It is about profits and revenues first, and changing the world second.
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Talks are said to have begun with Linden Labs to make the entire simulation available on the internet through the company's virtual world Second Life.
Open to the public since January 2009 as a two-year project, it was created within the multi-user virtual world Second Life but possesses a charmingly post-apocalyptic visual sensibility all its own.
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China is the second largest economy in the world, second only to the United States.
China is now the second-largest oil consumer in the world, second only to the United States.
China is currently the fastest-growing and second-largest luxury goods market in the world, second only to Japan.
U.N. statistics show South Africa has the second highest rate of shooting deaths in the world, second only to Colombia.
The reigning Six Nations champions conceded a mere 15 points on their way to this year's Grand Slam and go to the World Cup ranked second in the world, behind New Zealand, who have won the last three global titles.
As the world s second-biggest electronics manufacturer-for-hire, they ve seen them all: smartphones, storage hardware, networking switches.
Stiletto Moody shoes are seen as a status symbol in the virtual world of Second Life.
David Savill, 22, lives in Gloucester, England, in real life and created this spot within the virtual world of Second Life.
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Zed Drebin is an avatar in the virtual world of Second Life.
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The result: A negative email can send you into a quick tailspin, while a secured deal can put you on top of the world a second later.
Bond investors have lost comparable sums only as a result of big wars or big inflations or both (such as during and after the first world war, or between the second world war and 1981, when real bond returns fell by 66%).
Had the United States been committed to intervene in full strength from the first moment of a European war, the first world war would probably, and the second world war would certainly, never have happened.
The British world-system then held together until the second world war.
By the second world war it had grown into Japan's second zaibatsu (after Mitsui) and diversified into everything from aeroplanes to beer.
The president and other world leaders will celebrate the Allied victory in Europe in the Second World War.
The Mecca Clock Royal Tower Hotel, with more than 800 rooms, occupies what will soon be the world's second-tallest building, a structure incorporating the world's biggest clock, with faces at least six times the size of Big Ben's, and capped by a spire topped with a golden crescent.
Hunt is next in action at the second stage of the World Cup in Turkey from 7-11 June, where a good competition could leave her as high as second in the world rankings.
The documentary Last Cup: Road to The World Series of Beer Pong follows five teams leading up to the second World Series tourney and was executive-produced by Morgan Spurlock of Super Size Me fame.
Now the world's second-largest economy, and flush with cash, China has built the world's longest high-speed rail network -- boasting more than 8, 300 kilometers (5, 100 miles) of routes -- in a few short years.
This is the world's second-largest economy but its outward flow of FDI is just the fifth largest in the world.
China is the second-largest economy in the world and has the second-highest number of billionaires after the United States, according to the latest numbers released by Forbe s.
On the field, the England women's cricket captain guided her side to glory at the World Cup for only the second time, the World Twenty20 trophy, the retention of the Ashes and a 4-0 defeat of Australia in the NatWest Series to complete an unprecedented year of success.
Weaver won the World Series in his second season, and returned to the World Series again in 1971, losing to the Pirates.
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Louis sneaked into the playoffs with an 83-78 record, but went on to win the World Series, earning them second place on our Worst World Series Champions list.
The Spaniard was the only seed to fall in the first round, while Taylor Dent, ranked 83rd in the world, set up a second-round encounter against world number one Rafael Nadal after beating Feliciano Lopez 6-3 6-2.
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