European stock markets risk missing out on dozens of large new technology-company listings next year because their private-equity backers believe they can get a better return from US investors.Jonathan Meeks, managing director of the London office o
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 - The searing desert heat ofa Middle East summer will be no obstacle to Qatar hosting aWorld Cup finals, the Gulf State's bid chief said on Tuesdaywhile promising new heat-confounding technologies.Qatar hopes to stage the 2022
US stocks edged lower on Friday after disappointing results from Dell added to fears that the economic recovery has begun to falter. The second-largest personal computer maker said profits had plunged 54 per cent during the third quarter. The compan
US stocks dropped sharply on Thursday after a bleak outlook for the semiconductor industry and fears over the housing market added to concerns about the pace of economic recovery. Shares in Intel, the world’s largest chip maker, fell 4.1 per cent to
China can become the world's top exporter of green technology if it carries out crucial energy and ecological reforms, leading environmental campaigners said here Saturday. For China, I am absolutely convinced that it will become the world leader
China can become the world's top exporter of green technology if it carries out crucial energy and ecological reforms, leading environmental campaigners said here Saturday. For China, I am absolutely convinced that it will become the world leader
The trade deficit with China for high-tech goods keeps climbing. But don't blame companies like Milford, Mass.-based Waters Corp., a maker of scientific instruments. Waters' sales in China, estimated by analysts at roughly $100 million in 2008, are
Tiny metal particles have been shown to cause changes to DNA across a cellular barrier - without having to cross it.The nanometre and micrometre scale particles resulted in an increase of damage to DNA across the barrier via a never-before-seen cell
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