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Spiegel Online reports here: Prices at German gas pumps oscillate wildly, sometimes changing several times a day. The rises and falls are far from random, however. Studies and market observers say it is an attempt by big oil to ratchet up the cost of a fill-up as high as possible.

Spiegel Online reports here: Drivers may hate rising gas prices, but some companies are delighted as they watch the oil price soar. Firms like BMW and Airbus which are leaders in fuel efficiency actually benefit from expensive oil. They are just two of a growing number of companies that are already developing technologies for a post-fossil-fuel world.

BBC News reports here: Visa, Mastercard and Discover have warned that credit card holders’ personal information could be at risk after a security breach.

Spiegel Online reports here: French energy giant Total is frantically trying to respond to a natural gas leak discovered this week on one of its platforms off the eastern coast of Scotland. As it weighs options for plugging the leak, the threat of a major explosion and environmental catastrophe loom.

The Romney campaign says the beach house construction project won’t begin until the campaign is over.

CNET News.com reports here: Google is expected to launch an online storage service dubbed Google Drive, or GDrive, as soon as the first week of April, according to GigaOm.

BBC News reports here: Many people in the UK won’t have heard of the chia seed, but if regulators give their backing this US superfood craze could be on the way.

What’s in 100g of chia?

Protein: 20.7g
Fat: 32.8g
Carbohydrate: 41.8g
(of which fibre is 41.2g)
Calcium: 714mg
Iron: 16.4mg
Niacin (B3): 613mg
Thiamine (B1): 0.18mg
Riboflavin (B2): 0.04mg

CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses a new shock campaign from the CDC aimed at smokers.

The Top Ten Books In Today’s Bestellers List At Amazon, see The Top Ten Books here for more info including some reader reviews in the Amazon online store with those and many more great books that also make some nice gifts! (ranking as of writing of this article, might change over time)

The Top Ten Books In Today’s Bestellers List At Amazon are:

1. Yes! Energy: The Equation to Do Less, Make More ›Loral Langemeier

2. Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) ›Suzanne Collins

3. Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3) ›Suzanne Collins

4. The Hunger Games ›Suzanne Collins

5. The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxed Set ›Suzanne Collins

6. Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think ›Peter H. Diamandis …

7. Indivisible: Restoring Faith, Family, and Freedom Before It’… ›James Robison …

8. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Vintage) ›Stieg Larsson

9. The Serpent’s Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, Book Three) ›Rick Riordan

10. Steve Jobs ›Walter Isaacson