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Battelle-R&D Magazine forecast predicts 5.2% growth in 2012 global R&D spending to $1.4+T, largely driven by Asian economies; US companies and tech providers to boost energy R&D spending by 23.1% to $6.7B

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The Battelle-R&D Magazine annual Global R&D Funding Forecast concludes that global research and development (R&D) spending will grow by about 5.2% The team from Battelle and R&D Magazine forecast that a 2.1% With 18 US corporations among the top 50 firms ranked by R&D spending, the US remains dominant in manufacturing R&D.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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Floppies have had a surprisingly long life—in January 2024, Japan announced it will no longer require floppy-disk copies of government submissions. BASF, a German chemical manufacturer, has a somewhat similar corporate history and logo design to fellow thick-Helvetica enthusiast 3M. based on Pfluemer’s magnetic-tape invention.

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Blink Charging Celebrates Women in the Electric Vehicle Industry

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Japan, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, and various other countries. Her contribution to the EV industry in North America and beyond was so impactful that she graved the cover of Time Magazine in October 2021 for her groundbreaking work. Women if EV hosts regular anual conferences that attract participants from around the world.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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While in the corporate bond world, the credit ratings agencies rated the bonds of thousands of companies and were not dependent on any one company for fees, subprime mortgage-backed credit derivatives were being produced by a small number of banks. Offset Quality Initiative, Ensuring Offset Quality (July 2008), available at: [link].

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

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I just read the article in the June/July issue of Homepower magazine written by two firemen who have solar panels on their roofs. FROM HOMEPOWER MAGAZINE written by Fire engineer Matthew Paiss: Access, pathways, and smoke-ventilation space: Providing a 3-foot setback from the edges of the roofline. BRADLEY’S BACKGROUND IN SOLAR.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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As government influence declined, some alums from the first period who had worked at government research institutes also took corporate jobs. Favorite periodical: TIME magazine. KAIST graduates flocked to Samsung, GoldStar/LG, and Hyundai/Hynix. Korea Academy of Science and Technology. Kim Choong-Ki. Date of birth: 1 October 1942.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

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Convinced that Xerox was making a mistake, Warnock and Geschke left PARC to implement their page description language once again, but this time within a corporation they controlled. of Tokyo, Japan, introduced the Canon LBP-CX desktop laser printer, which, moreover, printed beautifully. “If Then Canon Inc., 2, 1988, pp.

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