ICE Cotton closed almost unchanged on the week at just over 83 c/lbs, as specs continued reducing their long position while the trade bought back hedges against physical sales. Demand woke up from a range of markets with futures under ...
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Chinese telecoms hardware maker Huawei says that its profits for the first half of the year were up 10 per cent, after posting its operating interim results for 2013. It follows an increase in revenue of almost 11 per cent over the same ...
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THE Australian share market has closed slightly lower as investors wait for an update on economic stimulus measures in the US from that country's top central banker. A strong production report from BHP Billiton boosted sentiment in the ...
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted a proposal for a two-part regulation governing formaldehyde emissions from particleboard, MDF/HDF and hardwood plywood which is to apply in future across the whole of the USA. This ...
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The CIA has selected Amazon over IBM to build a cloud computing service for the spy agency even though IBM's proposal carried a lower price tag, according to a US government report. However the decision is under review after IBM lodged a ...
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A SHOCK contraction in Chinese manufacturing and the prospect that the US Federal Reserve could soon unwind its quantitative easing measures rocked local markets yesterday, pushing the Australian dollar close to an annual low and wiping ...
The local sharemarket fell in cautious trade yesterday before US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to US congress and the release overnight of the minutes of this month's Fed board meeting. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed ...
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Legends Business Group, announced the company's new Executive Energy Consultant, Jeff Wilson, as part of Legends research and development team, which has designed a circuit that consumes about 3.7-watts and is capable of powering multiple ...
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Despite assurances from the White House and little traction from Democrats in US Congress, a key Republican senator believes that a carbon tax is President Barack Obama's top priority. "That is the ultimate goal of this president," said ...
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A third key congressional committee has entered the debate over the Renewable Fuel Standard, calling for comment on a series of questions and issuing a "white paper" detailing concerns about the biofuels mandate and some of the proposed ...
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The news of higher revenues and more listeners encouraged investors, prompting a surge in after-hours trade of Pandora by 18.6 percent to $13.92. Paul Ausick at 24/7 Wall Street said the latest earnings report was "not substantially ...
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The President, in his annual State of the Union speech to a joint session of the US Congress, said the United States is facing a “rapidly growing threat from cyber-attacks.” “We know hackers steal people's identities and ...
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The SIA and SRC are trying to persuade the US Congress not to cut funds for basic semiconductor R&D. SIA president Rich Templeton argues that funding for bodies like the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of ...
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Mozilla,the software firm behind the Firefox internet browser,has confirmed it's to enter the smartphone market later this year. Chinese mobile device manufacturer ZTE is among the firms Mozilla is working with,as the Firefox developer ...
NYMEX crude futures tread water for most of the session Tuesday, settling nearly unchanged after news of improved investor confidence in Europe failed to spark buying. NYMEX February crude settled 4 cents lower at $93.15/barrel. On ...
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