Polaris World News on 2/7/2012

2012 Polaris RZR XP 4 900 First Ride MotorcycleUSA.com Polaris put journalists behind the wheel of its latest four-seater out in the desert where the XP 4 is right at home. Consider how different the world of UTV's would be if the 50-inch RZR was never brought to the market. It has changed the way many ... and more »

Bloomberg

Spain Coaxes Banks to Merge as Extra Time Given to Purge Losses Bloomberg Enlarge image Spain Coaxes Banks to Merge With Extra Time to Purge Losses Spain Coaxes Banks to Merge With Extra Time to Purge Losses Xabier Mikel Laburu/Bloomberg Cars sit parked outside apartments at the Polaris World Mar Menor Golf Resort in Torre ... and more »

UTV Guide

Polaris Announces 2012 Race Teams and Contingency UTV Guide Minneapolis, February 2, 2012 –Polaris comes into the 2012 race season with teams competing in the Grand National Cross Country series (GNCC), World Off-Road Championship series (WORCS), Best in the Desert (BITD) and Mud racing. and more »

HTC shares tumble on weak Q1; focus shifts to new models Reuters The new phones by the world's No.5 smartphone maker will launch into a cut-throat market with fickle buyers where Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and Apple Inc (AAPL.O) already have big shares and emerging low-end makers such as China's Huawei HWT. and more »

UTV Guide

RANGER RZR XP 900 Wins Two Classes at Dakar UTV Guide Official Team Polaris/Xtreme Plus participated for the first time ever at the Dakar 2012, the world's toughest off-road race. After having developed a special new FIA class (T3) for the RZR, the Polaris/Xtreme Plus Team had run some tests in several ... and more »

First Polaris climate centre for Cape Town Bizcommunity.com Already known for its progressive green philosophy, Cape Town is about to score another coup by hosting the world's first interactive climate change centre, a project driven by the Brussels-based International Polar Foundation (IPF). and more »

New Yorker (blog)

Listening Booth: Dierks Bentley, Sharon Van Etten & More New Yorker (blog) The collection of low-key folk and country-flecked songs, which featured guest appearances by Feist (his former employer), picked up a Juno nomination (a Canadian Grammy) and was nominated for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize (their equivalent of the ... and more »

Snowmobiles: They're lean, they're mean, and they're hitting the wilderness Middle East North Africa Financial Network CLE ELUM, Jan 28, 2012 (The Wenatchee World - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Arctic Cat. Polaris. Yamaha Apex. Their very names conjure images of creatures built for winter, roaring across a remote alpine landscape. and more »

MIKE PROBERT TALKS GOLF The Leader Newspaper Online The original Polaris World golfing plans included the Jack Nicklaus trail of 9 golf courses contained within golf resorts consisting of thousands of properties. Unfortunately due to the global economic crisis and apparently some poor decisions within ...

Newsweek

Bravo, Gustavo! How Maestro Dudamel Is Saving Classical Music Newsweek The LA Phil chased Dudamel “around the world” to nab him., Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times-Polaris And the show is just beginning. “The Mahler Project is immense,” says Deborah Borda, president and chief executive of the LA Phil. and more »