As temperatures soar, animals at the Ramat Gan Safari in Tel Aviv are beating the heat with icy treats. Tigers prefer blood popsicles, while other animals, such as bears and monkeys, indulge in fruit and fish flavored pops. The zookeepers hope that the treats will help keep the animals safe as a hotter than usual weather socks Israel with high temperatures and humidity. Meanwhile, people throughout Israel are relying on air conditioning and fans to help cool off, spiking power demands near the limits of available …More

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s aides recently tried an unusual experiment. Surrounded by onlookers, the mayor’s staff lifted a room-sized air conditioner into the mayor’s SUV to see if it would fit. The plan, if approved by the Bloomberg, is to use the household cooling unit to chill the mayor’s vehicles during sweltering summer days. "This is an experiment to be used on extremely hot days like the types we saw last week," mayoral spokesman Stu Loeser said of the plan. Since 2009, …More

Micky Arison has probably had better two-day stretches. The billionaire owner of the Miami Heat saw his high-priced trio of All-Stars – LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh – get toppled by Mark Cuban‘s Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals Sunday night, and on Monday morning cruise line operator Carnival, which Arison’s father founded and of which he is chairman and CEO, revised its second-half guidance. Carnival, due to report second-quarter earnings June 21, said conflicts in the …More