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June 24, 2011
Two high-tech machines intended to help workers at Japan’s tsunami-hit nuclear plant malfunctioned Friday, including a long-awaited Japanese robot making its first attempt to take […]
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June 13, 2011
President Barack Obama is pushing for more private sector hiring while seeking to protect his own job during a two-day trip that aims to raise […]
May 11, 2011
The U.S. government’s monthly budget deficit narrowed to $40.5 billion in April from a year earlier as tax revenue climbed.
Last month’s figure compares with […]
May 10, 2011
A long-anticipated high-speed railway between Beijing and Shanghai is due to begin trial operations Wednesday, as China persists with its lavish rail spending boom despite […]
March 5, 2011
One of the Web’s largest blog hosting sites, Wordpress, struggled to keep functioning Thursday through a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.
Matt Mullenweg, […]
February 9, 2011
A NASA report on Toyota’s sudden acceleration found “no electronic flaws … capable of producing the large throttle openings required to create dangerous high-speed, unintended […]
January 25, 2011
The International Monetary Fund says the United States must overhaul the housing finance system responsible for its financial crisis, possibly by privatizing Fannie Mae and […]
January 24, 2011
Woolworths Ltd., Australia’s biggest retailer, cut its full-year profit forecast, citing lower consumer confidence and “uncertainty” over inflation and interest rates.
Profit after tax […]
January 22, 2011
Swiss central bank President Philipp Hildebrand said the franc’s ascent is curbing exports and hampering the country’s economic recovery.
The “clear appreciation of the Swiss […]
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