Newspaper owners team up in deal-finding venture
A group of newspaper publishers and other media companies are teaming up to sell more advertising aimed at people looking for online deals.
Business
Nov 17, 2011
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Carphone Warehouse closing UK Best Buy stores
(AP) -- Carphone Warehouse Group PLC is closing its 11 Best Buy "big box" electronics stores, launched in April last year, as part of a reorganization of its relationship with the U.S. retailer.
Business
Nov 7, 2011
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200-meter-long bridges without expansion joints: Is it possible?
Expansion joints are a nightmare in the maintenance of highway bridges. After a few decades, the junction points between the structure and the road begin to show signs of deterioration. Scientists at EPFL are attempting to ...
Engineering
Nov 2, 2011
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'Ay, there's the rub': Researchers strive to identify the atomic origins of wear
To slide; perchance to fatigue. "Wear is so common in sliding systems that it has acquired this air of inevitability," says Greg Sawyer, a professor in mechanical engineering at the University of Florida who leads a team ...
Nanophysics
Oct 31, 2011
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Ericsson sells its Sony Ericsson stake to Sony
LM Ericsson and Sony Corp. announced Thursday they will go separate ways as Ericsson sells its 50 percent stake in mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson to Sony for euro1.05 billion ($1.46 billion).
Business
Oct 27, 2011
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Sony Ericsson profits down in 3rd quarter
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson posted a break-even third quarter Friday - blaming the drop in earnings on higher taxes and lower margins - and announced that it is shifting its entire portfolio to smartphones next year.
Business
Oct 14, 2011
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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.
Business
Sep 30, 2011
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Robot brings 3D to study of joints
A new robot developed by Flinders University engineers is poised to revolutionise the way we study the performance of normal and diseased joints and their artificial replacements by simulating joint motion.
Robotics
Sep 28, 2011
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Radiation boost for artificial joints
A blast of gamma radiation could toughen up plastic prosthetic joints to make them strong enough to last for years, according to researchers in China writing in the current issue of the International Journal of Biomedical ...
Biochemistry
Sep 22, 2011
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California desert spaceship factory completed
Space tourism is closer to reality.
Space Exploration
Sep 20, 2011
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