International Business News - Phoenix http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has discovered evidence of past water at its Martian landing site and spotted falling snow for the first time, scientists reported Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/mars-lander-finds-minerals-suggesting-past-water.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:51:40 EDT After a real estate expert discussed the shaky state of the real estate market, an economic development official introducing the next speaker at a breakfast economic outlook conference on Wednesday joked that serving Bloody Mary cocktails might be appropriate. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/economist-slow-economic-recovery-for-phoenix-area.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:09:52 EDT NASA is extending the Phoenix Mars mission again. The three-legged spacecraft has been digging trenches near the Martian north pole since landing on May 25 and its work was supposed to end this month. Phoenix is studying whether the site could have been favorable for microbial life to emerge. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/nasa-extends-mars-lander-mission-again.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:59:45 EDT Phoenix Investment Partners, the asset management firm of insurance and wealth management company Phoenix Cos., hired Michael Angerthal as its chief financial officer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/phoenix-investment-names-michael-angerthal-cfo.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:46:45 EDT A Phoenix prosecutor is seeking the federal files in the investigation of disgraced ex-NBA official Tim Donaghy, who was sentenced in July to 15 months in prison in a gambling scandal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/phoenix-prosecutor-wants-info-on-disgraced-nba-ref.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:48:41 EDT Traces of a rocket fuel ingredient found in the Martian soil would not necessarily hinder potential life, mission scientists said Tuesday. NASA's Phoenix spacecraft earlier this summer detected the chemical perchlorate, a highly oxidizing salt, in soil samples dug up from near the Martian surface. On Earth, it can be found naturally in the arid Atacama Desert in Chile where some extreme organisms use it as a source of energy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/scientists-salt-in-mars-soil-not-bad-for-life.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:33:21 EDT NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has detected the presence of a chemically reactive salt in the Martian soil, a finding that if confirmed could make it less friendly to potential life than once believed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/scientists-martian-soil-may-be-harsh-to-life.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:40:01 EDT Phoenix Cos. Inc., a financial services provider, said Thursday that its second-quarter profit dropped 80 percent, hurt by losses on investments due to turmoil in the capital markets. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/phoenix-cos-2nd-quarter-profit-drops-80-percent.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:32:47 EDT A sample of icy soil collected by the robotic arm of NASA's Phoenix Mars lander is apparently stuck in its scoop, foiling efforts to analyze it. The arm picked up 3 cubic centimeters of material Friday night and lifted it over an oven designed to heat samples for analysis, mission officials said Saturday. The arm tilted its scoop, ran a tool motor to try to sprinkle the sample into the oven, and finally inverted the scoop directly over the oven's open doors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080727/mars-lander-has-trouble-getting-sample-in-oven.htm Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:12:21 EDT It's a political oddity: a TV commercial extolling the public safety record of a sitting mayor, except the spot isn't soliciting votes and the politician's name isn't scheduled to appear on the November ballot. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/97527-phoenix-mayor.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/allies-of-phoenix-mayor-fight-recall-effort.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/allies-of-phoenix-mayor-fight-recall-effort.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:47:00 EDT Phoenix Technologies Inc., a leading maker of the software that controls the most basic functions of computers, on Thursday said it has agreed to buy General Software Inc., which makes similar software for a wide variety of devices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/phoenix-technologies-to-buy-general-software.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:45:06 EDT Will the Mars lander's next baking test of soil and ice be its last? Scientists worry that it could be, thanks to an electrical glitch that threatens the $420 million quest to find the chemical ingredients for life near the Martian north pole. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/89766-phoenix-mars.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/mars-bake-test-hastened-after-oven-short-circuit.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/mars-bake-test-hastened-after-oven-short-circuit.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:52:12 EDT The Phoenix lander's first chemical sniff of Martian soil did not turn up any trace of the building blocks of life. Its next whiff could be its last. Engineers said a short circuit that occurred last month in one of its test ovens designed to shake and bake miniscule soil samples could happen again when the instrument is turned on. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/mars-landers-next-bake-test-could-be-its-last.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:27:09 EDT The Phoenix lander's first chemical sniff of Martian soil did not turn up any trace of the building blocks of life. Its next whiff could be its last. Engineers said a short circuit that occurred last month in one of its test ovens designed to shake and bake miniscule soil samples could happen again when the instrument is turned on. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/mars-landers-next-bake-test-could-be-its-last.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:56:02 EDT The Phoenix lander's first taste test of soil near Mars' north pole reveals a briny environment similar to what can be found in backyards on Earth, scientists said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/80288-phoenix-mars.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/mars-lander-finds-salty-environment-in-taste-test.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/mars-lander-finds-salty-environment-in-taste-test.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:21:28 EDT TouchStone Software Corp. on Wednesday said its shareholders voted to approve the acquisition of the software developer by computer technology company Phoenix Technologies Ltd. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/touchstone-shareholders-ok-acquisition-by-phoenix.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:20:46 EDT The apparent discovery of ice near Mars' north pole has scientists asking: Did the frozen water melt at some point in the planet's long history to create an environment friendly for life? http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/76288-phoenix-mars.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/scientists-believe-mars-lander-exposed-ice-crumbs.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/scientists-believe-mars-lander-exposed-ice-crumbs.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:09:23 EDT Scientists believe NASA's Phoenix Mars lander exposed bits of ice while digging in the soil of the Martian arctic in recent days. Principal investigator Peter Smith said Thursday that crumbs of bright material seen in the trench have since vanished. He says that means it must have been frozen water that vaporized after being exposed. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/75615-phoenix-mars.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/mars-lander-loses-day-of-work-after-data-glitch.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/mars-lander-loses-day-of-work-after-data-glitch.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:57:17 EDT Is the white stuff in the Martian soil ice or salt? That's the question bedeviling scientists in the three weeks since the Phoenix lander began digging into Mars' north pole region to study whether the arctic could be habitable. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/mars-team-ponders-whether-lander-sees-ice-or-salt.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:15:33 EDT Is the white stuff in the Martian soil ice or salt? That's the question bedeviling scientists in the three weeks since the Phoenix lander began digging into Mars' north pole region to study whether the arctic could be habitable. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/73161-phoenix-mars.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/mars-team-ponders-whether-lander-sees-ice-or-salt.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/mars-team-ponders-whether-lander-sees-ice-or-salt.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:37:12 EDT