The Semiconductor Industry Association trumpeted that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $26.28bn for January, an increase of 8.8% from January 2013 when sales were $24.15bn, marking the industry’s highest-ever January sales ...
Tags: Semiconductor Industry, Electrical
Woolworths has announced a profit increase for the first half Supermarket group Woolworths has announced a net profit after tax for the first half of the 2014 financial year of $1,321.7 million, up 14.5 per cent on the same period in the ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Bitcoin has been in the headlines a lot lately due first to news that criminals have been using it for transactions, and more recently because of the collapse of its biggest currency exchange. Now comes news of a new type of virtual ...
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The show, which took place at Birmingham's NEC, 26 & 27 February 2014, was co-located with six other events: Ecopack, Contract Pack, Packtech, Print Innovations, Labelling Innovations, and Converting. It included packaging buyers from ...
A fundamental paradigm shift in lighting technologies toward more efficient lamps and bulbs will significantly reduce global electricity demand for general illumination in the next few years, according to IHS. The energy usage of the ...
Tags: Lighting Technologies, Dim Energy
After a busy week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona,Huawei Australia has announced the appointment of a new CEO for the local business,bringing on James Zhao to take the role following the departure of outgoing CEO Guo Fulin. Zhao ...
Tags: Huawei, Mobile World, Mobile device
Many people are wondering why 8.7 million pounds of meat processed by Rancho Feeding Corporation in Petaluma,CA,were recalled and the slaughterhouse subsequently closed. Could it be an inspector shortage?An inspector-veterinarian ...
US fuel oil demand fell to a seven-month low of 218,000 b/d in December, while 2013 demand overall was the lowest on record, US Energy Information Administration data published Thursday showed. The Thursday data are monthly numbers ...
The Boston Athletic Association announced a "no bags policy" for the 2014 Boston Marathon to expedite security checks and promote overall safety at the race in the wake of last year's bombing. The policy bans participants from bringing ...
Tags: Personal Bags, Marathon, Sports
The front-month Brent-WTI spread settled at a fresh five-month low of $6.48/barrel Friday, as steady drawdowns in crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub have lent upside support to WTI, while Brent remains subdued. NYMEX ...
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Last week, Rancho Feeding Corporation of Petaluma, CA, recalled approximately 8.7 million pounds of beef because USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service found that the company had processed diseased and unsound animals and carried out ...
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We're in the beginning of a world in which everything is connected to the Internet and with one another, while powerful yet relatively cheap computers analyze all that data for ways to improve lives. Toothbrushes tell your mirror to ...
Tags: Service, Consumer Electronics
The latest mobile application from Summit Electric Supply makes it faster to find products on the company's recently enhanced e-commerce website. With Summit Mobile, electricians can scan product bar codes while they're in the field and ...
Tags: New Mobile APP, Warehouse in Your Pocket, Summit Electric Supply
Following the launch of its successful foray into the world of children's electronics and high tech products, and in the spirit of market innovations such as the first Windows children's educational computer and the first line of Android? ...
Tags: connect, learn, play, electronics products, high tech products
Today's headlines include continuing coverage of Medicare Advantage payment rates, as well as a range of stories about the health law's Medicaid expansion and online insurance marketplaces. Kaiser Health News: Impact Of Medicare ...
Tags: Medicare Advantage, Obama Administration, Medicare Data, Obamacare