On the initiative of Ethiopia, the United Nations declared 2011 International Year of Chemistry (IYC 2011) and entrusted its organization to UNESCO.
Given the lack of interest in the sciences, and particularly chemistry, among many students, the IYC aims to attract more young people to this discipline.
Among the largest underlying components of IYC, in trading today Wal Mart Stores Incorporated ( WMT) is up about 0.2%, and Amazon.com ( AMZN) is lower by about 0.7%.
Thereafter the learners eagerly completed two of the four experiments for the IYC Big Splash with the expert supervision of Erica Steenberg from RADMASTE Centre, University of Witswatersrand, and 3 volunteers.
Among the largest underlying components of IYC, in trading today CVS Caremark Corporation ( NYSE: CVS) is up about 1.4%, Time Warner Inc ( NYSE: TWX) is up about 1.6%, and Yum!
The Department of Science and Technology in South Africa generously donated IYC Global Experiment kits to the schools that attended the Big Splash as the schools lacked the equipment to conduct the Experiment.
In a brief opening ceremony on 22 March 2011, presided over by UNESCO, the Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, Mr. Derek Hanekom, presented the schools with their kits for the IYC Global Experiment.
Among the largest underlying components of IYC, in trading today Time Warner Incorporated ( NYSE: TWX) is up about 2.3%, DirecTV ( NASD: DTV) is up about 0.9%, and Target Corporation ( NYSE: TGT) is higher by about 0.7%.
Among the largest underlying components of IYC, in trading today News Corp ( NASD: NWSA) is off about 0.7%, Costco Wholesale Corp ( NASD: COST) is off about 0.3%, and Starbucks Corp. ( NASD: SBUX) is lower by about 0.2%.
Among the largest underlying components of IYC, in trading today News Corp ( NASD: NWSA) is up about 4.1%, Time Warner Inc ( NYSE: TWX) is up about 3.7%, and Costco Wholesale Corp ( NASD: COST) is higher by about 2.2%.
After slicing and dicing the ETFs I track I found near term positive divergences from the consumer sectors, as represented by the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLY), the Consumer Staples Sector SPDR Fund ( XLP) and the iShares DJ US Consumer Services Sector Index Fund (IYC).
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