Read An Opinion On: Industry Management Issues Australia By Christina Xia Not long ago, chip giant Intel has done a series of two large-scale acquisitions: to 7.68 billion U.S. dollars of high-priced acquisition of security software maker McAfee, then spent 1.4 billion acquisition of Infineon’s Wireless Solutions Division, which is near Intel, the largest in…
Healthy cloned monkeys born in Shanghai
Thursday, January 25, 2018 In findings published Wednesday in the scientific journal Cell, a team of scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai, China have announced the first-ever cloning of a primate from post-embryonic cells, namely two macaque monkeys. They used somatic cell nuclear transfer, the same method that was used to create…
Space Shuttle Discovery launches
Tuesday, July 26, 2005 The NASA Space Shuttle Discovery roared into the Florida sky at 10:39AM ET (14:39 UTC), 2 weeks after the launch was scrubbed due to a faulty sensor. The launch was the start of the STS-114 mission, which is planned to be completed on August 7, 2005. Solid rocket booster separation was…
What To Do If Your Dachshund Has Back Trouble
Read An Opinion On: Modern Outdoor Furniture Sale By Celia Carson The short answer to what to do if your Dachshund has back trouble is to stop reading this and take him to your veterinarian. In severe cases, you literally only have a matter of hours to react, waiting can mean the difference between full…
Wikinews Shorts: April 19, 2007
A compilation of brief news reports for Thursday, April 19, 2007. Contents 1 Compensation sought for New Zealand’s Internet outage 2 Peruvian farmers issue warning to government 3 Missile shield to feature in talks 4 Water cuts possible as Australia faces drought 5 Russian plans for Bering Strait tunnel received with skepticism Wikinews reported previously on…
Thaksin ordered back to Thailand on stock-sale charges
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 Ousted and living in exile, with assets frozen in Thailand, former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was ordered today by the Royal Thai Police to appear on charges related to the sale of some of his family’s stock holdings. The order adds to mounting, increasingly complex legal troubles for Thaksin, the…