Tech employment posted a large increase last month, despite a generally soft employment gain overall, according to two separate reports. The U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs in January, but IT accounted for 22,100 of those jobs, according ...
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Weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data sent the dollar lower today, ahead of all-important US employment figures due overnight. China's official Purchasing Managers Index fell to 50.4 in January from 50.6 in December, lower than ...
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Australian businesses estimate the carbon tax has increased their energy costs by an average of 14.5 per cent, industry research has found. An Australian Industry Group analysis of the first six months of the carbon tax and its impact on ...
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Chinese water heater market is dominated by electric water heater, gas water heater, and solar water heater, of which, solar water heater enjoys the highest growth margin. Ownership of Solar Water Heater, 2003-2009 (million m2) In ...
U.S. phone unlocking services face the biggest legal risk from mobile operators keen to enforce a change in copyright law that now makes it illegal to modify a mobile device to work on another network, according to the Electronic Frontier ...
The furniture industry is ready to put out fires if Government proposals to cut unnecessary red tape spread to Britain's stringent flammability regulations. The British Furniture Confederation (BFC), the lobby group that represents the ...
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A satellite operator's proposal to offer an extra channel of Wi-Fi might actually give average Wi-Fi and Bluetooth users less bandwidth, according to some industry groups that have commented on the plan in filings to the FCC. The plan by ...
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The Wi-Fi Alliance demonstrated the emerging Miracast wireless display technology at International CES here Tuesday by sending live computer game animation from a smartphone to a 27-in. television. The new Miracast wireless display ...
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-The FCC plans to allocate more unlicensed spectrum for Wi-Fi to improve performance in crowded public places and in homes, looking to head off a future spectrum crunch. Wi-Fi users will share that spectrum with the U.S. Department of ...
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Grilling season used to begin Memorial Day and end when those last burgers came off the grill on Labor Day. No more. Nearly two-thirds of grill owners polled said they grill year round, according to the Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association, ...
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MEMS Industry Group (MIG), a global industry organization with more than 150 member‐companies and partners, today announced a micro‐electromechanical systems (MEMS) conference track at the 2013 International CES. Featuring a ...
It is reported that German raw steel production in 2012 was down by 3.7%year on year to 42.7 million tons.However,the indicators are showing that the industry production is stabilizing. According to Industry Group Wirtschaftsvereinigung ...
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The sharemarket had it biggest fall in five weeks yesterday, with financial, material and industrial stocks leading the decline as global equity markets lost momentum following strong gains last week after the resolution of the US ...
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The trade deficit for November widened to $2.6 billion, from $2.4bn in October, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. That was the biggest monthly shortfall since March 2008 and wider than analysts' expectations of $2.3bn. At 5pm AEDT ...
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Reuters reported that two Chinese companies have reached a deal to build a 400 km (250 mile) rail line, a steel plant and a sea port in Cambodia worth a combined USD 11.2 billion in what would be by far the impoverished country's ...
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