Furniture factories got off to a quick start this year as January orders were up 7% and shipments up 10% from the same month in 2012, Smith Leonard reported. The accounting and consulting firm said its monthly survey of residential ...
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A dessert manufacturer is building a 2.5M factory in Cumbria that will create 50 jobs to cater for the growing trend for miniature desserts. Shot glass portions give customers a quick hit of indulgence "Everything's going miniature," ...
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The number of new undergraduate computer science majors at Ph.D.-granting U.S. universities rose by more than 29% last year, an increase that the Computing Research Association called "astonishing." It was the fifth straight year in which ...
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The decline in the PC market is accelerating with Q1 shipments expected to fall 7.7%, says IDC. IDC warns that the figure could be worse if manufacturers don't drop prices to compete with tablets. "Our February monthly data suggests ...
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Hot Topic, Inc. reported results for its fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year of 2012 (14 weeks and 53 weeks, respectively) ended February 2, 2013. The company reported net income in the fourth quarter of $12.1 million, or $0.29 per ...
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The number of new undergraduate computer science majors at Ph.D.-granting U.S. universities rose by more than 29% last year, an increase that the Computing Research Association called "astonishing." It was the fifth straight year in which ...
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Front end fab equipment spending is expected to be flat this year at $31.7bn , says SEMI, with an increase of 24% next year. Fab equipment spending for 17nm and below is expected to kick off in 2013 and increase by a factor of 2.4 to ...
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A picture is worth a thousand words; the grey line in a graph from MetroStore Scanner, a site that keeps unofficial tabs on new additions to the Windows Store, shows the growth rate over the Windows Store over the past 15 days. It’s a ...
Belgian bike manufacturer Ridley Bikes has hired Richard Wittenberg as vice president of international operations. Wittenberg, who has worked at Cannondale, Asahi, Seattle Bike Supply, Pacific and elsewhere in the bike industry, will split ...
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Global solar installations will rise this year in a continuing pattern of solid growth, but the industry will nonetheless suffer a decline in overall revenue due to lower volume growth and decreasing system prices, according to IHS. Solar ...
Global installations of photovoltaic (PV) systems are set to rise again this year, but the industry will suffer a decline in overall revenues because of a slowing growth rate and decreasing system prices. That’s the latest ...
Cement stocks have fallen sharply this week. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Deep Mukherjee of India Ratings says he expects the cement sector to grow in the range of 5-8 percent for calendar year 2013. Below is the edited transcript of ...
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The two most-cited browser tracking firms reported significantly different results for June on Sunday, with one claiming Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) easily maintained its No. 1 spot as the other said Chrome extended its lead over IE. ...
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IDG News Service - Microsoft revenue rose slightly but due to several one-time items, it posted a net loss during its fourth fiscal quarter, when the Windows division's sales fell 13%. Revenue in the quarter ended June 30 came in at ...
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According to the European steel association EUROFER, in October this year EU-27 flat steel exports totaled 1.377 million tonne, down one percent, while long steel exports amounted to 1.059 million tonne up 18.58%, both compared to ...
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