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Majority of U.S. Innovation Jobs Overseas
U.S.companies that performed or funded research and development (R&D)domestically or overseas employed 27.1 million workers worldwide in2008, according to a recent report by the National Science Foundation. Domestic R&D employment accounted for 7.9 percent of companies’ total domestic employment and for 77 percent oftheir worldwide R&D employment. The figures are the first employmentstatistics from the [...]
AEG Power Solutions acquires majority stake in skytron energy
AEG Power Solutions, a global player in industrial power electronics,has strengthened its position as a solutions provider for megawattutility-scale photovoltaic (PV) power plants with the purchase of amajority stake in skytron energy. Founded in 1996,Berlin-based skytron provides leading-edge metering, monitoring andsupervision solutions to companies in engineering, procurement andconstruction (EPCs), as well as to independent power [...]