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Private jet makers eye China's billionairesHong Kong (AFP) March 11, 2011 The "Phoenix Cabin" has all the usual amenities that a billionaire might want in a private jet: plush leather chairs, soft carpet, and a flat-screen TV to watch while criss-crossing the globe. But with its red hues - traditionally a lucky colour in China - and centrepiece round table that doubles for playing mahjong, Airbus is setting its sights on the growing number of ultra-rich Chinese who can afford to shell out upwards of $65 million for their very own home and office in the sky. "The rou ... read more |
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  Enzymes From Garden Compost Could Favour Bioethanol Production The researcher in question is Nadia Skorupa Parachin and the secret of her technique is enzymes that she extracted from garden soil. If ethanol can be successfully made from xylose then ethanol prod ... more | .. |
 Solazyme And Dow Form Alliance Solazyme has announced the execution of both a joint development agreement (JDA) and a letter of intent (LOI) with The Dow Chemical Company to advance the development of Solazyme's algal oils for us ... more | .. |
  Harrisonburg Passes Tax Exemption As Incentive For Solar Power Harrisonburg City Council last night passed an ordinance offering a 100% exemption from local taxes for solar power installations, helping the city to join 13 other localities in Virginia that offer ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 SunSi Completes Acquisition Of Chinese TCS Facility SunSi Energies has announced that it had completed the acquisition of a 60% equity interest in He Xie Silicon Co. ("Wendeng"), a trichlorosilane ("TCS") facility located in Weihai City, China. ... more | .. |
 Full Harvest Of Ford Greener Fuel Solutions Ford Motor Company's ever-growing portfolio of fuel-efficient products extends to commercial customers, including those interested in alternative-fuel vehicles to "green" their fleets. Visitor ... more | .. |
  NIST Electromechanical Circuit Sets Record Beating Microscopic Drum Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an electromechanical circuit in which microwaves communicate with a vibrating mechanical component 1,000 tim ... more | .. |
 Top Advanced Biofuels Groups Meet In Washington The top trade groups representing the advanced biofuels industry in the United States met today in Washington, D.C. to continue industry-wide collaborative efforts begun last year aimed at improving ... more |
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SMOS mission reveals 15-year global forest carbon storage trends
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 JA Solar Announces Investment Agreement With City Of Hefei JA Solar Holdings has announced that it has signed a strategic investment agreement with the city of Hefei, in China's Anhui province, to set up a new state-of-the-art photovoltaic ("PV") production ... more | .. |
 Revolutionary New Commercial Van Powered By Isuzu Isuzu Commercial Truck of America and Utilimaster have unveiled the Reach, their game-changing commercial van, at the National Truck Equipment Association's 2011 Work Truck Show in Indianapolis. ... more | .. |
 SDG and E Signs Renewable Power Contract With Tenaska Project San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG and E) and a subsidiary of CSOLAR Development have announced a 25-year contract for up to 150 megawatts (MW) of solar energy to be generated at the Imperial Solar Ene ... more | .. |
  Work climate driving women from engineering Women with engineering degrees are leaving the field, not for family reasons but because of an uncomfortable work environment, a U.S. study says. ... more |
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  Talks sought on Palestinian gas field A natural gas field discovered in the eastern Mediterranean off the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip a decade ago has become entangled in the tortuous Middle East peace process and may help it along. ... more | .. |
US Republicans assail Obama as gas prices rise US President Barack Obama's Republican foes on Thursday blamed his energy policies and efforts to combat climate change for soaring oil and gasoline prices and called for boosting domestic production. ... more | .. |
  BMW fetes record 2010 results, stronger Chinese ties Record results by luxury automaker BMW highlighted the power of the German export machine Thursday as China emerged as a bigger market for German industry than the United States. ... more | .. |
  UN atomic watchdog approves nuclear fuel assurance proposal The UN atomic watchdog on Thursday approved a British proposal seeking to ensure the continued supply of nuclear fuel for energy to a country should its supply be disrupted for political reasons. ... more |
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Space Force taps five firms to develop secure global tactical satcom solutions
SES Secures 5 Year Army Contract for Global Tactical Satellite Communications
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  Australian firm to open Malaysian rare earths plant An Australian mining company said Thursday it plans to finish building a huge rare earths processing plant in Malaysia late this year, in a possible challenge to China's stranglehold on the metals. ... more | .. |
Sabotaged Iraq oil pipeline 'closed for a week' A fire that led to the shutdown of an oil pipeline from northern Iraq to Turkey was caused by sabotage, and repairs could take up to one week, an official at North Oil Company said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
US film on Gulf oil spill in pipeline A US film company is to make a movie about last year's oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, based on a New York Times article about events leading up to the explosion. ... more | .. |
  Clean energy firms eye Hong Kong IPOs: report Two Chinese clean energy firms are planning share sales in Hong Kong to raise a total of $1.1 billion as the country ramps up its use of renewable energy, a report said Thursday. ... more |
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China returns to trade deficit in February China said Thursday it had returned to a trade deficit in February for the first time in nearly a year, as the world's number two economy tries to wean itself off reliance on exports. ... more | .. |
  China's inflation could hit 5% this year: state media China's inflation could hit five percent this year due to soaring commodity prices and rising wages, a central bank advisor has warned, according to state media on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Solar Rainbow To Install 1MW System On Omni Holdings Complex Solar Bawabeh, president and co-founder of Solar Rainbow Services has announced that they will be installing a 1 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic system over a total of 120,000 square feet for Omni ... more | .. |
 SunPower Signs 48MW Solar Power Supply Agreement With Toshiba SunPower has announced that, under a strategic supply agreement, Toshiba will order 48 megawatts of high-efficiency solar panels from SunPower during the 2011 Japanese fiscal year ending March 31, 2 ... more |
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Dogs of war: China touts killer robot 'wolves'
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 Hayward And REC Solar Unveil 1MW Solar System The City of Hayward adopted a Climate Action Plan in July 2009 as a roadmap for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Since then, the City Council has implemented green building standards, environmenta ... more | .. |
 Stream Energy Announces Expansion Into Maryland Electricity Market Stream Energy, the world's largest network marketer of energy, announced it is initiating operations in the Maryland electricity market, its fourth market in an ambitious expansion plan. The announc ... more | .. |
 Ultrafast Laser 'Scribing' Technique Cuts Cost And Improves Efficiency Of Solar Cells Researchers are developing a technology that aims to help make solar cells more affordable and efficient by using a new manufacturing method that employs an ultrafast pulsing laser. The innova ... more | .. |
U.K. mulls new de-mining in Falklands British and Falkland Islands governments are considering a multimillion-dollar plan to resume clearance of land mines from the 1982 conflict with Argentina. ... more |
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  American Electric Technologies Announces Deployment With Emergya Wind Technologies American Electric Technologies and Emergya Wind Technologies (EWT) have announced AETI's direct-drive wind converter and its successful deployment for Emergya Wind Technologies in multiple locations ... more | .. |
 Energy Focus Lights Up US Navy Ships And Submarines Energy Focus has announced that it is now supplying four families of fixtures incorporating LED Solid State Lighting (SSL) to U.S. Navy ships and submarines. The products being supplied were develop ... more | .. |
  China, US agree to cooperate on mine safety China, which saw more than 2,400 deaths in colliery accidents last year, on Friday agreed to swap health and safety experiences with the United States in a bid to improve conditions for miners. ... more | .. |
Mideast unrest pushing up gem prices, say traders The political upheaval convulsing the Middle East is pushing up the price of high-quality gems, traders say, as the region's well-heeled look to convert their wealth into easily portable property. ... more |
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