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June 27, 2014

Toyota names price for new fuel cell car
Tokyo (AFP) June 25, 2014
Japanese auto giant Toyota will start selling its first fuel cell sedan this financial year, with a price tag of around 7 million yen ($70,000), the company announced Wednesday. The vehicles will begin rolling out by March in the home market, it said, and during the summer of 2015 it will make the environmentally friendly cars available in the United States and Europe. "Hydrogen is a particularly promising alternative fuel since it can be produced using a wide variety of primary energy sources, ... read more

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Google Android software spreading to cars, watches, TV Google set out Wednesday to expand its Android empire beyond smartphones to cars, watches and televisions. ... more		US Supreme Court rules against online TV startup Aereo A startup which captures over-the-air television for Internet viewing violates copyright laws, the US Supreme Court said Wednesday in a landmark ruling affecting the tech and TV industries. ... more		France attacks ICANN as unfit for internet governance France strongly attacked the US-based body that assigns internet addresses on Wednesday, saying it was not a fit venue for internet governance and that alternatives should be sought. ... more
				Google making low-cost smartphone for emerging markets Google announced Wednesday it was working on a low-cost smartphone aimed at emerging markets as part of an initiative called Android One. ... more		GDF Suez opens new solar facility near southern French coast French energy company GDF Suez said Wednesday it inaugurated what it said is among the most powerful solar facilities in France. ... more

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Zimbabwe switches $1.3 bn China power tender: minister The Zimbabwe government has awarded a $1.3 billion thermal power generation project to China's Sino Hydro after another Chinese company failed to conclude the contract, a minister said on Wednesday. ... more		China's plane demand surges but bumpy ride ahead Already Asia's biggest aircraft buyer, China is developing its own passenger planes and building scores of airports but its aviation expansion faces turbulence from slowing growth and inadequate infrastructure. ... more		Toxic homes a lasting legacy of Los Angeles fires 'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UN Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 years		China state copper firm chief jumps to his death: report The head of a $2.0-billion Chinese copper producer fell to his death from a building, the firm announced Wednesday, and a state-run newspaper said he committed suicide following corruption allegations. ... more
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Obama orders review of pesticides' effect on bees

U.S. looks to West Coast for wave energy development

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