News tagged with worldwide financial crisis

UN chief doubts comprehensive climate deal likely

(AP) -- An all-encompassing climate deal "may be beyond our reach for now," the U.N. chief said Tuesday as China and India delivered a setback to European plans to negotiate a new treaty that would bind all ...

Space & Earth / Environment

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New study calls for global project finance reform

The worldwide financial crisis puts a new emphasis on infrastructure spending, seen by many governments as a way to head off economic downturn, and as a way of holding on to achievements made in the developing world. Recent ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 28, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1




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Frugal innovation

Co-author of recently published book 'Jugaad Innovation', Professor Jaideep Prabhu argues that a frugal and flexible approach to innovation can generate breakthrough growth not only in the developing world ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The human cost of economic policy

New research will bring social scientists closer to uncovering the economic basis of a “gigantic human catastrophe” that followed the fall of communism in the former Soviet Union.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Pirate party makes a raid on German politics

(AP) -- Pirates are capturing Germany's political system. The party with the outlaw name started as a marginal club of computer nerds and hackers demanding online freedom, but its appeal as an antiestablishment ...

Technology / Other

created Apr 29, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 37

Apple to create 500 jobs in Ireland

US technology giant Apple intends to create 500 support jobs in Cork, southern Ireland, the government said on Friday.

Technology / Business

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Sony more than doubles net loss forecast to $6.4 bn

Japan's Sony on Tuesday said it would book a net loss of about $6.4 billion in the year to March, more than double its previous forecast amid sweeping changes at the struggling electronics giant.

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Sony to axe 10,000 jobs worldwide: report

Sony will cut 10,000 jobs worldwide this year as it attempts to carry out sweeping reforms aimed at reviving the iconic but loss-making Japanese electronics giant, the Nikkei business daily said Monday.

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created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Study links Google search behavior to GDP

Internet users from countries with a higher per capita gross domestic product (GDP) are more likely to search for information about the future than information about the past, a quantitative analysis of Google search queries ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

International scientific community issues first 'State of the Planet Declaration'

Scientists issued the first "State of the Planet" declaration at a major gathering of experts on global environmental and social issues in advance of the major UN Summit Rio+20 in June.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Feud over iPad highlights faded tech firm's woes

The battle between an ailing Chinese electronics maker and Apple Inc. over the iPad name is just as much a tale of obsolescence in the fast-moving global technology industry as it is a legal row over a trademark.

Technology / Business

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Tough economy curbs clean energy investment: experts

A global economic slowdown and the eurozone debt crisis have curbed government investment in renewable energy, experts warned Tuesday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3


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