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Chicken of the sea? Tuna farming getting a boost
December 7, 2009 4:43 am | CommentsThousands of tuna, their silver bellies bloated with fat, swim frantically around in netted areas of a small bay, stuffing themselves until they grow twice as heavy as in the wild. Is this sushi's future? Tuna raised like chickens or cows?
Climate drama climax looks elusive in Copenhagen
December 7, 2009 4:41 am | CommentsFor 20 years, as this crowded planet grew warmer, nations have gathered annually to try to do something about it. History now brings them to this chilly northern capital, and to a crossroads. The world looks to Copenhagen "to witness what I believe will be an historic turning point in the fight against climate change," says Yvo de Boer, United Nations organizer of the two weeks of talks opening Monday.
Scientists, lawyers mull effects of home robots
December 7, 2009 4:38 am | CommentsEric Horvitz illustrates the potential dilemmas of living with robots by telling the story of how he once got stuck in an elevator at Stanford Hospital with a droid the size of a washing machine. "I remembered thinking, `Whoa, this is scary,' as it whirled around, almost knocking me down," the Microsoft researcher recalled.
NASA to launch sky-mapping spacecraft
December 7, 2009 4:35 am | CommentsNASA's latest space telescope will scan the sky in search of never-before-seen asteroids, comets, stars and galaxies, with one of its main tasks to catalog objects posing a danger to Earth. The sky-mapping WISE, or Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, is scheduled to launch no earlier than before dawn Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast aboard a Delta 2 rocket.
Study: Missing DNA can promote childhood obesity
December 7, 2009 4:33 am | CommentsSome children get severely obese because they lack particular chunks of DNA, which kicks their hunger into overdrive, researchers report. The British researchers checked the DNA of 300 children who'd become very fat, on the order of 220 pounds by age 10.
Program Launched to Boost Clean Energy Job Growth
December 7, 2009 3:48 am | CommentsThe Apollo Alliance released a clean energy investment plan today that will create up to 1.2 million domestic jobs while increasing U.S. energy security and climate stability. The release of Apollo’s 5-point plan coincides with today’s urgent White House jobs summit and amid intensified talk by Congressional leaders of an emergency jobs bill.
Anti-counterfeit Lab Thwarts False Components
December 7, 2009 3:27 am | CommentsTo further protect against the increasing volume of counterfeit electronics components entering into the supply chain, Fusion, a global independent distributor of electronic components, has invested heavily in a new Anti-Counterfeit Screening and Analysis Laboratory.
TSX November eReview: Short Positions - Expired
December 4, 2009 9:00 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsShort Positions - Expired, for November:Premium Brands Holdings Corporation 7% Deb (TSX:PBH.DB): 30-Nov-09 0; 15-Nov-09 1,575,000Intrinsyc Software International, Inc. J (TSX:ICS): 30-Nov-09 0; 15-Nov-09 581,540Russel Metals Inc. 7.75% 09/30/16 Debentures (TSX:RUS.DB): 30-Nov-09 0; 15-Nov-09...
Ross Perot Jr. to join Dell's board
December 4, 2009 8:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsComputer maker Dell Inc. said Friday that Ross Perot Jr., son of former presidential candidate Ross Perot Sr. and chairman of Perot Systems Corp. before Dell bought the company this year, will join its board.Dell said Perot will start immediately and stand for election by shareholders at the...
LED Backlights Breathe New Life into Mature Monitor Market
December 4, 2009 7:02 am | by General Electric | CommentsCapitalizing on the slim form factor and energy savings potential, the use of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in LCD monitor panels is growing rapidly. [...]
Start-Up Shakeout Unlike Dot-Com Bust
December 4, 2009 7:02 am | by Wall Street Journal | CommentsHow harsh has Silicon Valley's start-up shakeout of 2009 been compared with the dot-com bust in 2000-01?
Hearst to Launch Digital Push
December 4, 2009 7:02 am | by Wall Street Journal | CommentsHearst plans to launch a service called Skiff to sell digital subscriptions to newspapers and magazines in a format it hopes will be more visually appealing to users of electronic readers and other electronic devices.
FCC Probes Verizon Wireless Fees
December 4, 2009 7:02 am | by Wall Street Journal | CommentsThe FCC is looking into why Verizon Wireless is now charging a $350 fee to some subscribers who want to break their cellphone contracts early, and sent the company a letter Friday asking for information about the new fee.
Giuliani to help Rio in pre-Olympic crime fight
December 4, 2009 7:00 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsFormer New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani says Rio de Janeiro can become a safe city before it hosts the 2016 Olympics. And his consulting firm will be paid to offer advice on how to make that happen.Giuliani visited a slum in Rio on Thursday and praised Rio's efforts to pacify the violence-plagued...
iFinix Corp. Shareholder Update
December 4, 2009 6:00 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsiFinix Corp (PINKSHEETS: INIX), a provider of real-time financial information and services to active traders and to the securities industry, recently announced that FINRA has approved the Company's 15c-211 application filed on their behalf by Network 1 Financial Securities, Inc.The approval of...
