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29 January 2008

My Faves for Monday, January 28, 2008

Masdar is Abu Dhabi's multidimensional, multi-billion dollar response to the global need for alternative sources of energy. Masdar is not pursuing alternative energy in competition with conventional sources of energy. Its work complements Abu Dhabi's leadership in the oil and gas sector. We have prospered in the era of conventional energy; we have learnt from it and know how to build on it.

[tags: development, technology, solar, environment]

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, aka Masdar, plans to fund research and development of a variety of alternative energy technologies, foster the businesses that create them, and use the emirate's financial clout to make these expensive ideas economical, according to the Financial Times.

[tags: solar, future, development]

Quoted: French bank Societe Generale described Sunday how one of its traders allegedly carried out a $7.2 billion (?4.9 billion) fraud, how the loss came to light and what it is doing to ensure such a case does not recur.

[tags: france, banking, business, finance]

Quoted: Scientists have developed a tiny camera that fits inside a pill, with the goal of allowing patients who swallow it to be assessed for warning signs of esophageal cancer.

[tags: technology, camera, health, cancer]

Quoted: Get the latest UK news and World news from the Telegraph. Your source for sport news, business news, travel news, motoring news and property news

[tags: health]

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