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...High-Tech Solution To economic policymakers, the real meaning of becoming a strong economy lies beyond getting citizens to spend more and expanding the service industry. The next Chinese miracle, at root, will mean becoming a first-rate technological power. China's road ahead was on display earlier this month in Shanghai, when a San Francisco - based company called the Cleantech Group hosted a venture-capital forum aimed at driving investment dollars toward alternative-energy entrepreneurs on the mainland. Opportunities appear to be plentiful, despite the dim economic environment. Forum attendee Patrick Tam, CEO of Beijing Tsing Capital, says...
...corridor to see his boss. Petrov is deliberately cagey about business prospects. Yes, an economic crisis is now raging, "but this is not the first time we've had one," he says. Indeed, back in 1998, Denisov adds mysteriously, "it was a crisis that helped us move a step ahead." Business, both insist, has not been affected. But press Petrov on prospects for next year and he shifts uneasily in his seat. "We will be making some correction," he finally concedes. Putin himself couldn't have put it better. The question is: Just how much pain will Russians have...
...French city of Lyons. The world's largest cement company, with sales of $22.5 billion in 2007, Lafarge has set itself the goal by 2010 of cutting its net CO2 emissions for every ton of cement it produces to 20% below the 1990 level. But it is also steaming ahead with research efforts into smarter, stronger and less polluting products, including ultra-high-performance concrete. Research director Casanova traces the path of innovation back to the 1980s, when the first big gains were made in improving the resistance of concrete. In the two decades since, researchers have figured...
...Canadian parliament shut down abruptly on Dec. 4 when the embattled Prime Minister Stephen J. Harper of the Conservative Party convinced Governor-General Michaëlle Jean to prorogue, or suspend, the body until January. Harper’s move came ahead of a planned no-confidence vote that had been scheduled...
...Parody of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana Here, Al decides to actually mock the band instead of just replacing the lyrics with ones about an unrelated humorous topic. What’s most impressive is that he’s really ahead of his time in terms of hating on Nirvana. Great job, Uncle Muscles. 3. “Gump”—Parody of “Lump” by The Presidents of the United States of America The Presidents are such an inconsequential band that it?...