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May 22- Cybersecurity researcher HD Moore discovered he could use the Internet to access the controls of some 30 pipeline sensors around the country that were not password protected. U.S. national security experts used to take comfort in the belief that "rational" super powers like China or Russia were their main adversaries in cyber space.
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*Canada's Loblaw, UK's Primark say their garment suppliers at site. DHAKA, April 25- At least 175 mainly women workers were killed in a Bangladesh building collapse and rescuers searching for survivors said on Thursday that many more were trapped in the rubble of a complex that housed factories supplying Western clothes retailers.
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*Microsoft shares hit seven-month high. April 22- Activist investor ValueAct Capital has taken a $2 billion stake in Microsoft Corp, CNBC reported on Monday, and Microsoft shares leapt to their highest point in seven months. Microsoft shares rose 4.4 percent to $31.06, touching their highest levels since last September.
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*Manufacturers sentiment index -4, service sector +12. TOKYO, April 18- Sentiment among Japanese manufacturers rose for a fifth straight month in April, although not as strongly as had been earlier expected, and is seen improving further as massive central bank and government stimulus takes hold, a Reuters poll showed.
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TOKYO, April 11- Japan's machinery orders rose in February at the fastest pace in since mid-2011 in a sign that capital expenditure could pick up this year as business confidence is boosted by government and central bank efforts to end deflation.
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TOKYO, April 11- Japan's core machinery orders rose 7.5 percent in February, rebounding from a sharp fall in the previous month, government data showed on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON, March 26- Demand for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods surged in February, suggesting factory activity continued to expand at a moderate pace, even though a gauge of planned business spending slipped. The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas rose 8.1 percent in January compared to last year, its biggest rise since June 2006.
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WASHINGTON, March 26- Demand for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods surged in February, suggesting factory activity continued to expand at a moderate pace, even though a gauge of planned business spending slipped after surging the previous month.
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*Looks to tap cheaper shale gas in North America. March 18- Dow Chemical Co said it plans to build several specialty material production plants on the U.S. Gulf Coast to take advantage of cheap shale-derived natural gas.
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TOKYO, March 13- The venture building the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first commercial aircraft in half a century, predicts the market for 70-90- seat jets could be as many as 5,000 over the next two decades- almost double the forecasts of the two big specialist regional jetmakers, Brazil's Embraer and Canada's Bombardier.
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*Japan reports big drop in core machinery orders. TOKYO, March 11- The Japan government's choice to lead the country's central bank promised on Monday to move quickly to implement fresh monetary stimulus to lift the struggling economy, a case underlined by a surprisingly sharp drop in a gauge of capital investment.
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TOKYO, March 11- Japan's core machinery orders plunged in January from the previous month, falling for the first time in four months and suggesting companies are cautious on capital spending due to uncertainty over the economy's outlook.
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TOKYO, March 11- Japan's core machinery orders tumbled 13.1 percent in January from the previous month, down for the first time in four months, government data showed on Monday.
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March 8- Industrial machinery maker Gardner Denver Inc agreed to sell itself to private equity firm KKR& Co LP for $3.74 billion after the buyout firm raised its offer.
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*KKR offers $76 per share for Garden Denver. March 8- Industrial machinery maker Gardner Denver Inc agreed to sell itself to private equity firm KKR& Co LP for $3.74 billion but some on Wall Street questioned the valuation, saying the company was worth much more.
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*KKR to assume Gardner Denver's debt. March 8- Private equity firm KKR& Co LP will buy industrial machinery maker Gardner Denver Inc for $3.74 billion, four months after the company put itself up for sale. KKR's offer of $76 per share is at a premium of 3 percent to Gardner Denver's Thursday closing price on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Private equity firm KKR will buy industrial machinery maker Gardner Denver for $3.9 billion including debt.
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Invesco's Ron Sloan says he's the most bullish he's been in over a decade.
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*Deal could check Apple's influence at Sharp- analysts. TOKYO/ SEOUL, March 6- Samsung Electronics Co, with a $110 million investment in cash-strapped Sharp Corp, will broaden its supplier base, gain access to low-power thin screen technology and get a foot in the door at one of Apple Inc's key Asian display suppliers.
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NEW YORK, March 4- Private equity firm KKR& Co LP is nearing a deal to buy industrial machinery maker Gardner Denver Inc and could announce the agreement in the next few days, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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NEW YORK, March 4- Private equity firm KKR& Co LP is nearing a deal to buy industrial machinery maker Gardner Denver Inc and could announce the agreement in the next few days, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday.