- Beijing is using its accumulation of billions of American dollars to step up its investments around the globe. In the last year, Chinese acquisitions in the U.S. have ranged from a relatively obscure theater in Branson, Mo., to stakes in such famous brands as Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson.
- Automakers are revealing plans for plug-in hybrids, and it was only a matter of time before Porsche jumped on board. The 918 Spyder Hybrid concept car, revealed this week at the Geneva Auto Show, supposedly goes 0 to 60 mph in 3.2 seconds, gets 78 miles per gallon, and can go 16 miles on pure electric charge.
- Wally - a company that makes stunning modern yachts–and the French fashion house Hermes have teamed up to design a new boat: The appropriately named WHY, a full-blown solar-powered island.
- Greece has seen strong demand for its latest government bond issue in a vote of confidence for the country’s debt-ridden economy.
- Threatened by Apple Inc.’s growing stable of portable devices, Sony Corp. is developing a new lineup of handheld products, including a smart phone capable of downloading and playing videogames, according to people familiar with the matter.
- Angered by increases in tuition and cuts in state financing, thousands of students, parents and faculty members protested across California on Thursday at colleges, universities and even elementary schools to plead for help with the state’s education crisis.
- Checkout the mobile browser market share worldwide.
- The Feb. 27 magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile may have shortened the length of each Earth day says NASA.
- As Android’s growth continues to explode since the release of the Droid, only the most foolish of app shops are not planning to expand beyond Apple’s walled garden. One developer, in fact, wrote that his app, which was showing modest, double-digit daily sales late last year, now reports that his app is making $13,000 a month.
- Hoping to improve the city’s chances of being the test site for Google’s ultra-fast broadband experiment, the Mayor of Topeka, Kansas has issued a proclamation that his city be known as ‘Google, Kansas–the capital city of fiber optics’ for the month of March.
- Is Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock the most powerful man in finance?
- Chile is to investigate why its tsunami warning system failed.
- General Motors grew its sales by double digits in February in what could be a sign the auto giant is turning around its long slide.
