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Slovenia proposes former envoy Petric as new IAEA chief
Ljubljana (AFP) April 16, 2009Slovenia on Thursday proposed former ambassador and constitutional court judge Ernest Petric as a candidate to head the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). "The government is convinced that the candidate, with his personal qualities, diplomatic and leadership experiences and excellent knowledge of the IAEA ...will be able to head the agency in a professional ... more Poland, Estonia urge Lithuania to speed up atomic power project 
Tallinn (AFP) April 16, 2009The Polish and Estonian prime ministers Thursday urged fellow EU member Lithuania to speed up work on its planned Ignalina new nuclear power station that is due to draw investment from the three states plus Lativa. "We are absolutely dissatisfied with the very slow pace of the preparations regarding the plan to build a new nuclear power station at Ignalina in Lithuania," Estonian Prime Minis ... more Over 50 nations want to build nuclear plants: report 
Vienna (AFP) April 16, 2009More than 50 nations are in talks with the UN atomic watchdog to build nuclear power plants, a twofold increase over the last four years, a top agency official said in an interview released Thursday. "The IAEA is talking with 50-60 countries about the construction of nuclear power plants," Hans-Holger Rogner, head of planning and economic studies at the International Atomic Energy Agency, sa ... more  |
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Steep first quarter drop in worldwide PC sales
Washington (AFP) April 15, 2009Worldwide sales of personal computers fell sharply in the first three months of the year but the US market held up better than others, market research firms IDC and Gartner reported Wednesday. IDC said worldwide shipments of desktop and portable PCs fell 7.1 percent in the first three months of the year compared with last year while Gartner said they registered a decline of 6.5 percent in th ... more China Eastern Airlines reports huge loss in 2008 
Shanghai (AFP) April 16, 2009China Eastern Airlines said it suffered a net loss of 15.3 billion yuan (2.2 billion dollars) last year due to falling passenger numbers, rising fuel costs and bad bets on fuel hedging contracts. The country's third largest carrier, which posted a net profit of 378.6 million yuan in 2007, said its revenue declined 3.4 percent to 41.1 billion yuan last year. "The global financial crisis. ... more Japanese firms in talks on big microchip merger: reports 
Tokyo (AFP) April 16, 2009Renesas Technology Corp. and NEC Electronics Corp. are in merger talks to create Japan's top chipmaker as they seek to survive the global recession, reports said Thursday. The two companies are in the final stages of negotiations and aim to reach an agreement by the end of April, the Nikkei economic daily and other Japanese media said without naming their sources. The deal would create ... more China's economy slows, but Premier Wen upbeat 
Beijing (AFP) April 16, 2009China announced its slowest growth in at least a decade on Thursday, but Premier Wen Jiabao said the world's number three economy was performing better than expected. The Asian giant posted growth of 6.1 percent in the first quarter of the year, down from 6.8 percent in the final three months of 2008, underlining the impact of the global crisis. But overall, the economy was in "better-th ... more |
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