Australian stocks have opened firmer, with a recovery among the big miners leading the broader market higher. At 10.49am AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 11.7 points, or 0.24 per cent, at 4961.6 points. The broader All ...
Despite some austerity measures, recent trends suggest a reason for optimism for the U.S. economy and its manufacturing sector. The quarterly Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) U.S. Industrial Outlook, a report ...
US Representative Kevin Cramer, a Republican and North Dakota's lone House member, believes that hardline, pro-drilling arguments from his own party may be hindering the chances of bipartisan support for increasing oil and gas production on ...
Tags: Drilling Rhetoric Hinders, Chemicals, Cramer
Silver Peak Systems announced a new virtual application designed to dramatically speed up data duplication for disaster recovery without the purchase of additional hardware. The company's VRX-2, VRX-4 and VRX-8 products are part of its ...
European Iron and Steel Institute Eurofer's report showed that the decline of the steel demand in the European market trend will continue until 2014. Institute announced that, due to the strict measures of EU economy and funding ...
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Revenue of the global Consumer Electronics (CE) device industry fell by two percent in 2012 to US$729 billion, as the strength in smartphones and tablets were not able to offset broad-based softness in consumer demand for other device ...
With Windows 8 not even six months old, Microsoft is already rushing out a major upgrade, codenamed Windows Blue, which will offer better multitasking, new built-in apps, more personalisation and an improved "Start" screen. The ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
A new on-air foam cleaning method for dynamic filtration modules is investigated, with operation of a 500 L pilot plant using flat-sheet dynamic filtration modules. This is a promising alternative to reduce the amount of hypochlorite ...
Tags: Chemical Foam, Dynamic Filtration Processes, on-air foam cleaning
Auto sales are expected to increase by 8% to 1,465,100 vehicles in the US during March 2013, according to the joint report published by the J D Power and Associates and LMC Automotive. The annual sale is anticipated to reach 15.3 million ...
Tags: Auto Sales, Auto, vehicles
Apple this week followed the lead of rivals like Facebook, Google and Microsoft, offering two-step authentication to help customers secure their Apple IDs against hacking. The new feature is designed to block unauthorised changes to ...
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has approved CloudStack as a top-level project (TLP), helping the open-source cloud software effort further establish its independence from Citrix, which acquired the program's codebase in its 2011 ...
Tags: Apache, Free Cloudstack, Citrix Fetters
XL Group has introduced a new pollution insurance policy to help the North American food and beverage industry address their environmental liability, clean up and disaster response concerns. The new Environmental Food and Beverage policy ...
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The unexpectedly brisk recovery in the US building industry and increasing exports of softwood lumber to China and Japan are currently putting many Canadian and US timber groups in an optimistic frame of mind. Producers are working from the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, softwood lumber
Small business optimism has returned to levels not seen in almost two years according to a new survey. The survey, conducted by Bibby Financial Services, showed 65 per cent of small businesses are more optimistic about sales growth in the ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Councils are likely to receive increased support for collecting glass in a manner which ensures it is suitable for remelt following changes to the PRN system, according to Defra minister Richard Benyon. Mr Benyon said changes to the ...
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