexico…


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Miley Cyrus Yahoo! Most-Searched Person Of 2010

December 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

A nude photo scare, the finale of Hannah Montana, and the bong hit heard round the web helped make teen sensation Miley Cyrus the year’s Most-Searched Person on Yahoo! Yahoo! has tallied up their Top 10 Search Terms of 2010 and the controversial Disney starlet was among six celebrities who made the cut among web [...]

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