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December 10, 2014

China General Nuclear shares surge on Hong Kong debut
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 10, 2014
Shares in China's largest nuclear power producer surged almost 20 percent on its debut in Hong Kong Wednesday, after raising more than US$3 billion in the city's biggest initial public offering this year. China General Nuclear Power Co. (CGN) soared 19.06 percent to HK$3.31 (US$0.43) slightly short of an intra-day peak of HK$3.48. The company's IPO raised US$3.16 billion last week, with analysts saying it had a strong appeal to investors as global warming and air pollution in China have increas ... read more

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British shale pioneer courts local labor pool

California chemists develop rewritable paper

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Engineers build world's fastest 2-D camera

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