Japan’s January exports fall by 46% from last year

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 According to official figures, Japan’s exports dropped by 46% in January compared to a year ago, the lowest statistics ever to be recorded. Japan’s exports to the United States plunged by almost 53% in January, with car shipments down by 81%. Exports to the European Union…

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Value Of Mature Workers To It Industry}

Submitted by: Tristan T The IT industry continues to grow at lightning pace, as a result of advancing technology and businesses moving important data and information onto digital platforms. However, for all the benefits of this trend, Australia – and indeed the world – are seeing significant skill shortages. According…

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Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the…

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