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Wednesday, October 27, 2010



Intel Opens First Fab in China

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Intel Corp. has begun operations within its first fab in China. In 2007, Intel won approval to build a $2.5 billion, 300-mm wafer plant in northern China for chip sets. Intel recently confirmed speculation that it will build a new R&D wafer fab in Hillsboro, OR and upgrade other existing U.S. facilities for 22-nm production at a total investment of between $6 billion and $8 billion. The ...

Four Ways to Propel Green Jobs in the U.S.

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The U.S. needs immediate, decisive investments in the green manufacturing sector, according to Stephanie Burns, chairman, president and CEO of Dow Corning Corp. This can help boost America's exports, lower the trade deficit, create jobs and increase its competitiveness. Creating green manufacturing jobs can prove to be a major factor in our economic comeback. This could be the difference ...

Engineering Degrees Earn More and in More Places

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The starting pay of certain liberal arts majors generally starts well below that of graduates in engineering fields, according to a study by Payscale. Graduates with engineering degrees earned average starting pay of $56,000 in their first full-time jobs out of college, topping other majors. Communications and English majors only earned $34,000 in their first jobs. The survey, which was ...

Venture Capitalist John Doerr Announces $250 Mil Fund For Social Entrepreneurs

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At Facebook headquarters, prominent venture capitalist John Doerr has launched a $250 million dollar investment fund aimed at social entrepreneurs. Together with Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos and Zynga CEO Mark Pincus, the fund will be called the "sFund." The social giants predict that over the next five years, social networking will change the way corporations do ...