On January 31, Zhejiang Province-based Chinese steelmaker Kingland & Pipeline Technologies Co., Ltd has issued its preliminary financial results for 2012, indicating a net profit of RMB 104.4175 million ($16.84 million), up by 68.36 percent ...
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Shell said Thursday it remains on track to grow its oil and gas production by over 20% in the next five to six years, despite weak North American fuel prices continuing to dent the performance of its key upstream growth centre. ...
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Velomedix has completed enrollment of the first patient in Velocity clinical study of its rapid therapeutic hypothermia system for treating acute myocardial infarction (AMIs or heart attacks). Using a peritoneal-based approach, the ...
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SPRIselect from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences utilises SPRI (Solid Phase Reversible Immobilisation)-based chemistry to speed and simplify genomic DNA size selection for next generation sequencing fragment library preparation. Following ...
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Research by North Carolina State University’s Dr. Nathaniel Hentz has shown that the volumes dispensed duringdrug screening programs can have a significant effect on the results obtained by assay screens. Any error made during these ...
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If ‘Horse-gate’ has anything to tell us, it’s that tight margins make for cut corners. Lessons, no doubt, will be learned. However, as any fool knows: pay peanuts and you’ll get monkeys (maybe even to eat). An ...
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RSA has unveiled a new tool designed to let enterprises detect security threats more quickly than current technologies permit by combining big data management and analytics approaches with traditional network monitoring and threat ...
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Russia meat producer Cherkizovo has booked an increase in full-year sales volumes in two of its divisions. In the 12 months to the end of December, sales volumes in its poultry unit climbed 23% to around 319,210 tonnes of slaughter ...
US food manufacturer Lancaster Colony has recorded an increase in first-half profits, boosted by sales growth in both of its divisions. Earnings in the six months to the end of December amounted to US$61.9m, a 20% increase on the ...
Apple and Samsung Electronics led the tablet market in the fourth quarter of 2012, but new entrant Microsoft did not make it to the top five with its Surface tablet. The market share of Apple also continued to drop in the quarter, IDC ...
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Microsoft shipped an estimated 900,000 Surface RT tablets last quarter, barely missing the top five device makers, but illustrating that demand was "muted at best," IDC said today. "There is no question that Microsoft is in this tablet ...
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Samsung was the key beneficiary of a strong Q4 for tablet sales, which saw the Korean electronics manufacturer double its market share while Apple's lead in the sector slipped once again, according to research by IDC. Worldwide tablet ...
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IDC said on Friday that Microsoft shipped an estimated 900,000 Surface RT tablets last quarter, barely missing the top five device makers, and illustrating that demand was “muted at best”. “There is no question that ...
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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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As America prepares for Super Bowl XLVII, new research from SquareTrade® reveals that 23 million Americans have damaged their cell phone or tablet while caught up in the passion of a sporting event. With the action expected to be fast ...
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