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Airbus rethinks its space strategy

  Paris / DPA The plans that Airbus has for a factory in Florida are nothing short of revolutionary for the European aviation giant‘s satellite business. “In a good year up till now we haven’t built more than 10 satellites,” says Nicolas Chamussy, who was appointed as Airbus’ space chief last year. “We’re going to produce two satellites a day ...

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An excess of intellectual emptiness

  In 2013, a college student assigned to research a deadly substance sought help via Twitter: “I can’t find the chemical and physical properties of sarin gas someone please help me.” An expert at a security consulting firm tried to be helpful, telling her that sarin is not gas. She replied, “yes the [expletive] it is a gas you ignorant ...

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Narendra Modi, don’t fix what you broke in budget 2017

  You break it, you fix it. That’s the sentiment ahead of India’s annual budget this week. Amid signs that New Delhi’s 8 November ban on 86% of the country’s currency has disrupted demand, snapped supply chains and cratered credit growth, investors expect a fiscal lollipop from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and finance minister Arun Jaitley. Bigger tax rebates for ...

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