Toshiba plans to double operating profit by 2014-15 Reuters | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp (6502.T) said on Thursday it aims to more than double its annual operating profit in three years to $5.6 billion, by expanding its social infrastructure business and boosting sales of electronics devices. | The electronics conglomerate, whose television sales...
Why A Japanese E-Commerce Giant Is The Lead Investor In Pinterest Business Insider | Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is the lead investor in Pinterest's $100 million round. | Most people in the United States have never heard of Rakuten. And that's a big reason the company is trying to get in good with Pinterest. | Pinterest will be able to drive more...
>How to View Sunday’s Eclipse (Safely) with a Telescope Wired News | A view of an eclipse on January 6, 2011. Image: nasa.gov | As I mentioned a few months ago, all the recent sunspot and inspired me to pull out our low-tech telescope and . Once I figured it out, it was easy to set up a viewing station on our front ...
>Which Insane Stunt Crew Will Be the Jackass of the Future? Wired News | << Previous | A boat jump from the upcoming 3-D movie about extreme stunt crew Nitro Circus.<< Previous | The trio of films from the crew has grossed more than $334 million globally (emphasis on grossed). But they haven’t cornered...
Japan ready to help in euro crisis at G8 talks France24 | AFP - Japan said that it stood ready to extend help in stemming the eurozone's debt crisis as the Group of Eight major industrialized nations opened crisis talks. | Japan, the world's third largest economy and only Asian power in the elite G8 club,...
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A vacuum cleaner that talks as it cleans The Siasat Daily London, May 10: | A Japanese company has come up with a robot vacuum cleaner that can talk to people as it cleans. The gadget can be controlled with an iPhone and it also sends bac...
Japan keen on technology transfer for Indian expressways The Times Of India Tweet NEW DELHI: Japan is keen on technology transfer with India for developing expressways, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said today. | Japanese Land, Infrastructure...
Japan Launches South Korean Satellite Into Orbit Voa News SEOUL - Early Friday, Japan successfully launched a South Korean satellite. The historical accomplishment puts the Japanese in the same arena as European and Russian entities in the lucrative commercial space launch business. | The roar of the ...
>Review: Awesome Action Barely Keeps Battleship Above Water Wired News | Alex Hopper (Taylor Kitsch) and Yugi Nagata (Tadanobu Asano) examine a space invader in the game-adaptation movie Battleship. | Battleship starts like Top Gun, morphs into Transformers and ultimately ends up somewhere in the neighborhood of Indepen...
Arm yourself with knowledge and courage, Kalam tells students The Hindu India can become a global player when innovation is used to produce value-added products, said the former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam here on Thursday. | Addressing the graduating batch of CMR Institute of Technology, Dr. Kalam said: “When you graduate, the two things you carry with you is knowledge and courage.” | He urged students to...
International Day of Museums celebrated Khaleej Times The Sharjah Museum of Natural History and Vegetation, affiliated to the Sharjah Department of Environment and Natural Reserves, celebrated the International Day of Museums on Thursday. | Saif Al Suwaidi, Chairperson of the Department of Environment and Natural Reserves, said the celebration of this annual international event, under the slogan of 'M...
