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Beijing - China on Tuesday officially started construction of what could become the world's longest sea bridge, linking the southern province of Guangdong with Macau and Hong Kong. Vice Premier Li Keqiang launched the project at a ceremony in Guangdo...
AMSAT China ( CAMSAT ) reports that at around 0230 UTC on December 15, China launched its first Amateur Radio satellite -- named XW-1 -- into space. The microsatellite -- a secondary payload aboard the CZ-4C rocket launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center -- was launched into a Sun-synchronous orbit with an apogee of approximately 1200 kilometers. XW-1 successfully reached orbit at 0253 ...
The following is a list of mayors and other local leaders provided by the Copenhagen Climate Summit for Mayors. The gathering occurred Tuesday paralleling the global climate summit:
If Dutch luxury car maker Spyker doesn't buy the Saab brand, General Motors Co. will let it die a quiet death by Dec. 31, GM's chairman said Tuesday. Chairman and interim CEO Ed Whitacre Jr. told reporters he has "a sense it's possible" that the Saab sale to... GeneralMotors - Saab - Luxury vehicle - Makes and Models - Brand
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday: ___ CAIRO _ OPEC nudged its 2010 forecast for global oil demand slightly higher, a week before a scheduled meeting, but cautioned that the pace of the global... Stock market - OPEC - Business - Economy - Stocks and Bonds
OXFORD — The federal trial of a man and his daughter accused of trafficking counterfeit NFL jerseys has been postponed until March 22. Olen and Carla Knotts are accused of acquiring the fake Reebok International Limited football jerseys from China and having them delivered to New Albany, Miss.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A young giant panda who became a major attraction after his birth at Washington’s National Zoo will leave for China early next year for breeding.
By guruek. With investors worried about the future of the dollar, an upcoming Fed meeting and stocks hovering around 14 month highs, how are the biggest investors on Wall Street positioning themselves for the future? What is the big fish perspective on the state of the market? To answer these questions, Fast Money has a special edition of the Halftime Report with legendary hedge fund manager ...
American swimmer Jessica Hardy will face a court hearing next year that will determine whether she will compete in the 2012 London Olympics.
China’s aggressive program of nuclear plant construction could cut carbon emissions, but experts worry that the pace may lead to safety shortcuts.
VAIL VALLEY, Colorado - The Vilar Performing Arts Center in Colorado's Vail Valley has announced an addition to the winter 2009-10 lineup. Opera star Renee Fleming will perform on Feb. 26 in a gala evening, with all proceeds from the show benefiting the theater. Fleming captivates audiences with her voice and compelling stage presence. Known as "the people's diva," she continues to perform at ...
OXFORD — The federal trial of a man and his daughter accused of trafficking counterfeit NFL jerseys has been postponed until March 22. Olen and Carla Knotts are accused of acquiring the fake Reebok International Limited football jerseys from China and having them delivered to New Albany, Miss. A five-page indictment from July says they sold about 200 jerseys on a Web site and told customers the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pollution typically declines during a recession. Not this time.
Microsoft on Tuesday gave the following response to allegations that its MSN Juku microblogging service in China is a rip-off of an existing product developed by Plurk.
Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- China’s property stocks, the worst performers this quarter, will rebound because policy changes are “factored into” shares and the government needs the industry to bolster consumer spending, CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets said.
About 24 hours ago news broke that Microsoft China appeared to rip off both the look and feel as well as much of the code of a microblogging service called Plurk. Last night they issued a statement saying they took the Juku site down, and suggested an outside contractor was to blame. Today they issued a final statement on the matter. This boils down to "it wasn't us, it was our vendor." But they ...
The software maker says that an investigation shows that the Juku microblogging application on MSN China did swipe code from a rival.
CAMPBELL, CA--(Marketwire - 12/15/09) - Market research firm Infonetics Research ( http://twitter.com/infonetics ) released its third quarter (3Q09) PON and FTTH Equipment and Subscribers market size and share report, which tracks Ethernet FTTH (fiber-to-the-home) equipment and passive optical network equipment, including BPON, EPON, GPON, and WDM-PON equipment split ...
Atos Origin, the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic Games and the holder of the largest sports-related IT contract in the world, has been recognized for its Games-related sustainability technology innovations and commitment to creating greener Games.
Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- China is demanding that a global agreement to cut greenhouse gases prohibit nations from imposing trade sanctions, further pitting the world’s No. 1 emitter of greenhouse gases against U.S. lawmakers.
