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November 21, 2009
ChangeQuakes Of The Week
July 10, 2006TOP CHANGEQUAKES OF THE WEEK
** Freescale Debuts First-Of-Kind MRAM Chip
** Soaring Costs Hit Shell Oil Sands Project
** FDA Issues Warning To Flu Vaccine Maker
** EBay Bans Google Checkout
MORE CHANGEQUAKES TO WATCH
TOP CHANGEQUAKES OF THE WEEK
Freescale Debuts First-Of-Kind MRAM Chip
(TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGEQUAKE) -- Freescale Semiconductor announced the commercial availability of its MRAM chip that combines traditional memory's endurance with a hard drive's ability to preserve data while powered down.
www.cnn.com
Related Story: Chip Titans Look To Startup For Flash Memory Lift
www.eweek.com
Soaring Costs Hit Shell Oil Sands Project
(ECONOMIC CHANGEQUAKE) -- Developers of northern Alberta's huge oil-sands reserves may have to rework or delay their projects to avoid massive cost overruns, after Shell Canada said expanding the Athabasca Oil Sands Project would cost billions of dollars more than earlier estimates.
ca.news.finance.yahoo.com
FDA Issues Warning To Flu Vaccine Maker
(FDA APPROVAL CHANGEQUAKE) -- The FDA has sent a warning letter to vaccine manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur about problems observed during April inspections at its Swiftwater, Pa., manufacturing plant that the agency said could lead to contaminated drugs.
www.consumeraffairs.com
EBay Bans Google Checkout
(CORPORATE CHANGEQUAKE) -- EBay is banning sellers from requesting payment through Google Checkout, and has updated its Safe Payments policy this week to add Google's new payment service to its list of online payment methods not permitted on eBay.
auctionbytes.com
Related Stories: Google Checkout Could Boost eBay
www.forbes.com
EBay's PayPal President To Leave Company
news.moneycentral.msn.com
MORE CHANGEQUAKES TO WATCH
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGEQUAKES
Study: Click Fraud A Huge Problem
Internet advertisers paid $800 million for bogus clicks on their marketing messages last year, shaking confidence in the industry and prompting many to reduce spending with Google, Yahoo and other Web sites, according to a recent study.
sfgate.com
Microsoft To Launch Portable Media Player
Microsoft is preparing to roll out a portable digital music player later this year, an apparent bid to capture a slice of the market now dominated by the iPod, music industry executives say.
www.tdn.com
Intel Reveals Dual-Mode WiMAX Chip
Intel is set to announce a chipset that supports both the fixed and mobile versions of the WiMAX wireless broadband technology that will target devices from video games to digital cameras. The push comes with the idea being that if the clients are there, the carriers will come.
news.yahoo.com
CORPORATE CHANGEQUAKES
Nokia Chosen To Provide Free Wi-Fi In NYC Parks
Nokia has been selected as the primary provider for mobile services in the free Wi-Fi networks in New York City parks, and will begin introducing its mobile multimedia services in the parks this summer.
www.upi.com
AOL May Provide Free Service To Broadband Users
AOL wants to drop subscription fees for most of its users, according to TimeWarner officials. Dial-up customers who rely on AOL as their Internet service provider would still have to pay the $25.90 monthly fee, but anyone using AOL on broadband would get the service free -- including e-mail and use of the AOL software.
www.usatoday.com
REGULATORY CHANGEQUAKES
China To Increase Monitoring Of Internet And Cell Phone Use
Chinese authorities have announced their intention to step up their efforts to police and control the Internet and other communications technologies, including instant messaging and cell phones.
news.com.com
ECONOMIC CHANGEQUAKES
June U.S. Jobs Report Misses Expectations
The U.S. economy added fewer jobs in June than economists expected, reducing the urgency for further Federal Reserve interest-rate increases even as wages rose the most in five years. The 121,000 gain in payrolls for June followed a 92,000 increase in May.
www.stltoday.com
China's Trade Surplus Rises To Record $14.5 Billion
China's global trade surplus rose to a new record monthly high of $14.5 billion in June, the Commerce Ministry reported, raising the likelihood of more tension over Beijing's currency controls.
www.businessweek.com
FDA APPROVAL CHANGEQUAKES
New Study Questions FDA's Monitoring Of Reports
A review from the inspector general for the Health and Human Services Department found that 35% of status reports that drug makers were supposed to file in fiscal year 2004 were missing entirely or contained no information on agreed-to studies.
www.forbes.com
Related Story: Big Pharma's FDA Petitions May Delay Generics
www.kansas.com
DISCOVERY CHANGEQUAKES
Stem Cells Transformed Into Immune Cells
Scientists at UCLA report that they coaxed stem cells into becoming T-cells, a crucial part of the immune system. If T-cells could be manufactured, doctors would have a powerful new weapon against AIDS and other diseases at their disposal, investigators said.
www.cbc.ca
PowderMed Set To Test Needle-Free Bird Flu Vaccine
British biotech firm PowderMed has filed for permission to start the first human clinical tests of a needle-free vaccine against the Avian Flu virus.
today.reuters.com
