Computer giant Oracle is setting up a data centre "in the Thames Valley" in order to retain and capture government cloud computing business. The data centre is Oracle's second in the UK after Linlithgow in Scotland, which it picked up ...
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Yahoo has acquired a mobile gaming company, Loki Studios, taking its total acquisitions this month to four. The company said over the weekend it welcomed Loki, Astrid, GoPollGo and MileWise to its growing mobile team. "We recently added ...
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The sharemarket rose for a third-consecutive session after the dollar weakened further overnight. Non-resources companies with US dollar income remained in demand, although commodity price falls restrained the resources sector. The ...
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The sharemarket rose for a third consecutive session yesterday after the Australian dollar weakened further in offshore trade. Non-resources companies with US-dollar income remained in demand, although commodity price falls restrained the ...
Tags: Bourse, Greenback Exposure
Lenders to London-based Stemcor, the world's largest independent steel trader, have appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to assess Stemcor's proposal for a standstill agreement on $850 million of loans, according to Reuters. After ...
Tags: Mineral, Standstill Deal Request
Demand for plastic packaging rose in the UK last year, helped by the food and beverage industry, according to a new survey. Figures from industry body Plastics Europe, of which the British Plastics Federation (BPF) is a member, showed ...
Russ Leslie, associate director and professor at the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer, along with Leora Radetsky, research scientist, and Aaron Smith, former research specialist, have been awarded the prestigious Leon Gaster Award ...
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Dr Amanda Gummer from the Good Toy Guide has joined Karisma Kidz as a shareholder. The toy expert, owner of FUNdamentals and Good Toy Guide, has invested money and expertise in the growing doll brand that will soon launch online ...
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Nokia has announced the long-rumored Lumia 928, which will be an exclusive to Verizon Wireless when it goes on sale next week. The phone is part of Nokia's effort to improve its fortunes in the U.S. market, where it sold only 400,000 ...
In the week ended May 10, prices rose strongly in the London Metal Exchange (LME) billet market, after the downtrend recorded in the previous week. Previously, strong declines had been recorded in the market. The following prices were ...
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UK-based London Mining, a global diversified miner targeting the steel sector, has announced its operational results for the first quarter of 2013, reporting a total sales volume of 589,000 wet mt of iron ore concentrate, compared to ...
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Many popular social media sites are text, image and video based, meaning those who are blind can find it difficult to fully engage with the content and interact with other users. However, since its launch almost three years ago, social ...
James Mckenzie, CEO of PhotonStar LED Group The PhotonStar LED Group has received a grant from the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to develop a wireless smart lamp for the UK consumer market. DECC's Energy Entrepreneurs ...
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Eurobase Insurance Solutions has unveiled its next-generation platform, synergy2, intended to efficiently transact business without any limitations. Designed to be reconfigurable to clients' business needs, the synergy2 is a fully ...
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London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) in Canada has performed Bonebridge, a bone conduction hearing implant. Developed by MED-El Medical Electronics, Bonebridge is a technology that makes it possible for hearing impairments, including ...
Tags: LHSC, Bone Conduction