Nokia's dismal earnings report announced Thursday has left smartphone industry observers looking for better news at the Nokia World conference Sept. 5-6 in Helsinki. There are hints that Nokia could launch Windows Phone 8 on its Lumia ...
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As storage spending consumes an ever-increasing proportion of IT budgets across the public sector against a backdrop of severe spending cuts, the case for using open-source storage software in government is gathering momentum. The public ...
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Reuters reported that Luxembourg based stainless steel maker Aperam is interested in buying the ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali Terni plant in Italy, the company said, joining what sources said was a list of possible bidders. Others ...
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The National Audit Office (NAO) today ruled that Vodafone’s settlement of its UK tax bill was "reasonable", despite being almost GBP 5bn less than it was originally thought to have owed. The mobile operator came under scrutiny ...
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Yakutsk hosted a joint meeting of Gazprom and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Government on the occasion of shaping the Yakutia gas production center as part of the Eastern Gas Program. The meeting was held by Mr Alexey Miller chairman of ...
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Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) reported its financial performance for the quarter/half year ended 30th September, 2012. Highlights of Half Year’s Performance Revenues (turnover) increased by 14% to Rs 188,191 crore ($ 35.6 ...
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The turnaround interventions initiated at AltX-listed steel retailer Alert Steel have resulted in a marked improvement in the company's performance but supply constraints and a deteriorating operating environment are hampering the company's ...
Microsoft's $1.2 billion acquisition of Yammer has been finalized, less than a month after the companies announced the cash deal. Yammer will become part of Microsoft's Office Division, which is led by its president, Kurt DelBene. Yammer ...
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Bloomberg reported that workers at Southern Copper Corp, the largest producer of the metal in Peru, plan their first strike in four years on December 24 after wage talks broke down. Smelter union official Ricardo Juarez said that unions ...
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Anglo Asian will sell 2,500 wet metric tonnes and 550 dry metric tonnes of copper concentrate when available to Glencore. Azerbaijan miner Anglo Asian Mining has unveiled a deal to sell copper concentrate to commodities giant Glencore. ...
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Yammer is adding functionality to its cloud-based enterprise social networking (ESN) software that lets organizations gauge the types of emotions expressed in employee posts. The new capability will be provided via an integration with ...
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Rogue Iron Ore Corporation held its Annual General and Special Meeting on December 10th 2012. The purpose of the AGSM included obtaining security holder approval of a proposed spin out of Rapier Gold Inc. Rapier's intention is to combine ...
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Gerber Technology presented awards to students at two prominent Canadian fashion design institutions during year-end student fashion shows. As in years past, Gerber Technology recognized two graduating students from the School of Fashion ...
Apple and four major e-book publishers have offered retailers such as Amazon.com the option to set their own prices for e-books for the next two years in a bid to end an antitrust investigation in the European Union. The European ...
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Facebook's announcement that it now has more than a billion active users shows the resiliency of the social networking platform, analysts say. "It's a platform that has survived and grown despite its privacy issues, usability issues and ...
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