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Oil up in Asia on Gulf tensions, Japan nuclear crisisSingapore (AFP) March 18, 2011 Crude rose in Asian trade Friday, pushed up by ongoing tensions in the oil-rich Gulf region and impact from Japan's nuclear crisis, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in April, gained $1.65 to $103.07 per barrel while Brent North Sea crude for May was up $1.56 to $116.46. "The initial reaction to Japan is a sharp drop in oil demand in the short-term," said Jason Feer, analyst for Singapore-based Argus Media energy market analysts. Tokyo shares ended the m ... read more |
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  G7 closes ranks to shore up quake-hit markets Japan and its economic allies vowed Friday to intervene jointly in world currency markets for the first time in a decade to calm turmoil sparked by a huge earthquake and a deepening nuclear crisis. ... more | .. |
  US admiral 'optimistic' on Japan nuclear risk A top US officer voiced cautious optimism Thursday that a meltdown at Japan's quake-hit nuclear plant could be averted and said the military stood ready to bolster its aid in the crisis. ... more | .. |
 Mideast violence disrupts gas exports U.S. sanctions on Libya's natural gas exports to Europe, the shutdown of Egyptian gas supplies to Israel and Jordan, and the prospect of trouble in Algeria, another major gas exporter, spells turmoil in the energy market in the weeks - and possibly years - ahead. ... 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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  GM shutters US plant on Japan parts shortage A shortage of car parts from disaster-struck Japan has forced General Motors to temporarily shutter one of its factories in the United States, the firm said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  US nuclear plants get second safety look Some of America's nuclear power plants loom near big city populations, or perch perilously close to earthquake fault lines. Others have aged past their expiration dates but keep churning anyway. ... more | .. |
 Reactor design at Japanese plant raises questions The US-made reactors at Fukushima are coming under close scrutiny as experts point to flaws in their original design and the lack of a safety feature that the nuclear industry is only now starting to address. ... more | .. |
 EON mulls lawsuit over German nuclear shutdown: report German energy giant EON may take legal action against the government after Berlin decided to close seven nuclear reactors for at least three months in light of events in Japan, a report said Thursday. ... more |
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 Japan injects more funds to calm post-quake chaos Japan pumped more funds into its shaky financial system Thursday after stocks fell and the yen surged to a record high, which Tokyo blamed on currency speculators following a huge earthquake. ... more | .. |
  Xcel Energy And SunPower Complete 19MW Solar PV Plant Xcel Energy and SunPower has announced the completion and commissioning of a 19-megawatt photovoltaic solar power plant in Colorado's Alamosa County. The Greater Sandhill solar power plant began gen ... more | .. |
 Mideast crisis sends oil up in Asian trade World oil prices rose in Asian trade on Thursday afternoon as dealers turned their attention to unrest in the Middle East from the Japanese nuclear crisis, analysts said. ... more | .. |
  New High-Resolution Carbon Mapping Techniques Provide More Accurate Results A team of scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science's Department of Global Ecology and the USDA Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) has developed new, more accurate ... more |
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  3D Printing Method Advances Electrically Small Antenna Design While most electronic components benefit from decreased size, antennas-whether in a cell phone or on an aircraft-suffer limitations in gain, efficiency, system range, and bandwidth when their size i ... more | .. |
 First Solar Selects DMB's Mesa Proving Grounds DMB Associates have announced that First Solar will acquire approximately 135 acres within the Mesa Proving Grounds project for the first phase of its next solar module fabrication plant and future ... more | .. |
 Canadian Solar To Build Third SkyPower Solar Park Canadian Solar and SkyPower have announced a third engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement to build a 10.5 MW solar park in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Canadian Solar is one of the world ... more | .. |
  Researchers To Turn Waste Into Wealth Transforming waste plant material into a sustainable, low-emission fuel for the world's cars, trucks and planes is the aim of a new research collaboration between CSIRO and leading Australian and UK ... 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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 SolarWorld Taps Polycrystalline Tech To Expand US Output Of Solar Panels SolarWorld's premium-quality Sunmodule solar panels, manufactured in the USA using monocrystalline technology for more than 35 years, now also incorporate high-performance polycrystalline technology ... more | .. |
  GL Garrad Hassan Announces The WindHelm Portfolio Manager Owners and operators are under increasing pressure to reduce operational costs while improving the efficiency of their wind farm portfolios. GL Garrad Hassan has developed a new software tool to hel ... more | .. |
 First Solar To Build Solar Module Factory First Solar has announced it will build its new U.S. manufacturing center in Mesa, Ariz. First Solar will invest about $300 million in the factory, which will create approximately 600 jobs and will ... more | .. |
 Silicon Spin Transistors Heat Up And Spins Last Longer University of Utah researchers built "spintronic" transistors and used them to align the magnetic "spins" of electrons for a record period of time in silicon chips at room temperature. The study is ... more |
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  Risk of major power blackouts in Japan: minister Japan faces the threat of major power blackouts unless electricity use is reduced, a government minister said Thursday in the aftermath of a massive earthquake and tsunami. ... more | .. |
 Japan crisis spotlights China nuclear concerns The atomic crisis sparked by Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami is throwing a spotlight on energy-hungry China's own plans to build dozens of nuclear power plants despite questions over safety. ... more | .. |
 New method extracts oil from tar sands U.S. researchers say they've come up with an environmentally friendly way of extracting oil from tar sands, a method that can also help in cleaning oil spills. ... more | .. |
  Mercosur-EU trade pact far from certain Prospects for a workable trade pact between Latin America's Mercosur economic bloc and the European Union appear far from certain amid continuing bickering over the impact that free commodities trade may have on European farming communities. ... more |
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Dogs of war: China touts killer robot 'wolves'
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 Ikea eyes further expansion in China Swedish furniture giant Ikea is looking to expand further into China, its shopping centre development arm said Thursday, beyond three new malls already announced in major Chinese cities. ... more | .. |
Japan quake hits Taiwan tourism Taiwan said Wednesday it expected to lose millions of dollars in revenue as Japanese tourists cancelled visits to the island following last week's deadly earthquake. ... more | .. |
Honduras dumps neighbors, opens to China Honduras is shunning neighbors that refuse to recognize its government, questioning its legitimacy, and is reaching out instead to China and India for trade and broader relations. ... more | .. |
 Tokyo stocks stage rebound on bargain-buying Tokyo shares staged a rebound Wednesday on bargain hunting after the biggest two-day sell-off on the Nikkei index for 24 years amid the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl. ... more |
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  Fuel-rod pool now 'major concern' - French watchdog A pool containing spent fuel rods at Fukushima's No. 4 reactor "is the major concern" in Japan's nuclear crisis, presenting the risk of radioactivity being released directly into the air, a French safety agency said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
US run on iodide pills despite reassurances US authorities sought Wednesday to reassure Americans that there is minimal health risk here of radioactivity from Japan, as a US iodide pill maker reported an "enormous" run on the drug. ... more | .. |
Foreign governments urge nationals to leave Japan quake zone Foreign governments Wednesday urged their citizens to steer clear of quake-stricken northeast Japan and the capital Tokyo amid fears of further aftershocks and a widening nuclear disaster. ... more |
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