AT&T announced it sold over 10 million smartphones in Q4 2012. The figure tops its previous record quarter of 9.4 million sold in Q4 2011 Android and Apple smartphones made up a large part of AT&T sales. "We had another incredible ...
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Tier-one China-based solar wafer makers have decreased shipments to control supply in an attempt to increase prices later in January, according to industry sources in Taiwan. In line with the price increase of 5-10% aimed by Taiwan-based ...
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The Australian dollar is expected to face a"difficult year"this year,as concerns about risks to the world economic environment ease and weak domestic factors come into play,according to a new report by HSBC's currency analysts. "While the ...
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US automotive start-up Elio Motors will build its quirky, fuel-efficient, three-wheel car from 2014 in a plant that was once home to the hulking Hummer H3 SUV. RACER (Revitalising Auto Communities Environmental Response) – the trust ...
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Predictive analytics helps firms to get "about three per cent better at guessing" what a consumer would like to buy, according to the founder and chief of Applied Predictive Technologies (APT), Jim Manzi. "Realistically, what predictive ...
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The color rendering index (CRI), sometimes called color rendition index, is a quantitative measure of the ability of a light source to reproduce the colors of various objects faithfully in comparison with an ideal or natural light source. ...
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Global steel production will fall over the next 12 months because of current overcapacity and the slowdown in the Chinese economy says Coface. The experts in assessing business sector credit risks have published a report on the challenges ...
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Bloomberg reported that tin may rally about 12 percent this quarter to USD 27,300 a tonne, the highest price since August 2011. Mr Jeffrey Zhang, Hong Kong based head of Asian research said that Trading Central SA, the target ...
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At the SteelOrbis Fall '11 Conference & 65th IREPAS Meeting held in St. Petersburg on September 25-27,we had the opportunity to discuss about the situation in the steel markets and about emerging markets with Kevin Geybels, West Africa ...
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Yonhap reported that major global investment banks predicted Wednesday that China's economy will grow more than 8% in 2013, picking up from the slower growth pace this year. Goldman Sachs expected a modest recovery in the Chinese gross ...
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Economic Times reported that iron ore is rallying the most in about 2 years as analysts predict that China, the biggest buyer, will import a record amount in 2013 as its accelerating economic growth spurs demand for steel. According to ...
Market watchers predict the local sharemarket will forge further ahead this year after surging almost 15 per cent last year, the result of a second-half recovery that defied concerns about sovereign debt in Europe and the US and a Chinese ...
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The International Cotton Association(ICA)received 247 applications for technical arbitration during 2012,compared to its previous record high of 242 applications in 2011. For the past two consecutive years,arbitration requests at the ICA ...
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Raises its overall projection, but lowers estimate for devices including tablets Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.7 trillion in 2013, a 4.2% increase from 2012 spending of $3.6 trillion, according to the latest forecast by ...
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Market experts predict that spot prices of Acetic acid in Asia may remain high in the initial period of the current year as plant operating rates are likely to be cut by major producers.The downstream market is oversupplied as per the ...
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