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Mastercard: Holiday Sales Between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24 Rose 2.3 Percent
Dec 30, 2013Holiday sales between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24 rose 2.3 percent from the same period the year before, according to preliminary data from MasterCard Inc 's Spending Pulse unit. That marks improvement versus the 0.7 percent gain a year earlier. ...
Tags: holiday sales, MasterCard, SpendingPulse, U.S.retail sales
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A Specially Designed Experimental Cell and Theoretical Modeling
Dec 30, 2013Molecules anchored to the surfaces of nanoparticles modify and even control many characteristics of the particles, including how they interact with cells or react to light. The type of binding affects the nanoparticle's behavior and ...
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Thingmagic to Help Bring RFID Technology to The Supply Chain
Dec 30, 2013In 2000, five MIT Media Lab alumni co-founded ThingMagic to help bring radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology—wireless readers and data-transmitting tags—to the supply chain. This meant companies would be able to track ...
Tags: ThingMagic, radio-frequency identification, supply chain
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How Life Arose From The Chemical Soup That Existed on Early Earth?
Dec 30, 2013One of the biggest questions in science is how life arose from the chemical soup that existed on early Earth. One theory is that RNA, a close relative of DNA, was the first genetic molecule to arise around 4 billion years ago, but in a ...
Tags: RNA, origin of life
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Top 10 Devices in 2013
Dec 30, 2013Wearable gadgets, curved smartphones and new game consoles defined technology in 2013. That's why it's no surprise they make up the bulk of our top 10 devices of the year. Some of these devices are essentially much better versions of ...
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China Leads The World in The Production Of Graphene Films
Dec 30, 2013China is leading the world in the mass production of graphene films used in production of cell phone and computer touch screens as a new production line began operation on Wednesday. The production line is in a graphene industrial park in ...
Tags: Graphene Production, Cell Phone
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China Imported 1.73 Million Mt of Natural Gas Via Pipelines in November, up 8.2%
Dec 30, 2013China imported 1.73 million mt of natural gas via pipelines in November, up 8.2% year on year, data released by the General Administration of Customs showed Tuesday. Customs data records natural gas trade data in mt, similar to LNG ...
Tags: Gas Pipeline, cv
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EPA Said The Report Determined Its Action Were "Supported by Law and Fact."
Dec 30, 2013The Environmental Protection Agency was justified in intervening to examine possible risks of gas drilling to Texas drinking water, the agency's internal watchdog reported Tuesday. But environmentalists say the report raises fresh ...
Tags: The Environmental Protection Agency, gas drilling, Texas, drinking water
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Headphones Made a Huge Comeback This Holiday Season
Dec 30, 2013Here's one trend Apple missed: headphones, a music lover's accessory that's as old as home stereo sound. Headphones made a huge comeback this holiday season, climbing up in the rankings of hot consumer electronics items. "For years, ...
Tags: headphones, consumer electronics, earplugs, earbuds
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The Platts Weekly Magnesium Ingot Assessment Was Rangebound at $2,600-2,630/Mt FOB China
Dec 30, 2013The Platts weekly magnesium ingot (minimum 99.8%) assessment was rangebound at $2,600-2,630/mt FOB China Thursday, unchanged from a week earlier, amid lackluster spot trade. Spot export offers for Chinese magnesium ingot were rangebound ...
Tags: Domestic Prices, Mineral
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Infrastructure Will Remain The Watchword as US Refiners Look to Further Cement Their Role
Dec 30, 2013Infrastructure will remain the watchword as US refiners look to further cement their role as world class product exporters in 2014, improving export capacity and rejigging refineries to increase their output of export-friendly diesel, ...
Tags: Refinery Output, gasoline
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Indonesia's State-Owned Oil and Gas Firm PT Pertamina Aspires Its Net-Profit to Rise
Dec 30, 2013Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina aspires its net-profit to rise by 12.79 percent to 3.44 billion U.S. dollar next year as the revenue from downstream and upstream business spheres pick up, a statement from the company ...
Tags: State-Owned Oil, Energy
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Chinese Firms Make Overseas Acquisitions
Dec 30, 2013Chinese firms make overseas acquisitions as domestic market becomes saturated Despite the economic slowdown and overcapacity issues, China's market for construction equipment will likely recover from lackluster growth, as major companies ...
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New Study :Funding Behind The Powerful Climate Change Countermovement
Dec 30, 2013Dr. Robert J. Brulle is a professor of sociology and environmental science at Drexel University in Philadelphia A new study conducted by Drexel University's environmental sociologist Robert J. Brulle, PhD, exposes the organizational ...
Tags: Robert J.Brulle, climate change countermovement, climate science
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Target Has Learned of Some Incidents of Scam Emails Related to Its Recent Data Breach
Dec 30, 2013Target says it has learned of some incidents of scam emails related to its recent data breach and is setting up a section of its corporate website to post copies of all official communication. The company says it is aware of "limited ...
Tags: Target, scam emails, fake emails
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