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Indonesia launches eco-friendly investment index

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Indonesian stock exchange and a biodiversity foundation have launched an investment index to raise awareness of companies' environmental track records, an environmental group said.





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EBay settles lawsuit filed by Skype founders

Technology / Internet

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- EBay Inc. has settled a legal skirmish with the founders of Skype that threatened to complicate eBay's plans to sell most of the Internet phone service to a group of investors for $2 billion.


The founders of Skype fired back against online auction giant eBay's plans to sell the Web communications service.

Skype founders file another suit over eBay sale

Technology / Internet

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The founders of Skype fired another salvo Friday against online auction giant eBay's plans to sell the Web communications service.


MIT commercial property price index posts record drop

MIT commercial property price index posts record drop

Other Sciences / Economics

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Transaction prices of commercial property sold by major institutional investors fell by 18 percent in the second quarter of 2009, according to an index developed and published by the MIT Center ...


Cisco addition increases technology clout in Dow

Technology / Business

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Miles per hour - out. Bits per second - in.


Consumers remain upbeat

Other Sciences / Economics

created May 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Despite the global recession and the crisis in the banking sector, consumer confidence in financial services remains intact, according to a report compiled for the Nottingham University Business School.


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.


MIT commercial real estate index posts first drop since '03

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 15, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The value of U.S. commercial real estate owned by big pension funds fell 2.5 percent in the third quarter of 2007, according to an index produced by the MIT Center for Real Estate.


Tech Sector Healthiest in over 5 Years

Technology / Business

created Mar 25, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new report finds that with strong performances by vendors, demand for technology products and a positive employment market, the health of the U.S. technology industry is at its highest level in five-and-a-half years.


Grid helps find one picture in a million

Grid helps find one picture in a million

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking for images on the internet can be a frustrating business. Whether you want the perfect sunset over the sea or the London skyline by night, youre dependent on people to describe the ...


Is the obesity epidemic exaggerated?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Last week, the UK health secretary declared that we are in a grip of an obesity epidemic, but does the evidence stack up? Researchers in this week’s BMJ debate the issue.



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