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China, Japan launch world's biggest online marketplaceTokyo (AFP) June 1, 2010 China's largest retail website Taobao and Yahoo! Japan launched a joint service Tuesday in a deal expected to create the world's biggest online marketplace by harnessing Asia's surging ranks of e-consumers. The service is expected to dwarf US rival eBay in terms of users and products on offer, attracting 250 million customers and offering 450 million products. "This marks the birth of the world's largest e-commerce market," Masayoshi Son, chairman of Yahoo! Japan and CEO of mobile phone carrier ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) June 1, 2010Manufacturing activity in China slowed in May as government moves to stop the economy from overheating kicked in, data showed Tuesday, which analysts said would ease fears of further near-term tightening. The HSBC China Manufacturing PMI, or purchasing managers index, fell to 52.7 last month from a revised figure of 55.2 in April, an 11-month low, indicating the recovery of China's manufactu ... more  
Coral Gables FL (SPX) Jun 01, 2010A team of researchers at the University of Miami (UM) has developed a computer model for finding and projecting in time sunken oil masses on the bottom of bays, after an oil spill. The unique model can be used in oil spill planning, response, and recovery applications. "Sunken oil is difficult to 'see' because sensing techniques show only a small space at a point in time. Moreover, the oil ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2010Hurricanes could snap offshore oil pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico and other hurricane-prone areas, since the storms whip up strong underwater currents, a new study suggests. These pipelines could crack or rupture unless they are buried or their supporting foundations are built to withstand these hurricane-induced currents. "Major oil leaks from damaged pipelines could have irreversible im ... more |
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Dozens of fish species in danger in US oil leak: expertGalliano, Louisiana (AFP) May 31, 2010 Dozens of species of fish including one just discovered six months ago, could be wiped out by the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico that has been spewing crude into the sea for six weeks, a scientist said Monday. "We may very well lose dozens of vulnerable fish species," Prosanta Chakrabarty, a fish scientist at Louisiana State University, told AFP by email. "Currently there are no reports about massive fish kills being sighted, but I'm afraid that a lot of damage is being done below the su ... read more |
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