IBM's $50 million Smarter Cities Challenge just picked its first round of recipients this week, and they're diverse, to say the least. Here's how they got IBM's attention. READ»
A new operations center features an impressive high-tech centerpiece--a weather forecasting system built atop IBM Research’s “Deep Thunder” software and tailored to Rio’s climate and topography. READ»
Offshore oil finds are setting off a wave of deal making -- and reheating a dispute between the U.K. and Argentina. Brazil's Petrobras will get a big piece of the action from north of Rio to Uruguay, but other heavyweights are moving ...READ»
Rio de Janeiro? After years of speculation, a rigorous four-year $50 million pitch by Chicago’s bid team, and impassioned pleas by Oprah and, you know, the Obamas, Chicago was the first city eliminated as a possible host city for ...READ»
