French media reported in January the French vehicle license registration declined by 15%, the French automotive industry recession continued. Too much demand for small cars leads to the predicament of the local automotive industry in ...
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Tech employment posted a large increase last month, despite a generally soft employment gain overall, according to two separate reports. The U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs in January, but IT accounted for 22,100 of those jobs, according ...
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The Indian steel rim producer Steel Strips Wheels Ltd (SSWL) has announced that it registered net sales of INR 754 million ($14.15 million) in January, down 7.25 percent compared to the corresponding month of 2012. In terms of units sold, ...
Global mobile phone shipments grew a modest 2% annually to reach 1.6 billion units in 2012, according to a report from Strategy Analytics’ Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service. “Ongoing macroeconomic challenges in ...
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Global smartphone shipments grew 43% annually from 490.5 million units in 2011 to a record 700.1 million units in 2012, according to a report from Strategy Analytics’ Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service. Samsung was the star ...
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Rabee Securities listed Asiacell Communications PJSC yesterday (Sunday). The company started trading today under the ISX ticker “TASC”, at a starting price of IQD 22. In total 67,503,000,000 number of shares were listed and ...
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Apple managed to outsell Samsung Electronics by almost one million units to become the number one mobile phone vendor in the U.S. for the first time ever during the fourth quarter, according to Strategy Analytics. Apple has seen its stock ...
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Apple topped Samsung as the leading cellphone vendor in the U.S. in the last three months of the year to become the number-one U.S. vendor by volume for the first time, according to data published on Friday by Strategy Analysis. Apple, ...
Google chairman Eric Schmidt has labelled China a menace to the internet, complicit in the use of cyber-crime as part of efforts to undermine its corporate and political opponents. The claims are made in his upcoming book, The New Digital ...
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US-based Mead Johnson Nutrition has reported that its net income increased by 48.1% to $132.3m for the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2012, compared to $89.3m for the same period in 2011. The company's net sales increased by 7.65% to ...
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Over-investment in 2010-2011 caused the solar industry to suffer from falling prices and increasing net losses in 2012. However, due to policy promotions and solar incentives in various countries, demand in 2012 showed sequential growth. In ...
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According to data recently released by IDC, Apple’s share in the Tablet PC market fell to 43.6% from 51.7%, while Samsung's jumped from 7.3% to 15%. However, iPad’s dominance remains unshakable in tablet market. In addition, ...
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Worldwide tablet sales jumped in the fourth quarter beyond even some of the most optimistic forecasts to 52.5 million - a growth rate of 75 per cent. The preliminary survey by business research firm IDC showed the tablet market grew 75.3 ...
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In 2012, the global core drill market reached a plateau. And industrial players including Atlas Copco, Sandvik and Boart Longyear have been in a firm position to dominate the global market after a series of M&As, laying the foundation to ...
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China's economic growth slowed down in 2012, and the growth rates of shipbuilding, construction steel structure, oil and gas pipeline industries decreased to varied extent, thus causing the weakened demand for welding & cutting equipment. ...
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