Authors Guild appeals ruling in Google Books caseThe Authors Guild is appealing a US judge's decision in a long-running case that cleared legal obstacles for Google's massive book-scanning project, court documents showed Monday.
Australia gives environmental nod to $5.7 bln coal projectWaratah Coal on Saturday welcomed the Australian government's approval of its $6.4 billion (US$5.7 billion) Galilee coal project, as conservationists warned the decision threatened the environment.
21 декабря 2013
Facebook joins NYU in artificial intelligence labFacebook unveiled plans Monday on a partnership with New York University for a new center for artificial intelligence, aimed at harnessing the huge social network's massive trove of data.
10 декабря 2013
Chinese tycoon unveils $10bn Ukrainian port project: reportA Chinese tycoon who plans to dig a canal across Nicaragua has unveiled his latest project -- a $10 billion deal to build a deepwater port in Ukraine, giving him a foothold in Europe, state-run media said Friday.
Chinese bank lends Niger $1 billion: ministerNiger has accepted a controversial $1 billion loan from the Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim Bank) to finance development projects.
30 октября 2013
Eurasia geological project costs $500 millionImplementation of Eurasia project of onshore and offshore exploration of deep horizons of the pre-Caspian basin will require $500 million.
G-Global presented at G20 summitThe Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists presented G-Global international project called to expand the existing global cooperation format.
Samruk-Kazyna halves capacity of Kartaly-Astana gas pipelineThe number of users along the pipeline and regional networks are not large enough to consume this gas. That's why we had to slash the project from 6 to 3 billion cubic meters of gas: Bishimbayev.
05 сентября 2013
Rio to lay off 1,700 at Mongolia project Mining giant Rio Tinto on Thursday said it will lay off up to 1,700 staff at its huge Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia after a more than US$5 billion expansion was halted.
15 августа 2013
Google to beam Internet from balloons Google revealed top-secret plans Saturday to send ballons to the edge of space with the lofty aim of bringing Internet to the two-thirds of the global population currently without web access.