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Ricardo study predicts that BRIC automotive markets will be eclipsed by the “Rising-15”

Green Car Congress

Ricardo’s Rising-15 automotive markets include: Argentina; Egypt; Indonesia; Iran; Malaysia; Mexico; Morocco; Nigeria; Peru; the Philippines; South Africa; Thailand; Turkey; Ukraine; and Vietnam. Nissan introducing new Datsun in Indonesia. —Andreas Schlosser, Ricardo Strategic Consulting managing director for Central Europe.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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Somewhat less credibly, inventors in Malaysia and China have also claimed to be the first to come up with the thumb drive. An appeals court in the United Kingdom, however, was not persuaded, and Trek lost its patent there in 2008. The necessary elements were certainly ripe for picking in the late 1990s.

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