Perhaps more than launching its big, new program, Brin said he hopes the announcement will funnel top clean-tech job applicants to Google.
The center has about 2, 600 employees after billions of dollars in state investment, but has also attracted some of the world's top high-tech firms to set up shop.
Mr. GIN RAY (Manager, Science City): (Through Translator) We want Hefei to become a top-level, high-tech city.
During the past year, Delta was named domestic "Airline of the Year" by the readers of Travel Weekly magazine, was named the "Top Tech-Friendly U.S. Airline" by PCWorld magazine for its innovation in technology and won the Business Travel News Annual Airline Survey.
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Would it be feasible for China to shelter domestic green "champions" with various protectionist measures, or would the country be better off importing top-of-the-line green tech immediately?
"Increasingly, over the last five years, consumer electronics have played a greater role in the top-line growth of tech companies, " says Doug Kass, general partner of hedge fund Seabreeze Partners.
Though not famous like Sally Ride, young Burnham was plenty well-known inside the tech finance cathedrals as the top-gun Web analyst for CS First Boston.
Griner snapped the Big 12 women's scoring record while pouring in 40 points, leading the top-ranked Lady Bears to a 90-60 victory over Texas Tech.
During the tech boom, top-selling domains were based on brand appeal.
Separately, Banc of America Securities moved EMC (nyse: EMC - news - people ) into the top slot of its tech picks, one spot ahead of IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ), jumping on the current valuation following a 19% drop in the data storage company's share price since March.
And, in February, Medvedev, in typically top-down Russian governmental fashion, announced plans to build a high-tech zone inspired by Silicon Valley.
Increasingly, overseas business experience has become a well-scrutinized section in a top tech business leader CV.
Here are the profit margins of top 10 tech stocks on the NASDAQ-100, listed in order of market cap.
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The Facebook founder met with the executives of a number of top Chinese tech companies during his two-week trip to the country, including Baidu, Sina and Alibaba.
Collaborating on projects large and small, from sophisticated high-tech industrial designs for top manufacturers including Cappellini, Vitra, Kartell and Ligne Roset to limited editions for Paris's Galerie Kreo, the French duo are renowned for the elegant simplicity of their work, graced with humor and a signature poetic touch.
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We spent the year speaking to some of tech's top minds -- abstract thinkers like Douglas Rushkoff and DJ Spooky, representatives from leading companies like Google and Sony, modders like Ben Heck and researchers at top universities including MIT and Carnegie Mellon.
Last week Broadcom, which produces the brains for set-top boxes and other online gear, was listed on the Nasdaq, the tech-heavy American stockmarket.
Disclosure lost viewers with its over-the-top portrayal of corporate espionage in a tech company.
"Novell was on top and got dethroned, " says high-tech marketing guru Geoffrey Moore, chairman of The Chasm Group in San Mateo, Calif.
But for the past five years, it is in the top 10% of Morningstar's tech-ETF category, with an average return of 12.9% a year.
Tsinghua University, China's top tech school, churns out brains--and business ideas.
He pumps billions into university research in places like Ireland and Australia because he believes it creates a skilled workforce and attracts top talent, setting the table for high-tech industry and foreign direct investment.
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Lowe said there are so many tech accelerator programs that competition for top-notch startups has become fierce.
Silicon Valley has led the options stampede, but has applied it more widely than other firms, as a way to pay the staff without spending much cash: 80% of options granted by high-tech companies went to employees below the top five executives.
Last year's top five picks--LSU quarterback JaMarcus Russell, Georgia Tech receiver Calvin Johnson, Wisconsin tackle Joe Thomas, Clemson defensive end Gaines Adams and Penn State tackle Levi Brown--took just under a third of last year's rookie money, while the top 10 picks accounted for half.
The Information Technology Industry Council, a high-tech lobbying group, recently passed over its top in-house Republican in naming its new president.
As senior vice president and chief executive officer of the high-tech center, Kaloyeros is credited with attracting top global firms to work with the research and development center.
As senior vice president and chief executive officer of the high-tech center, Kalyeros is credited with attracting top global firms to work with the research and development center.
Acquiring entire businesses mainly to recruit software talent may seem like an over-the-top expense, but the strategy can make sense for tech employers because they get teams of engineers that are used to working together.
The Top Writers program will help highlight writers in a number of non-tech, mainstream categories.
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