The dollar edged lower after investors reacted negatively to an international bailout package for Cyprus that raised concerns about fresh upheaval in the eurozone. The eurozone has taken the unprecedented step of proposing a new levy on ...
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Facebook's News Feed is a popular landing page for photos and updates from friends, but now it can also function as a digital storefront of sorts, through a partnership with e-commerce startup Chirpify. People on the social network can ...
Australian Securities & Investments Commission chairman Greg Medcraft has declared dark and high-frequency trading "the new normal" of financial markets after two inquiries found no evidence of systemic abuse of the practices. ASIC ...
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U.S. House lawmakers plan to hold a three-day series of hearings to determine how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should regulate mobile health applications. The House Energy and Commerce Committee plans to begin the hearings ...
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Natural rubber prices in Asia this week slid to the lowest levels in four to six months, after Chinese authorities Tuesday ordered local warehouses in Qingdao, Shandong province, to clear part of their rubber stocks within 10 days due to ...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has proposed a range of rules to contain the growth of "off-market" and high-frequency trading (HFT), saying that it had uncovered some breaches of current law but no widespread or ...
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The sharemarket lost 2 per cent as spooked investors sold off local stocks amid bailout plans for Cyprus. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 104.8 points, or 2.05 per cent, at 5015.4. The broader All Ordinaries ...
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Upcoming Skylanders rival Disney Infinity has been delayed by one month. The game and figures had been due for release on Friday, June 28th in the UK, but it will now arrive on Friday, August 23rd. Furthermore, the move comes not due to ...
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THE Australian dollar was slightly lower as weak US consumer sentiment figures and concerns about the Cyprus bank bailout weighed on market sentiment. At 7am AEDT the local unit was trading at 103.58 US cents, down from 103.69 cents on ...
EATP (the European Association for Textile Polyolefins) has released details of the programme for its annual Executive Seminar, to be held in Brussels on May 28. The theme of the Seminar is “Succeeding in a Challenging ...
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It is the year of the crisis, but that is why i Saloni - with a full house of 202,350 square meters of exhibition and a waiting list of about 30,000 square meters, corresponding to 491 questions, of which 270 from abroad - are more than ...
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To clean everywhere, even in the most hidden corners, the new Dustbuster ® Pivot ® line is the latest proposal by Black & Decker ® dealing with rechargeable vacuum. More compact, Dustbuster ® Pivot ® is now even ...
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Cyberattacks are near the top of the list of most serious threats facing the U.S., with the rivaling concerns about terrorism and North Korea, intelligence officials with President Barack Obama's administration said. James Clapper, the ...
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Momentum is growing in the U.S. Congress to overturn a U.S. Library of Congress ruling that took mobile phone unlocking out of the legal exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Late Monday, a group of senators and ...
The merger between T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS moved one step closer to completion on Tuesday as the FCC approved the deal without conditions In what may be a hopeful sign for backers of the deal, the agency's review didn't even rise to ...