The Australian dollar traded slightly lower during holiday-thinned Asian trade as a dearth of local developments left traders waiting for key events offshore. Topping the watch list are European Central Bank and US Federal Reserve ...
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The UK food industry would face a labour shortfall, export uncertainty and a regulatory black hole if Britain walked away from the EU, experts have warned. Quitting Europe would bring ‘mind blowing’ consequences for the UK ...
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Global food commodity prices dropped back in 2012, with dairy and sugar showing the sharpest declines, new figures from the United Nations' Food & Agriculture Organisation show. Despite ongoing concerns around rising food prices, the UN ...
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IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard has priced its new Pavilion Touchsmart Sleekbook laptop at $699, claiming it's the most affordable device in its category. HP's Pavilion TouchSmart Sleekbook starts at $699 The laptop has a ...
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RareMetalBlog reports the Russian government has begun creating the conditions needed for an active resumption of rare earth production- the rationale being increased domestic demand for high-tech industry and the spectre of more export ...
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Hewlett-Packard has outlined a turnaround plan that includes slashing the number of PC models it sells by 25 percent over the next two years. At its financial analyst day in San Francisco on Wednesday,HP also painted a weak financial ...
Tags: HP, cut PC models, stock price, Meg Whitman
Hewlett-Packard on Thursday announced an Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid device with the Windows 8 OS,signaling the company's re-entry into the consumer tablet market,which it abandoned after the highly publicized failure of its TouchPad ...
A lack of progress in closing the digital divide between urban and rural areas has been caused by the government being preoccupied with the delivery of certain broadband speeds to consumers,according to the House of Lords Communications ...
Tags: House of Lords select committee, UK, broadband rollout, FTTH
With only 13 per cent of the world’s surfaces covered with forests and growing concerns over deforestation and illegal logging, combined with the spectre of global warming, supply is severely restricted. One of the wood types most ...
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