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Apple's Mac Was Punished by Shifting Consumer Tastes Just as Has The Overall PC Industry

Apr 25, 2013

Apple's Mac has been punished by shifting consumer tastes just as has the overall PC industry, data from the company's earnings statements show. But in the end, Apple may not care. "I think PC, and Mac, volumes will continue to shrink ...

Tags: Apple's Mac, Computer

The Proposed Combination Is Expected to Be Completed After The Close of Business

Apr 25, 2013

MetroPCS Communications, Inc. announced today that its stockholders overwhelmingly voted to approve all of the proposals required for closing the proposed combination with T-Mobile USA, Inc. With today's approval of the proposals by ...

Tags: T-Mobile, Consumer Electronics

Medicine Is Amused by Signs Asking a Penguin

Apr 25, 2013

Agricultural technology critical to feed 9 billion people Challenging year ahead for cotton Friant water allocation decreased again While traveling out of state recently, I saw a sign near a business which made me laugh. It read, ...

Tags: Amusing Medicine, Agriculture

Agriculture Is Faced with Its Ultimate Challenge

Apr 25, 2013

Related Media Solutions to hunger in agriculture’s toolbox Whiskey is for drinking; agriculture water is for fighting Paul Harvey still American agriculture’s hero, spokesman Those in the field of agriculture may remember a ...

Tags: Agriculture Readies, Ultimate Challenge

TPP Countries Would Account for Nearly 40 Percent of Global GDP

Apr 25, 2013

The trade ministers of the 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries -- which include Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States, and Vietnam -- met on the margins of the ...

Tags: TPP

Farmer Use Finest Vegas Buffets to Feed Hogs

Apr 25, 2013

Bob Combs has been playing with Las Vegas house money for 50 years. Every day, his 2,500 pigs eat the finest fare from the famed casinos of Sin City. Granted, it’s stirred into a pungent concoction that only a hog could love, but all ...

Tags: Vegas Buffets, Agriculture

Merck Canada Will Provide $4m to The Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer

Apr 25, 2013

Merck Canada will provide $4m to the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer - Commercialization of Research (IRICoR) for future corridor projects, which are developed in association with two other Canadian Centres of Excellence for ...

Tags: Life Sciences Research, Health, Medicine

One Wall Street Regulator Is Seeking Exemptions to Rules for Financial Services Companies

Apr 25, 2013

Even as several states have put in place, or are planning, new laws barring employers from monitoring the social media activities of their employees, one Wall Street regulator is seeking exemptions to such rules for some financial services ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

John Lewis Has Reclaimed Its Position as Number One for Customer Satisfaction

Apr 25, 2013

John Lewis has reclaimed its position as number one for customer satisfaction at the Verdict Customer Satisfaction Awards. Held at the London Stock Exchange, the awards saw the retailer jump from its position of third place last year - ...

Tags: Toys

A Florida Bill Would Impose Restrictions on The Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or Drones

Apr 24, 2013

A Florida bill that would impose restrictions on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, by state law enforcement officials is one signature away from becoming the first law of its kind in the country. On Wednesday, Florida's ...

Tags: Anti-Drone Law, unmanned aerial vehicles

Once Upon a Time, The Star Trek Holodeck Was The Future of Play

Apr 22, 2013

Once upon a time, the Star Trek holodeck was the future of play. A blank room with a large console from which the room could be transformed into whatever scenario, situation, environment or world the user wanted. Within this fantastical ...

Tags: Toys, Toys Industry

Some 2.12 Million Counterfeit Toys Were Seized in Europe in 2011

Apr 22, 2013

Some 2.12 million counterfeit toys were seized in Europe in 2011 - a whopping 15 per cent of which were confiscated in Romania. In fact, over half of all counterfeit toys seized in Europe (57.11 per cent) were detained in five countries ...

Tags: Toys, counterfeit toys

Products Nowadays Are Subject to Ever-Shorter Market Cycles

Apr 22, 2013

Products nowadays are subject to ever-shorter market cycles: By constantly offering new functions and design elements, manufacturers are attempting to reinvent products that have become part of everyday life, such as washing machines or ...

Tags: Customer Satisfaction, Profits

Foreign Trade Policy Announcement Provided Improvement in It to Add to Competitiveness

Apr 22, 2013

Mr M Rafeeque Ahmed, President, FIEO said that the Foreign Trade Policy announcement while maintaining stability of the policy provided improvement in it to add to competitiveness. Extension of Zero Duty EPCG Scheme will help in expansion ...

Tags: Trade Policy, FIEO

Walmart and Other Drugstore Sells for OTC Drugs

Apr 22, 2013

Walmart and Target win out over drugstore chains like Rite-Aid, CVS, and Walgreens, as well as supermarkets, on prices for dozens of common, brand-name and generic over-the-counter drugs, according to our team of Secret Shoppers. They ...

Tags: OTC Drugs, Medicine

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