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Mazda SkyActive Tackles Fuel-Efficiency

Mazda “pocket sized” cars compared to giant polluting vehicles is a far more eco-friendly option. Since green improvements can't satisfy the clients' needs on their own, the major company is putting all its hopes in its new "Skyactiv" baby. "Skyactiv" appears to be an appropriate name since the...

13 December 2011
05:25 GMT

Economy Still Down In the Dumps, PC Makers Say

After years of economic woes for the whole world, almost everyone is looking for signs that things are improving, but PC makers say black Friday is not one of them. In fact, PC players say that, despite Black Friday apparently making things seem less dire, the economy hasn't actually begun to recover. For tho...

30 November 2011
09:53 GMT

New York Expected to Pass a Solar Bill in 2012

Representatives from environmental groups and major players operating in the solar industry join forces to empower The New York Solar Jobs Coalition, an organization aiming to encourage New York to pass a solar bill by 2012. In their opinion, the development of solar industry implies the creation of thousands of gr...

30 November 2011
04:31 GMT

Research Values Internet Revenue at 8 Trillion US Dollars

Trying to put the hype into numbers, McKinsey & Company concluded a research to evaluate the Internet's impact on the World's economy. It approximates the Internet's total revenue at around $8 trillion.The research only took data from 13 countries, the G8, meaning Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,...

7 November 2011
11:26 GMT

Auction Houses in Diablo III Are Just One Part of Dynamic Loot System

When Blizzard announced that it will include real world money powered Auction Houses in its upcoming Diablo III a lot of fans reacted angrily, accusing the company of only trying to create a new revenue stream for the game.But the developers have said that their only reason for this new system is to give players even...

24 October 2011
05:48 GMT

People Have Lost Confidence in Technology, CEA Finds

It was no secret that the worldwide economy was doing badly, but CEA discovered just how bad things are and how seriously this has affected the technology industry. By now, saying that the financial state of the world is bad would be an exercise in stating the glaringly obvious. Most people only have a vague i...

28 September 2011
02:42 GMT

Lights Reveal Economic Prosperity from Space

According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that analyzing the amount of lights coming from a certain area can be used as a predictor of how economically-developed that area actually is. Earth's lights can easily be seen by satellites in its orbit. Broadway, the Las Vegas Strip or ...

11 June 2011
04:42 GMT

Economic Downturn Changed Spending Habits for Years

When the global economic downturn began, it changed the way people went about purchasing what they needed. Emphasis was again placed on buying only the necessary things, rather than spending money on useless things. Experts say that will take years to change.In the years leading up to the recession, consumers, especi...

5 November 2010
06:00 GMT

UK Internet Worth £100 Billion According to Google-Commissioned Report

A new report commissioned by Google and conducted by Boston Consulting tries to describe how important the web is to the UK economy. The report, titled Connected Kingdom, showed that the internet drives as much as £100 billion for the economy while being the sector with the fastest growth."The United Kingdom ha...

26 October 2010
10:46 GMT

2010 Nobel Prize in Economics Winners Anounced

The Nobel Foundation announced that the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economics will be shared between economists Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen, and Christopher A. Pissarides.The three scientists have been awarded the prestigious Prize “for their analysis of markets with search frictions,” the official announ...

12 October 2010
03:06 GMT

Tougher Economic Climate Promotes Tougher Music

According to a new investigation of music listening habits in the United States for the past 50 years, tougher economic times make people more likely to listen to tougher artists and songs. On the other hand, whenever the financial situation improves and people have the means necessary to live their lives without wor...

13 April 2010
10:43 GMT

Recession Reduces Natality Rates

Scientists from the respected statistics institute the Pew Research Center (Pew) recently released the conclusions of a new investigation that they conducted on the link between the economy and childbirth. The team discovered an important correlation between the beginning of the economic downturn and the number of ov...

8 April 2010
02:46 GMT

Disturbing Theory on Mitigating Global Warming

According to a new idea, it may be that the effects of global warming are currently simply too great to be mitigated completely or partially. University of Utah Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences Tim Garrett reveals that rising carbon dioxide concentrations, of the kind that is currently held responsible as ...

23 November 2009
02:58 GMT

The Economy May Be Picking Up, Google Says

Google CEO Eric Schmidt and cofounder Sergey Brin spoke at a press conference in New York earlier touching on most aspects of the company and some of the more pressing issues like Google Books and Google Chrome. The company's economic state also came under scrutiny. Google has weathered the economic downturn bet...

8 October 2009
06:31 GMT

Job Losses Highest in 26 Years

Over the past couple of months, the abysmal state of the US economy has gradually began to recover, as the stimulus measures employed by president Obama and the federal government slowly began to go into effect. For the last month, employees only cut 345,000 jobs, which is less than the previsions made by officials f...

5 June 2009
10:28 GMT

Company Charity More Present in Countries Lacking Human Rights

According to new statistics from the UK, British companies that operate in countries that lack basic civil and human rights regulations are likely to donate 70 percent more money to charity than similar firms conducting their activities in nations where such regulations exist. The result of the new study again certif...

2 April 2009
04:22 GMT

Brain Region Affected by Economic Advice

In times of crisis, people are very likely to find themselves in the situation where their own financial status is beyond them. In such circumstances, they must seek the help of a professional advisor, who usually gives them the counsel they're looking for. It's what happens in the brains of clients at that...

24 March 2009
11:37 GMT

Rumor Mill: Microsoft Might Cut Jobs as Profit Goes Down

The worldwide economy isn't doing so well, as the recession is affecting almost every branch of the industry. It now seems that, although Microsoft considers its Xbox 360 console and its whole game and entertainment division recession-proof, things aren't going too well with the other departments in the maj...

21 January 2009
13:01 GMT

Privatization Killed a Million People in Eastern Europe

An Oxford study, published in The Lancet, shows that nearly one million working-aged men and women died in Eastern Europe due to the sudden transition from nation-owned businesses to the private sectors in the years following the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union. Countries that were a former part of the Sovi...

16 January 2009
07:02 GMT

Financial Crisis Hits Gaming Industry

These are troubled times, the economical situation in the United States isn't very good. With stock prices falling for almost every company, some analysts said that one of the most sure investments these days are in the large companies in the gaming industry. Names such as Electronic Arts or Activision  Bli...

30 September 2008
03:41 GMT

Being Cheap is in Your Genes

Is he always looking for the worst, cheapest and dirtiest restaurant? Does he eat a lot only when he receives an invitation? The roses are always a little withered, aren't they? Don't put the blame on him, but on his genes. An international research team has found for the first time that genes influence the...

2 October 2007
03:46 GMT


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