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The oil field discovered in Monterey, California holds an estimated *500 billion* barrels of oil, with the billionaire owner of Continental Oil saying that the San Joaquin Monterey California fields are the next big source for horizontal oil drilling.  15 billion barrels of oil obtained from that oil field would be $1.5 trillion dollars of oil...that could be a game changer for California:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/01/eia-estimates-california-monterey-to.html


UC San Diego has been looking for ways to get more patients and found an interesting way to expand...by buying the Nevada Cancer Institute in Las Vegas for $18 mil. They will get the 142,000-square-foot, 4-story building in Vegas and its medical practice, 2 dozen clinical trials, and the Nevada Cancer Institute name. So, UC San Diego will own and operate research facilities and medical facilities in Vegas. It does sound like they are getting a great deal because over $100 mil was poured into the Nevada Cancer Institute and UC San Diego will own it all, plus the selling organization has to raise more than $20 mil in donations over the next 5 years for the UC San Diego Nevada Cancer Institute--so, they are getting $20 mil in donations for their $18 mil purchase:
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jan/22/ucsd-buying-nevada-cancer-clinic/