An updated version of the Peugeot RCZ coupe has gone on sale in Australia, with a higher price tag the French brand says is justified by extra equipment. The Peugeot RCZ jumps $4000 to $58,990, moving it closer to the famous sports car it ...
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A slower decrease was seen in German construction activity in April this year. Markit's Germany Construction Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) climbed to 48.8 points in April, up from a 13-month low of 41.9 in March. Germany's construction ...
Intel is expected to announce its fourth-generation Core processors code-named Haswell for laptops and desktops in June, but the company is already releasing teasers that talk about their performance. The Haswell laptop chip will deliver ...
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A hot summer forecast—and air-conditioner prices that are going up with the mercury—could mean an early run on window units. But you needn't wait and sweat it out: Consumer Reports testers just named 15 top room air conditioners ...
The new Holden VF Commodore Ute has lapped Germany’s famous 21km Nurburgring circuit in about 8 minutes, 20 seconds as part of a promotional stunt for the new-generation model. It’s understood the run conducted in late April ...
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In the first quarter of the current year, China's auto industry saw increased operating revenues and profits, as reported by China Securities Journal on May 3. In the first quarter this year, the total operating revenue of listed ...
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Global sales of tablet computers surged in the first quarter of 2013, led by Android-powered devices that outpaced gains by Apple's iPads, a research firm says. IDC said the worldwide tablet market saw sizzling growth of 142.4 per cent ...
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Rent-to-own powerhouse Aaron's Inc. said first-quarter revenues edged up 1.6%, reflecting slower than expected growth due to the January payroll tax increase and delayed income tax refunds. The company said lease revenues and fees rose 8% ...
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There are three different types of UPS systems-Standby, Line-interactive and Double conversion systems. There are two kinds of waveforms that are output by the UPS. These are square sine wave and true sinewave. The basic purpose of an ...
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A Market research company says that the decline in the price of LED light sources helped to trigger growth in the market. According to the company revenues grew from $7.3 billion in 2011 to $9.4 billion in 2012, a growth of 28%. The company ...
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Shimano's total sales inched up to $636.1 million (63.3 billion yen) from $628.1 million over the first quarter of last year. Sales at Shimano's bicycle division grew 3 percent to $514 million (51.1 billion yen), and account for 81 ...
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Researchers at the University of Michigan have invented a way for different wireless networks crammed into the same space to say "excuse me" to one another. Wi-Fi shares a frequency band with the popular Bluetooth and ZigBee systems, and ...
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High unemployment and the continued slowdown in economic growth in the Southern European crisis countries in particular is still hampering economic development in the European Union (EU). While the countries moving towards recovery are ...
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NXP Semiconductors reported first quarter revenues of $1.085bn which is 11% up on this quarter last year. The company’s strongest business continues to be the high performance mixed signal (HPMS) IC business which includes ...
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A growing interest in big data, analytics, and cloud computing helped propel a weak software enterprise market last year, according to research from IDC. SAP and Oracle fared the best among the large software vendors. The worldwide ...
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