Web 2.0 announcer feed for billion http://billion.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for billion en Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:35:51 GMT G-8 Offers $60B to Combat AIDS in Africa http://web2announcer.com/go/2033888 unknown@Netscape.com Germany's development minister said Friday the Group of Eight member states had agreed on a program worth more than $60 billion to combat the spread of HIV/AIDs in Africa. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:35:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2033888g860billioncombataidsAfricaNews What would happen if all 1.3 billion Chinese jumped in unison? http://web2announcer.com/go/2031275 unknown@Netscape.com An experiment carried out today with tens of thousands of human lab rats who attended the German music festival Rock at the Ring. The idea of enlisting rock-crazed youths to advance geological science got started when the creators of a science program on German television asked themselves what would happen if the entire Chinese population eng Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:19:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2031275Chinesejumped1.3billionNews China reports major oil find, eyes reserves of 2.2 billion barrels http://web2announcer.com/go/1201956 unknown@Netscape.com BEIJING - For 15 years, China's oil companies have scoured its territory for new oil sources, drilling in Central Asian deserts and the floor of the Pacific, hoping to reduce rising dependence on imports. After years of disappointment, one company reportedly has made a major discovery. PetroChina Ltd. has found an offshore field that could be Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:32:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1201956chinareportsMajoroilfindeyesreservesof2.2billionBarrelsNews Magna, equity firm make $4.7-billion bid for Chrysler, report says http://web2announcer.com/go/1119321 unknown@Netscape.com Canadian auto supplier Magna International Inc. and a private equity partner have made a bid to buy the Chrysler Group for about $4.7 billion, according to an analyst report sent early this morning by KeyBanc Capital Markets. Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:44:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1119321magnabidchrysler4.7billionNews Oldest chunk of Earth's crust ever found http://web2announcer.com/go/1114709 unknown@Netscape.com The oldest known chunk of Earth's crust has been found in Greenland, and dates back at least 3.8 billion years. The substantial rock is an important find, because it is a type known as ophiolite and provides the best evidence yet that continental drift had been going on for at least a billion years longer than thought. Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:21:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1114709Scienceophiolite3.8billionyearsoldcrustNews Microsoft ordered to pay $1.52 billion http://web2announcer.com/go/711405 unknown@Netscape.com A U.S. federal jury found that Microsoft Corp. infringed audio patents held by Alcatel-Lucent and should pay $1.52 billion in damages, the No. 1 software maker said Thursday. Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:41:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/711405Microsoftdamage1.52billionNews Microsoft hit with $1.5B in damages http://web2announcer.com/go/709372 unknown@Netscape.com Microsoft Corp. on Thursday lost the first of six patent lawsuits brought by Paris-based telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent, and a federal district court jury set damages at $1.5 billion. Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:30:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/709372TechnologyMicrosoft1.5billionAlcatelLucentpatentNews U.S. general sees $70 billion bill to expand Army http://web2announcer.com/go/280957 unknown@Netscape.com The Bush administration's plan to permanently increase the size of the U.S. Army, strained by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan , will cost $70 billion over five years, a U.S. Army general said on Tuesday. Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:29:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/280957PoliticsusGenerals70billionexpandarmyNews Iraq war cost to hit 8.4 billion a month http://web2announcer.com/go/234905 unknown@Netscape.com The steadily rising cost of the Iraq war will reach about $8.4 billion a month this year, Pentagon spokesmen said Thursday, as the price of replacing lost, destroyed and aging equipment mounts. Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:24:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/234905iraqwarcost8.4billionpentagonNews Americans May Lose 8.2 Billion On Unredeemed Gift Cards http://web2announcer.com/go/94517 unknown@Netscape.com Chris Egan was rummaging through his closet this holiday season when something fell out from between the pages of a book -- a 10-year-old gift card from his sister to an Atlanta mall. With no immediate plans to head to the Galleria, Egan had slipped the card in a place he thought he'd remember, but still ended up forgetting. Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:47:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/94517Americansmaylose8.2billionUnredeemedgiftCardsestimated10percentlosthomeDepotandbestbuyNews