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Freezing Creatures to Invade Natural History Museum

CHRISTMAS isn't often white in London, but in the New Year there's a chance to share in some freezing fun as the Natural History Museum is hosting its first ever Ice Sculpture Festival.

Motorola Cutting Executive Compensation, Freezing Pensions

In yet another set of cost-cutting measures, Motorola Inc. disclosed Wednesday that it is freezing pension plans and reducing the compensation of its executives.

Why storms are good news for fishermen

ON THE surface of the sea conditions can be atrocious, with freezing gales and enormous swells. Slip beneath the waves and descend into the blue, however, and you enter another world, a more tranquil place where the violence of the waves above turns into an ever-gentler to-and-fro, and the temperature never falls much below freezing.

Why bad weather is good for fisherman

ON THE surface of the sea conditions can be atrocious, with freezing gales and enormous swells. Slip beneath the waves and descend into the blue, however, and you enter another world, a more tranquil place where the violence of the waves above turns into an ever-gentler to-and-fro, and the temperature never falls much below freezing.

Freezing cold, no internet, boring: it's a French web 2.0 conference!

Want to know how Britain should spend that billion pounds it has earmarked for internet startups? On a vodka-fuelled conference in a sauna in London. It would sure put LeWeb into the shade. Though almost anything would.

Four take freezing plunge

Four intrepid souls dived into the frigid waters of Rome’s River Tiber yesterday, observing a decades-old New Year’s Day tradition, one achieving the feat for the 21st time.

Dog survives after freezing to sidewalk

An obese dog survived a night outside in Wisconsin because its fat provided insulation protecting it from temperatures so cold it was frozen to the pavement.

Unisys cutting 1,300 jobs, freezing salaries, ending 401(k) matches

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Online Christmas retail is far from freezing this year

Any notion that Christmas will be cancelled this year has been greatly exaggerated, according to the 14th Annual Christmas Retail Survey from Deloitte.

Holiday shoppers say bye to lines & buy online

Freezing temperatures led to a sharp rise in online shopping last weekend as shoppers browsed for bargains in the comfort of their own homes.

Coping With Cutbacks In Your 401(k)

Like the freezing winter weather itself, the economic downturn put a new chill into more American homes in recent weeks.

Visitors sit on a sled pulled by huskies in front of a giant Santa Claus ice sculpture for the 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at a park in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province Dec. 24, 2008.

China's freezing northern city of Harbin is building what organisers say is the world's largest Santa Claus ice sculpture.

Harbin builds largest Santa ice sculpture

Harbin: China's freezing northern city of Harbin is building what organisers say is the world's largest Santa Claus ice sculpture.

Santa's Weather Forecast Now Available for Christmas Eve

High Winds and Freezing Temperatures Won't Delay Santa and His Reindeer From Leaving His Workshop on Schedule; Wunderground.com Issues Global "Flying Reindeer Forecast" at www.wunderground.com/santaforecast/

Santa's Weather Forecast Now Available for Christmas Eve

High Winds and Freezing Temperatures Won't Delay Santa and His Reindeer From Leaving His Workshop on Schedule; Wunderground.com Issues Global "Flying Reindeer Forecast" at www.wunderground.com/santaforecast/

Paris art models go nude to protest City Hall law

Models strip in near-freezing temperatures to demonstrate outside the city’s cultural affairs bureau in Paris, Monday, Dec. 15, 2008 to protest a new municipal order sent in October to stop an age-old practice of tipping those who pose nude. (AP Photo/Vincent Boisot)

Paris art models go nude to protest City Hall law

Models strip in near-freezing temperatures to demonstrate outside the city’s cultural affairs bureau in Paris, Monday, Dec. 15, 2008 to protest a new municipal order sent in October to stop an age-old practice of tipping those who pose nude. (AP Photo/Vincent Boisot)

Let it snow: China builds "world's largest" ice Santa

HARBIN, China (Reuters) - China's freezing northern city of Harbin is building what organizers say is the world's largest Santa Claus ice sculpture.

Motorola Freezes Pension, Suspends 401(k) Match

Motorola announced Wednesday it is freezing its defined benefit pension plan on March 1 and suspending its 401(k) plan match on January 1.

On set at Sony's new Braviaâ"drome zeotrope advert

I've been braving the freezing Turin night to witness the live filming of the latest Sony Bravia TV ads and they're taking a bit of a new direction.

We get a sneak peek at Sony's Braviaâ"drome

I've been braving the freezing Turin night to witness the live filming of the latest Sony Bravia TV ads and they're taking a bit of a new direction.

Iran: No pomegranates in Saveh, but art works instead!

Following last winter's extreme sub-freezing temperatures (-18C and below , = - 2F) over an 18-day period in January 08, most pomegranate orchards north of the Fars province in Iran have suffered irreparable damage. The growers had no alternative but to cut down the frozen tree trunks (20cm /8 inches into the earth) to allow new shoots to spring up from the deep roots. Thus, most plantations in those areas had no pomegranate harvest this fall. In the Saveh area alone, 20.000 acres (8500 hectares) of pomegranate trees were cut down, which should have yielded some 200,000 tons of pomegranates. Next year, the growers can expect only 10 to 15% of the usual crop. It is estimated that it will take at least 5-7 years before the losses will be made up.

No pomegranates in Saveh, but art works instead!

Following last winter's extreme sub-freezing temperatures (-18C and below , = - 2F) over an 18-day period in January 08, most pomegranate orchards north of the Fars province in Iran have suffered irreparable damage. The growers had no alternative but to cut down the frozen tree trunks (20cm /8 inches into the earth) to allow new shoots to spring up from the deep roots. Thus, most plantations in those areas had no pomegranate harvest this fall. In the Saveh area alone, 20.000 acres (8500 hectares) of pomegranate trees were cut down, which should have yielded some 200,000 tons of pomegranates. Next year, the growers can expect only 10 to 15% of the usual crop. It is estimated that it will take at least 5-7 years before the losses will be made up.

Podcast: Robots in Space

Space is totally inhospitable. If the freezing temperatures don't get you, the intense radiation will kill you. Or the vacuum, or the lack of breathable atmosphere, or meteoroid impacts. Well… you get the idea. That's why most space exploration is done by hardy robots. They don't need to eat, drink or breathe. They get their energy from the Sun, and they've proven they've got the right stuff to explore every planet and major moon in the Solar System. Let's hear it for the space robots.

The Planet Gets Cooler in '08. What Happened to Global Warming?

A wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain knocked out power to more than a half-million homes and businesses in New England and upstate New York Friday, Dec. 12, 2008

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