THE Australian dollar dropped below 103 US cents for the first time in three days amid falls on US stock markets and weaker commodity prices. At 6.30am AEST the currency was trading at 102.77 US cents, down from 103.54 US cents at ...
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Three-quarters of residents in a survey have shown their support for plans to install new lighting on Parker's Piece in Cambridge. The area is popular with both tourists and people who live in the region. However, while four-fifths of ...
Hancock Fabrics, Inc announced improved financial results for its fourth quarter ended January 26, 2013 and full fifty-two weeks of fiscal 2012. Fiscal 2012 financial results include: - Net sales for the year increased $6.0 million to ...
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The value of Pakistan s cement exports has certainly picked up thus far this fiscal, with the latest figures showing a 22.79% increase in the first three quarters of the current financial year. In the period July 2012 C March 2013, exports ...
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When Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced she was sacking the company's telecommuting program, her office deferred questions about the decision to a corporate spokesperson with a typical nonresponsive response about the matter: the company ...
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THE dollar has started the week on the back foot, after losing more than three quarters of a US cent late on Friday. At 5pm AEST today, the Aussie was at $US1.0283, down from $US1.0343 on Friday. The dollar started the local session ...
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Even though PC shipments were down 14% last quarter, Microsoft's Windows division yesterday posted revenue about the same as the last year, making up for slumping sales to OEMs with impressive growth in long-term licensing agreements sold ...
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Burberry announces results of six months to 31 March 2013. Highlights for the six months to 31 March 2013 -Total revenue £1,116m, up 9% underlying Retail revenue £840m, up 13% underlying - Retail now 75% of group ...
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Some eight million Brits run an online business from home. Research from Direct Line for Business claims that 5.2 million people in the UK specifically purchase goods to resell, while 2.8 million sell home made products such as greeting ...
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Case goods manufacturer and importer Stanley Furniture said its first quarter sales were 2.7% below last year's first quarter and the company's net loss widened to $2.09 million. Sales, however, were 11.4% ahead of the fourth quarter of ...
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Parquet and wood flooring manufacturers belonging to the German Parquet Industry Federation (VDP) booked another slight decline in output in the fourth quarter of 2012. This came after production increased in each of the first three ...
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Retail sales are trending down through the first quarter this year compared to last year but that’s no reason for suppliers to panic, JJ Rudman, retail analyst for Leisure Trends Group, told attendees on a webinar yesterday. ...
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The easy upgrades to Windows XP have already been done, migration experts said, predicting that a large number of enterprises will still be running the aged OS a year from now. Microsoft plans to retire Windows XP from all support, ...
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A strengthening economy and less volatile input pricing could result in a positive year for the foodservice packaging industries in North America and Europe, based on an annual survey conducted by the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI). ...
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