Nasa?s new miniature satellite CubeSat starts beaming back
The first of Nasa’s new miniature satellites that was sent to the space aboard an Atlas V rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on 8 October, has radioed back to confirm it is in …...
View ArticleSynaptics close to finalising revised deal with Chinese investment group
US touchscreen chip maker Synaptics Inc is nearing a deal to sell itself for more than $110 per share to a Chinese investment group, three months after it rejected a less than $4-billion takeover o…...
View ArticleLockheed Martin to cut 1,000 jobs in aeronautics unit
US defence contractor Lockheed Martin today said that it aims to reduce 1,000 jobs in its aeronautics business in the US, or about 0.8 per cent of its total workforce. The Maryland-based com… [via...
View ArticleFrench energy giant Engie to buy controlling stake in battery power storage...
French energy company Engie yesterday struck a deal to buy a controlling an 80-per cent stake in California-based battery power storage company Green Charge Networks. Engie, earlier known as… [via...
View ArticleDowned World War II aircraft missing for 72 years located in Pacific Islands
An American TBM-1C Avenger aircraft, missing since July 1944 was recently located in the waters surrounding the Pacific Island nation of Palau using a collaborative effort combining the most advanced …...
View ArticleFAA warns airlines of GPS outages due to secret naval tests
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned pilots that GPS testing could leave the global-positioning signals ”unreliable or unavailable” across much of the west for six days in June. [via...
View ArticleNASA’s Juno spacecraft in orbit around Jupitor
The Juno spacecraft entered a pole to pole orbit of Jupitor after a five-year solar powered spaceflight from Earth that began on 5 August 2011 [via Domain-b Aerospace]
View ArticleUber to sell China subsidiary to rival Didi in $35 bn deal
Under the terms of the deal, Didi will invest $1 billion in Uber and receive Uber?s brand, business and data in China, while its China’s investors will get a 20-per cent stake in the merged company...
View ArticleNoble Group to sell North American energy distribution unit to Calpine Corp...
Hong Kong-based commodities trader Noble Group yesterday struck a deal to sell its North American energy distribution unit to Texas-based power generator Calpine Corp for $1.05 billion, as part of …...
View ArticleTeledyne to buy British imaging sensor provider E2V Technologies for $782 mn
US industrial conglomerate Teledyne Technologies Inc, yesterday struck a deal to buy British imaging sensor provider E2V Technologies Plc for $782 million (?620 million) in cash. Under the t… [via...
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