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First UD student successfully defends doctoral dissertation via Skype

Samuel Mathey, a graduate student in the Department of Economics at the University of Delaware, has become the first doctoral student in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics to successfully defend a dissertation via Skype.

On Tuesday, June 12, Mathey’s dissertation committee sat in a Pearson Hall video conference room on UD’s Newark campus while he attended his defense virtually from France.

Committee members for Mathey’s defense included Burt Abrams (chair), professor of economics; Jim Butkiewicz, professor of economics; Laurence Seidman, professor of economics; and Robert Schweitzer, professor of finance. (more…)

Russia Asks China Not to Clone Su-35 Fighters

By Guest PostMarch 7, 2012Economy, Weapons30 millimeter cannon, aircraft, bombs, celestial empire, China, chinese counterfeits, chinese fighter j 10, defense, defense spending, gdp growth, growth rate, intellectual property, kommersant, missiles, moscow, multi role, national peoples congress, nato flanker e, prime minister, russia, russian su 27, russian technology, su 35 fighter jets, voice of russia, wen jiabao

Russia was ready to sign a contract with China to supply 48 multi-role Su-35 fighter jets. However, Russia put forward a condition to the Celestial Empire. Moscow demands guarantees that the aircraft will not be further copied for sale.

According to Kommersant, the amount of the expected transaction could reach $4 billion, or approximately $85 million per unit. If the contract is signed, it will be the largest arms contract of the last decade. (more…)

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Russia Asks China Not to Clone Su-35 Fighters