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Current Infineon shareholders would get a preferential price on the new shares

German chipmaker Infineon unveils major capital increase

Technology / Business

created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Computer chip maker Infineon said on Friday it would make a big capital increase guaranteed by the US investment fund Apollo, giving the troubled German company a breath of fresh air.





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Taiwan's Inventec Corp, a key maker of notebook computers, is set to to build a plant in southwestern China

Taiwan notebook maker Inventec plans China plant

Technology / Business

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taiwan's Inventec Corp, the world's fourth largest contract notebook computer maker, said Monday it will spend 800 million US dollars to build a plant in southwestern China.


Skyscrapers in downtown Seoul are shrouded by yellow dust storms in 2006

S.Korea issues warning against 'yellow dust'

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 25, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

South Korea's weather service Friday issued a warning against airborne pollution known as "yellow dust", advising residents in western areas to avoid outdoor activities.


Psychologists show that future-minded people make better decisions for their health

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

When New Year's Eve rolls around and you're deciding whether to have another glass of champagne, your decision may be predicted by your perspective of the future.


Efficient new wireless system can save 10 percent of bandwidth

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Driven by fast-growing use of smart phones and Internet videos, wireless communication among Americans is expanding so rapidly that a tsunami of megabytes could soon threaten to overwhelm the bandwidth available.


Gene for devastating kidney disease discovered

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Children's Hospital Boston and Brigham and Women's Hospital have identified an important genetic cause of a devastating kidney disease that is the second leading cause of kidney failure in ...


Financial instruments could be spiked with unfindable risks

Financial instruments could be spiked with unfindable risks

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 42

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a result that may have implications for financial regulation, researchers from computer science and economics have revealed potentially impenetrable problems with the pricing of financial ...


Banks and bailouts: Playing politics?

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Banks with strong political connections were more likely to receive bailout money from the government—and more of it—in the past year than those with weaker ties, say University of Michigan researchers.


The world's next economic hot spot?

The world's next economic hot spot?

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A bailout by neighboring emirate Abu Dhabi has apparently stabilized Dubai’s financial crisis. But the longer-term economic impact—on Dubai and other nations—could grow more serious.


Hollywood adds money, talent to made-for-Web shows (AP)

Hollywood adds money, talent to made-for-Web shows

Technology / Internet

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Web sites that buy original video clips often pay so little that "The Bannen Way," a flashy crime thriller debuting online, looked destined to be made poorly if it could be made at all.


An undated photo shows then director of Sukhumi's monkey nursery, Sergei Ardzimba, feeding his monkeys

War-torn 'nursery' hopes to send monkeys to Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (8) | comments 6

The monkeys at this run-down research centre which was once the pride of Soviet science have seen it all -- a brutal civil war, freezing winters and starvation.



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