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...side of kindness, we might guess that the strategy of Sommers and his screenwriters was to ignore the prototype stage of a franchise launch - a vigorous introduction of the characters and motifs - and go directly to self-parody. We are told the main story takes place "In the not too distant future ..." If that recalls the first line of the old Mystery Science Theater 3000 theme song, you will have brought the proper attitude to the movie: it hardly needs wisecracking robots, for it not only carries the seeds of its own destruction but hands them out like a Burpee...
...down linked to construction troubles with its Finland reactor. The Finnish project was supposed to showcase Areva's third-generation earthquake- and missile-proof design, known as a European Pressurized Reactor (EPR). Areva beat out Westinghouse and General Electric-Hitachi in 2003 to win a contract with Finland's main utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) to build the plant. GE-Hitachi, Mitsubishi and Westinghouse all sell their own third-generation reactors, which are more efficient and safer than previous designs. But Areva's EPR boasts innovations that led the U.S.-based Union of Concerned Scientists to call its design...
...competition is heating up. Siemens now looks set to form a partnership with Rosatom, Russia's main nuclear-energy company and the world's second largest. The move will give the Russian firm new technological and engineering credibility, and mean another strong rival for Areva right in its own backyard. And China's push for nuclear plants is likely to presage competition from that country. "China wants the ability to build its own nuclear facilities in the future," says Nicolas Véron, a capital-markets and foreign-investment expert with Brussels think tank Bruegel. "A large part...
...powerful conservative Intelligence Minister. Following that clash of wills, a Tehran newspaper known to express Khamenei's views called the President a man of "little knowledge." And it's not clear whether Ahmadinejad had the backing of the Revolutionary Guards in his defiance of Khamenei, because the corps' main newspaper criticized the President and backed the Supreme Leader on the issue. Khamenei last week also sought to express his authority - and, perhaps, seek to heal the rift within the regime - by ordering the closure of one of the makeshift detention centers where people rounded up during the crisis have been...
Nissan's new zero-emissions electric vehicle is a quiet car with a noisy message. During an Aug. 2 unveiling at the company's new headquarters in Yokohama, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn drove the Leaf, a four-door hatchback, onto the main stage with Japan's former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in the passenger seat and the mayor of Yokohama and the governor of Kanagawa prefecture sitting in the back. The point was loud and clear: Nissan, which is investing heavily not just in electric-car development but also in infrastructure like charging stations, has politicians on board...