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Bookstore chain Borders writes final chapter
AFP, Published on 19/07/2011
» Embattled US bookstore chain Borders said Monday it would liquidate after failing to find a buyer amid the growing popularity of e-books and the slow economy.
Apple-Microsoft group pays $4.5 bn for Nortel patents
AFP, Published on 01/07/2011
» A consortium led by Apple and Microsoft won an auction for some 6,000 patents held by bankrupt Canadian firm Nortel, their $4.5 billion bid beating Google and Intel, Nortel announced on Friday.
Legal assistance for cheated farmers
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/11/2010
» Powerful people, even former government officials, sometimes cheat small farmers, buying their rice but never paying for it. Legal reforms to expedite these cases are necessary.
Digging out from under Thailand's 1997 Crisis debt
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/11/2010
» Thailand has long recovered from the 1997 crisis, but the debt, held by the FIDF under the central bank, remains and puts a drag on Thailand's development.
Going nuclear
Database, Published on 29/09/2010
» Researcher Ralph Langner of Germany concluded that the highly troublesome, infective Stuxnet worm was the world's first malicious software designed specifically to destroy physical property, such as a factory or, well, a nuclear power plant; Mr Langner took apart the worm and discovered code that indicated it was targeting the Bashehr nuclear power plant in Iran; the worm is incredibly sophisticated and takes action without any user interaction; Stuxnet is not a criminal shakedown, said Mr Langner, and "not about espionage. This is a 100 percent sabotage attack."