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It looks like the U.S. billionaire s club isn t quite as exclusive as it once was.There are now 313 billionaires in the country, the largest number ever and a huge jump over the 262 counted last year, according to Forbes magazine, which Thursday released its annual ran
stanley cup king of the 400 richest Americans.The combined net worth of the 400 rose $45 billion and reached $1 trillion this year for the first time since 2000, before the dot-com bust wiped out billions of dollars in wealth.The biggest billionaire of all was again Microsoft Corp
stanley cupe . founder Bill Gates, whose $48 billion in estimated wealth was up $2 billion from 2003. Gates was again followed by investor Warren Buffett with $41 billion, the list s biggest dollar gainer with a $5 billion increase, and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who held the No. 3 spot although his net worth fell $2 billion to $20 billion.Members of the Walton family, whose fortune comes from Wal-Mart Stores Inc., again swept spots four through eight, with each having estimated wealth of $18 billion. The only tweak in the top 10 from last year ca
stanley cup me from Dell Inc. s Michael Dell and Oracle Corp. s Lawrence Ellison, now No. 9 and No. 10 respectively after swapping places from 2003. Dell stock has weathered the tech slump relatively well over the past year, giving Michael Dell a net worth of $14.2 billion. Ellison, whose stock has suffered, had $13.7 billion in holdings, a drop from $18 billion last year.There are 45 new names on the list, including Uing Martin Luther King Jr. memorial
Today largest cargo ships can exceed 130 feet鈥攊n width鈥攎aking any sort of passage through the arctic ice-encrusted trade routes nearly impossible without the help of not one but two conventional icebreakers. But with just a single one of these triangular ships leading the way, even the largest container vessel can forge through ice fields with ease. Developed by engineers at Kv忙rner Masa-Yards Arctic Technology Centre MARC and christened t
stanley thermobecher he Baltika, this triangular ship concept measures 251 feet long with a 21 foot draught and 1,150 ton displacement. Three main generators, each producing 3,000 kW 4,000 hp provide a
stanley cup top speed of 14 knots and service range of 4500 nautical miles. Unlike conventional icebreakers that plow their bows onto and through ice sheets, the Baltika employs three 2.5 MW azimuth thrusters to push the entire side of the triangular ship at a 50-degree angle onto the ice, punching open a 160-foot wide channel in its wake. These vessels are rated to crush up to 3.3 feet of ice continuously while cruising at 3 knots and up to 5 feet of ice with minor structural modifications. Aside from escort duties, the Baltika can play a variety of other roles. It can clear floes from harbors and the surrounding coastline, tow disabled vessels, assist in rescue and slavage operations鈥攅ven help clean up oil spills by sweeping the vertical side of the asymmetric hull about in the water, funneling the slick into a
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