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Fuel economy of new vehicles still at lowest point in the past year

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the second straight month, the average fuel economy of all new vehicles sold in the United States remained the same, according to a researcher at the University of Michigan Transportation ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 20 | with audio podcast

Floods drown Asia's rice bowl

Massive floods have ravaged vast swathes of Asia's rice bowl, threatening to further drive up food prices and adding to the burden of farmers who are among the region's poorest, experts say.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Yahoo shares soar on new Microsoft takeover hopes

Yahoo Inc.'s stock price soared more than 10 percent late Wednesday on hopes that its once-spurned suitor, Microsoft, will return with another takeover bid now that the struggling Internet company is mulling ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A buyer's guide to the new iPhone 4S

(AP) -- Apple is trotting out a new iPhone on Oct. 14, but it's not the iPhone 5 some were expecting. Instead, it's a more modest upgrade, the iPhone 4S. Here are some facts to help you decide if it's time ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

New startup believes it has a way to cheaply convert methane to ethylene

(PhysOrg.com) -- When people think of uses for petroleum, they generally think of oil and gasoline, but doing so means ignoring the production of ethylene, a compound used to make many of the products most ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

US fines Hitachi-LG disk drive firm for price fixing

US justice authorities hit a Japanese-Korean producer of optical disk drives with a $21.1 million fine for bid-rigging and price fixing, the Justice Department announced.

Technology / Business

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

RIM says committed to PlayBook amid price cuts

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) dismissed a report on Thursday that it was pulling the plug on its PlayBook tablet computer.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Swiss parliament approves nuclear plant phase out

The Swiss parliament's upper house on Wednesday approved plans to phase out the country's nuclear plants over the next two decades in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Scientists flag global food pricing too hot to ignore

A paper on the surge in world food prices is calling on private and public policy makers to recognize the serious impact that price spikes in food bring to the world’s most vulnerable populations.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Study finds congestion pricing works best when partnered with land-use planning

What does it take to convince motorists to drive less -- and thereby reduce traffic congestion, air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions?

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China's farm subsidies soar but OECD states' at record low

China's subsidies to farmers soared six-fold between 2008 and 2010 to $147 billion, making it the global leader, OECD data showed Wednesday, in what could complicate trade liberalisation talks.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

France pockets 936 mn euros in 4G frequency auction

France took in 936 million euros ($1.3 billion) from the auction of frequencies to build fourth-generation mobile telephone networks, telecommunications regulator Arcep said on Thursday.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What investors have learned from the major earthquake

The Great East Japan Earthquake has dramatically altered the way the Japanese economy is seen. For example, the way that housing and real estate values are seen in Japan has changed since 3.11. Location value ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Microsoft raises dividend 25 pct to support stock

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is trying to lift its stock price by boosting its dividend 25 percent, the largest increase since the world's largest software maker started the quarterly payments seven years ago.

Technology / Business

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Humanity falls deeper into ecological debt: study

Humankind will slip next week into ecological debt, having gobbled up in less then nine months more natural resources than the planet can replenish in a year, researchers said Tuesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (22) | comments 238