China's Three Gorges Project Corporation has proposed a $15bn hydropower scheme to Pakistan to dam the Indus river valley at several points, in a project aimed at controlling floods and tackling electricity shortages, Pakistan's natural resources minister said on Tuesday.
The Financial Times on Tuesday launches a web-based application for smartphones and tablet computers, allowing it to bypass Apple's iTunes Store, Google's Android Market and other distributors to secure a direct relationship with readers.
The Financial Times on Tuesday launches a web-based application for smartphones and tablet computers, allowing it to bypass Apple's iTunes Store, Google's Android Market and other distributors to secure a direct relationship with readers.
The publication of photographs of a handcuffed Dominique Strauss-Kahn has stirred anger in France, where such images are considered to be harmful to the presumption of innocence.
At Facebook headquarters, Obama seeks 2008 campaign energy
President Barack Obama sought to reignite the youthful energy that propelled his 2008 election Wednesday with a campaign-style visit to the nexus of social communications, Facebook.
Trouble at bricks-and-mortar book retailers has combined with booming sales of e-readers and tablet computers to make e-books the biggest-selling category of the US publishing industry for the first time, according to data released on Thursday.
The Financial Times wants to keep selling subscriptions for its digital news directly to readers rather than surrender control of new customers who sign up via Apple's iPad, the managing director of FT.com said.
