|
 Beijing (AFP) Oct 4, 2009 
China said little when the G20 called for an end to "excessive" pay for top finance executives, who make far less here than in the West, but Beijing has been mulling how to handle the issue for months. The government has said several times this year that it wants to reduce salary gaps in the 135 state-run companies under its direct control including banks, in the name of creating a more ... read more 
Berlin (UPI) Oct 6, 2009 The German nuclear industry is expecting a revival for their power source, but not so fast, warns the new German government. The bosses of Germany's big utilities were rubbing their hands with glee when it surfaced that Chancellor Angela Merkel's Conservatives would be re-elected in a team with the pro-business Free Democratic Party -- both groups had campaigned in favor of nuclear ... more
|
Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
|
|||||||||||||||
| Previous Issues | Oct 06 | Oct 05 | Oct 02 | Oct 01 | Sep 30 |
| . |
 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 07, 2009Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has unveiled an accelerated plan for developing standards to transform the U.S. power distribution system into a secure, more efficient and environmentally friendly Smart Grid and create clean-energy jobs. Produced by the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the approximately 90-page document identifies about 80 initial ... more 
Istanbul (AFP) Oct 6, 2009World finance chiefs worked to bolster a fragile economic recovery in Istanbul on Tuesday but cracks emerged as Germany warned against a rise in IMF resources paid by members. At annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in the Turkish financial capital, Europe's largest economy, Germany, threw a spanner in the works of a plan to significantly boost the resources of the International ... more  
San Francisco (AFP) Oct 5, 2009US Federal Trade Commission guideline updates approved Monday require bloggers to reveal freebies or pay related to online commentary or face hefty fines. FTC officials addressed online reviews by bloggers in the first revisions to Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising since 1980. "The post of a blogger who receives cash or in-kind payment to review a ... more |
. |
| . |
 
Washington (UPI) Oct 6, 2009 Boeing and international academic and business partners are looking into ways of producing commercially viable aviation fuel from saltwater plants in a push toward reducing carbon emissions from air travel. The Boeing Co. said scientific studies were focused on salicornia bigelovii and saltwater mangroves -- plants known as halophytes. Research conducted in the United States ... more 
Houghton MI (SPX) Oct 07, 2009When society jumps on a bandwagon, even for a good cause, there may be unintended consequences. The unintended consequence of crop-based biofuels may be the loss of wildlife habitat, particularly that of the birds who call this country's grasslands home, say researchers from Michigan Technological University and The Nature Conservancy. In a paper published in the October 2009 issue of the ... more  
Midland MI (SPX) Oct 07, 2009Dow Chemical has unveiled its line of DOW POWERHOUSE Solar Shingle, revolutionary photovoltaic solar panels in the form of solar shingles that can be integrated into rooftops with standard asphalt shingle materials. The solar shingle systems are expected to be available in limited quantities by mid-2010 and projected to be more widely available in 2011, putting the power of solar ... more |
. |
| Previous Issues | Oct 06 | Oct 05 | Oct 02 | Oct 01 | Sep 30 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2009 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
