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...after the publication of the "Defense Technology Plan," the august think tank the Royal United Services Institute held a conference in London, sponsored by defense giant BAE Systems, called "Alternative Energy and Sustainability for the Military." Representatives from Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems and various academic institutions were in attendance. "Look, we can be agnostic about the politics of climate change," MOD science director Stein said before the meeting. "But there are operational reasons why we need these new technologies. And we need the brightest people helping us solve the problem." On that last point, at least, a die-hard environmentalist...
...sought security in all the usual places in recent months. The U.S. dollar, the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen - each with a history as a safe haven - have all provided homes for nervous depositors' cash. But as the economies of those three countries flounder, it's time to look around, and smart investors think they've discovered a new harbor to protect them from the choppy economic seas. "The best safe haven currency," analysts at banking giant HSBC wrote in a research note this month, is Norway's. According to HSBC's reading, right now the Norwegian krone...
...programs for the car companies are not in place now, and probably cannot be until the middle of the year, their losses in the first two quarters should not be terribly different than they were in the fourth quarter. Depending on which of the P&L lines financial analysts look at, it means that Detroit is going through as much as $9 billion a month. GM (GM) and Chrysler could spend the $22 billion that they are requesting in as little as 90 days. It has been said that a country should never get into a land war in Asia...
...With 2:42 left in the game, Tay perfectly directed a nifty no-look pass to Markley, who turned around for an easy basket. Then, in Harvard’s final possession, Tay took the ball at the left baseline and hit nothing but net on her final shot in a Crimson uniform...
...April, and officials are scurrying to devise a compromise, probably involving a special label. If Paris can rally enough E.U. countries to its cause, then French winemakers may well win this particular battle. But with their global market share continuing to fall, they might have to look at other ways to win back consumers...