The convention has turned into a marketing bonanza with celebrity guests this year including mega stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

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Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista is taking some of his private commodity and logistics companies off the market and making them private after mega losses this year.

FORBES: Brazil's B In BRICs Stands For Boring

The Mega-D bot was shut down last year by FireEye network security after identifying it as a mega-source of spam.

ENGADGET: FBI charges 23-year old Russian in Mega-D spambot investigation

The Cascadia Subduction Zone, just off the regional coastline, produced a mega-quake in the year 1700.

NPR: Report Makes Chilling Forecast On Northwest Quake