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Draft Copenhagen deal targets maximum 2 C warming
The first official draft blueprint for a deal at the UN climate talks sees targets of limiting global warming to 1.5 or 2.0 degrees Celsius (2.7 or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), according to a document seen by ...
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Nokia Siemens Networks to lay off up to 5,700
(AP) -- Nokia Siemens Networks said Tuesday it will lay off up to 5,700 workers globally as part of a move to cut annual costs by euro500 million ($740 million).
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Global crisis hitting IT spending: Microsoft chief
Companies worldwide are slashing spending on information technology because of the global downturn and will have to learn to do more with less, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Monday.
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Students, teachers need to be transculturally literate, expert says
The current generation of college students and teachers need to be as culturally fluent with people from different cultures as they are with their own, a soft skill that has become an essential part of life ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Financial Crisis Reduces Economic Freedom in China and the West
(PhysOrg.com) -- The current financial crisis may reduce economic freedom as governments are likely increase intervention in a bid to protect their own economies - according to a study in Pacific Focus published by Wiley- ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jul 31, 2009 |
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China first out of global financial crisis, says leading expert
China is the first major economy to start emerging from the global economic crisis, according to Dr Nicholas Lardy, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics at Washington DC. This ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Report: Worst may be over for US tech market
(AP) -- As bad as the technology market fared in the first quarter of this year, the worst may be over, at least in the United States, Forrester Research said in a report Tuesday.
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Mars mission could ease Earth's energy supply crisis
Techniques and instrumentation initially developed for ExoMars - Europe’s next robotic mission to Mars in 2016 - but now due to fly on a NASA mission in 2018, could also provide the answers to the globally pressing issue ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Vision impairment costs billions lost in productivity
Corrected vision impairment could prevent billions of dollars in lost productivity annually, according to a study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of School of Public Health, the International Centre ...
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Obama to unveil dramatic new auto emissions standards
A new front in the battle against climate change will open Tuesday, when President Barack Obama unveils sweeping new auto regulations described as equivalent to taking 177 million cars off the road.
May 19, 2009 |
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Obama calls for new era of energy exploration
(AP) -- President Barack Obama, standing Wednesday in the shell of a once-giant Maytag appliance factory that now houses a wind energy company, declared that a "new era of energy exploration in America" would ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Ivory tower needs to adapt to online media landscape, scholar says
Universities need to embrace new online media, social networks and a culture of "openness" as part of their pedagogy, or they risk becoming seen as anachronisms in today's hyper-connected world where information ...
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Global outlook for IT, jobs in difficult times
Craig Mundie, Microsoft chief research and strategy officer, took a break from the company's Government Leaders Forum -- Americas on Wednesday to discuss global competitiveness, technology and government IT spending.
Apr 01, 2009 |
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What consumers want: MSU researchers pinpoint common threads
Michigan State University researchers have identified the common desires of today's sophisticated consumer - a groundbreaking study that could help businesses become more competitive in the troubled global economy.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Mobile phone sales up six pct in 2008, 4th qtr weak
Mobile phone sales grew by six percent in 2008 over the previous year but fell nearly five percent in the fourth quarter as the global economy weakened, market research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.
Mar 03, 2009 |
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