Panasonic Corp. (PC, 6752.TO) and a Whirlpool Corp. (WHR) subsidiary will plead guilty to conspiring to fix prices on refrigerant compressors and will pay $140.9 million in criminal fines, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday. Whirlpool unit Embraco North America Inc., based in Suwanee, Ga., will pay a $91.8 million criminal fine, while Panasonic will [...]
The star Gliese 581 has gotten a lot of attention over the past few years as scientist have discovered multiple new planets rotating around the Red giant star which could have conditions favorable to sustaining life. This new planet Gliese581 G is the most promising yet. The planet resides in the goldilocks zone in distance [...]
Posted by uspostAutosThursday, September 30th, 2010
One of the joys of the modern auto show is the flight of fancy known as the concept car. In the interest of generating buzz and flexing muscles, automakers trot out impossibly beautiful design and engineering studies that have no hope of production, machines that will never see a showroom or roll down a public [...]
Fisher-Price is recalling 10 million tricycles, high chairs, and other toys known to pose safety risks, according to a Consumer Product Safety Commission release. The hazard, reported in ten cases, is that a “child can strike, sit or fall on the protruding plastic ignition key resulting in serious injury, including genital bleeding.” Other recalled items [...]
Nikon Coolpix L22 12.0MP Digital Camera Make memories and share joy with Nikon’s new COOLPIX L22 and its 12.0 effective megapixel, 3.6x zoom and a huge, bright 3.0-inch LCD. Nikon’s 3-way VR Image Stabilization System automatically detects subject movement and adjusts the shutter speed and ISO to compensate for camera shake and minimize. Features 12.0 [...]