Building prize for 'icon Gherkin'
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London landmark the "Gherkin" wins a prestigious architecture award.
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LONDON -- The most printable nickname thrust upon the tall, curved greenish building in Southeast London is ''the Gherkin,&quot; so called because of its resemblance to one of those way-big pickles you can't quite get out of the jar with fingers alone.
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Authors are in an annual competition for the eyes of the busy executive.
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The group that awarded US$10 million this week to the winner of an outer-space travel contest is gearing up to offer cash prizes for technology breakthroughs in medicine, computer science, transportation and a number of other arenas.
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Insurance giant Swiss Re sells off 'the Gherkin' its landmark building in the heart of the UK financial district for Â£600m.
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The chip giant offers a $1m prize  to evolve the traditional PC into something more stylish.
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The retailer has a winning formula.
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A playground is to be shipped from County Durham to Africa in a project to improve life in a cluster of villages.   Tree Appeal is a company based at High Etherley, near Bishop Auckland, which helps firms plant trees as part of their environmental policies.
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A British bookmaker offered a one million pound ($2 million) reward on Monday to anyone who can prove that Scotland's legendary Loch Ness monster does actually exist.
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Â· Multimillionaire has given Â£125m to charity already Â· First step to fortune made selling trainers in garage
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Microsoft kicked off its 'Dream-Build-Play' contest at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, offering $10,000 and the opportunity to have their game published in the Xbox Live Arcade to one lucky developer.
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The designers of the first privately manned rocket to burst into space have received a $US10 million ($A13 million) cheque, a prize designed to encourage technology that will open the heavens to tourists.
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A British architectural firm won an international competition to build a controversial business complex -- including a 300-meter (985-foot) skyscraper -- in the heart of Russia's Saint Petersburg.
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A Pop Idol type competition is being held to find UK gamers to take part in a $1m tournament.
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Google and the X Prize Foundation are sponsoring a space race to the moon, with $30 million in prizes being offered to spur interest.
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Sir Tom Hunter, one of the UK's most successful entrepreneurs, pledges to give away at least Â£1bn to charity.
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A new Â£1m competition will enable 10 finalists to develop their ideas for tackling climate change.