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Ariane Chair Says Existing Launch Services Meet Industry Needs Paris, France (SPX) Mar 18, 2010 The push by certain telecommunications operators for additional players in the space lift marketplace could work to the satellite industry's own detriment, generating an overcapacity situation and potentially creating launch services quality issues. This was the conclusion of several participants in a panel discussion on the launch sector's future, which was organized as part of the Satellite 2010 conference of telecommunications executives, managers and service providers. Taking part in the ... read more |
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Rio Tinto staff face trial in China on Monday Beijing (AFP) March 17, 2010 An Australian executive faces trial in China next week in a case that has badly strained relations, the government in Canberra and a Chinese lawyer involved in the case said Wednesday. Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu, an Australian passport holder, and three Chinese employees of the Anglo-Australian mining giant will go on trial in Shanghai on Monday, they said. A spokeswoman for Australia' ... more Shanghai unveils new-look airport ahead of World Expo Shanghai (AFP) March 14, 2010 Shanghai this week will unveil a brand-new airport terminal - the latest mega-infrastructure project to be completed as the Chinese city prepares to welcome tens of millions of visitors to Expo 2010. The city has spent 2.2 billion dollars on the makeover of Hongqiao airport, located just 35 minutes from the city centre, and made it part of a ultramodern travel hub linking metro, high-speed ... more Chinese ad firms seek talks with Google over pullout threat Beijing (AFP) March 17, 2010 A group of 27 Chinese advertising agencies have sent Google a letter calling for talks over compensation for possible business losses if the Internet giant pulls out of the country. The letter, confirmed Wednesday by Google and one of the agencies, complained that the US firm kept them in the dark about whether it plans to make good on a threat to leave China over censorship and cyberattacks ... more |
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Siemens to join Chinese bid for Saudi rail contract: report Frankfurt (AFP) March 16, 2010 The German industrial group Siemens has teamed up with a Chinese public consortium to bid for a big Saudi Arabian rail contract, the Financial Times said Tuesday, citing sources close to the matter. Siemens decided to join forces with the state-owned China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation, which could win the seven-billion-dollar (five-billion-euro) tender, a sign of growing Chinese strength in the rail sector, the newspaper said. The Haramain rail project is designed to link the S ... read more |
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