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Brazil's Rousseff to raise 'currency war' in USBrasilia (AFP) April 5, 2012 President Dilma Rousseff will next week propose to US counterpart Barack Obama that the two countries work together to end the "currency war" that is hurting Brazil, a spokesman said Thursday. Brazil, Latin America's dominant power and the world's sixth-largest economy, has blamed the real's appreciation on a "currency war" waged by rich countries, which are flooding the market with dollars through cheap credit. "The excess liquidity will be analyzed in the context of the crisis in general and t ... read more |
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  Google chief betting big on social and mobile Google co-founder Larry Page on Thursday said that his first year back at the company's helm has been marked by big bets on social networking and mobile gadgets. ... more | .. |
  Experts survey stricken Total North Sea gas platform A team of experts spent four hours inspecting a wellhead that is spewing a cloud of potentially explosive gas on a North Sea platform operated by French energy giant Total, the company said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 US sees promise in China economic reforms China's leaders are sliding their toes further into the tide of economic reform, exciting ripples of cautious optimism in the United States, where Wall Street and Main Street could benefit. ... 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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  Fukushima to be new geothermal site? Fukushima, the prefecture where Japan's nuclear power plant disaster occurred, could host the country's largest geothermal power plant. ... more | .. |
  Outside View: Modest jobs growth expected Forecasters expect the U.S. Labor Department on Friday to report the U.S. economy added 201,000 jobs in March, down from 227,000 in February but in line with the moderate pace of economic recovery. ... more | .. |
 Turkey to start northern Cyprus drilling Turkey will start drilling for oil and gas in northern Cyprus this month despite opposition from Greek Cypriots, the north's energy minister says. ... more | .. |
 Court revives Viacom copyright suit against YouTube A US appeals court on Thursday revived a billion-dollar lawsuit filed by entertainment giant Viacom accusing Google-owned website YouTube of knowingly profiting from pirated video clips. ... more |
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Underappreciated threat of nanoplastic pollution revealed in Atlantic Ocean study
Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: experts
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  GM's China sales hit record high for March US auto giant General Motors said Thursday that its China sales set a record for March, despite an overall slowdown in the world's biggest car market. ... more | .. |
  Airborne prayers problem solved for tech-savvy Muslims As a frequent flier and devout Muslim, businessman Abdalhamid Evans always comes up against the same challenge in the air: when to say his prayers. ... more | .. |
  REFUsol PV String Inverters Listed on New York Standard Interconnection Requirements (SIR) List REFUsol has announced that the REFUsol 012K, 016K, 020K and 024K inverters are in compliance with the New York Standard Interconnection Requirements (SIR) and qualify for the New York State Energy R ... more | .. |
 China Sunergy Begins Manufacturing Solar Modules in France China Sunergy is pleased to announce that the Company has begun assembling solar modules in France through OEM cooperation with KDG Energy, a French manufacturer of high quality PV modules. Th ... more |
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 Arizona Land Department and APS Partner on First-Ever Solar Facility to Be Built on State Land Arizona's State Land Department and Arizona Public Service are working in coordination to build the first-ever solar project on Arizona State Trust lands. Nearly 400 acres in Yuma County will soon b ... more | .. |
 First 50MW of Large Solar Power Plant Enabled By Cross-Border Collaboration SolFocus has joined with Mexican land and real estate developer Grupo Musa and U.S.-based energy developer Synergy Technologies, LLC to announce the launch of a landmark solar power plant in Baja Ca ... more | .. |
 US DHS Tests Rapid Recovery Transformers The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S and T) has announced the successful completion of a drill to move, deploy and energize a trio of fast-recovery ... more | .. |
 Fast-Start Turbines Installed at Haynes Generating Station Marking a major milestone in the transformation of its power supply and rebuilding of its coastal power plants, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has received delivery and begun ... more |
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Skimming the Sun, probe sheds light on space weather threats
Are Unlocked Phones Any Good? Unlocked vs. Locked Phone Benefits
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  Giant piezoelectricity from ZnO materials, comparable with perovskite, was achieved In recent years, with the growing concerns over environmental protection and human health, environment-friendly materials have received increasing attention, and for decades researchers have been fi ... more | .. |
 Rooftop Solar Energy Program Wins Critical Approval From LA City Council The Los Angeles City Council cleared the way for the launch of an innovative rooftop solar-energy program, approving a measure to allow the Department of Water and Power (DWP) to move forward with t ... more | .. |
 Argentina escalates quarrel with Spain Argentina escalated its quarrel with Spain over the fate of largest oil producer YPF, controlled by Spain, and threatened action against another Spanish company accused of failing its telecommunications customers. ... more | .. |
  Coal India faces government pressure The Indian government issued a rare presidential directive ordering Coal India Ltd. to sign fuel supply agreements with power plants. ... more |
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 Arabian Sea caught in China-India standoff The competition for energy between China and India, the world's two largest expanding economies, is likely to encompass the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean, a vital artery for oil and gas to Asia from the Persian Gulf. ... more | .. |
 Google gives glimpse of Internet glasses Google on Wednesday gave the world a glimpse of its vision for letting people look at life through Internet-tinted glasses. ... more | .. |
 Scientists develop ultra-thin solar cells Austrian and Japanese researchers on Wednesday unveiled solar cells thinner than a thread of spider silk that are flexible enough to be wrapped around a single human hair. ... more | .. |
  Yahoo! axes workers in latest turn-around bid Struggling US Internet pioneer Yahoo! said Wednesday it would slash some 2,000 jobs in a purge aimed at transforming into a "smaller, nimbler, more profitable" company. ... more |
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 China boosts foreign investment quota China has nearly tripled the amount of money foreign institutions can invest in stocks, bonds and bank deposits to $80 billion as it seeks to boost its capital markets. ... more | .. |
 ASEAN to 'intensify efforts' on China sea disputes Southeast Asian leaders on Wednesday pledged to step up efforts to resolve overlapping maritime disputes with China, at the end of a two-day summit which also focused on Myanmar and North Korea. ... more | .. |
 Bulgarian parliament committee to review shale gas ban Bulgaria's parliament set up a special committee Wednesday to review shale gas exploration and production in an apparent bid by the government to relax a ban on the industry imposed in January. ... more | .. |
 China's Wen urges end to banks' lending 'monopoly' China's Premier Wen Jiabao has called for the break-up of a banking "monopoly" on lending that has squeezed private businesses as the global economy slows, state media reported. ... more |
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 ASEAN paralysed over China sea dispute, say analysts The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is paralysed by differences over how to deal with regional superpower China's claims to strategic islands in the South China Sea, analysts said. ... more | .. |
 Brazil seeks $10.9 bn from Chevron for second spill A Brazilian prosecutor is demanding that Chevron and the oil drilling contractor Transocean pay $10.9 billion for a second offshore spill last month, the US oil giant said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Advanced power-grid research finds low-cost, low-carbon future in West The least expensive way for the Western U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to help prevent the worst consequences of global warming is to replace coal with renewable and other sources of ... more | .. |
  Nanoscale magnetic media diagnostics by rippling spin waves Memory devices based on magnetism are one of the core technologies of the computing industry, and engineers are working to develop new forms of magnetic memory that are faster, smaller, and more ene ... more |
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