US stocks ended a tumultuous day with strong gains after a false tweet briefly sent financial markets veering, underscoring technology's role in tightly linking global markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly plunged Tuesday ...
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Smartphone shipments grew steadily worldwide in Q1/2013, by 9.4% quarter-on-quarter to 216.4 million units in total, according to global research firm TrendForce. Since the beginning of 2012, smartphone shipment figures have risen each ...
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Infor on Tuesday announced plans to acquire product configuration firm TDCI, which the New York-based vendor has been working with for a number of years. TDCI specialises in product configuration and guided selling solutions for ...
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The Blackstone Group has pulled out of the race to buy Dell. The investment group, together with tech investors Insight Venture Partners and Francisco Partners, had made an original offer of $14.25 per share (£9.28). Further ...
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Source: US Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2013. US net imports of petroleum and other liquid fuels as a share of product supplied (used as a proxy for consumption) have been one of the most watched indicators in ...
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GFK GeoMarketing has released a study on European retail in 2013. The data was compiled and evaluated on behalf of the European Shopping Center Trust (ESCT). Published as an English-language compendium, the study provides a Europe-wide ...
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U.S. mobile operators will warn subscribers when they're heading toward a big bill, after most carriers agreed to send email or text alerts when users are about to exceed their monthly usage limits or start using international roaming. ...
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Google's first-quarter revenue rose by 31 percent to about $14 billion, driven by strong gains within the company's advertising business. Total sales at the company were US$13.97 billion for the quarter, which ended March 31, representing ...
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As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in 2012 German exports of waste such as scrap metal, waste paper, waste plastics and slag decreased significantly in 2012 compared to 2011 by 7.3 percent to 22.6 million mt. ...
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Germany's Osram is launching a new LED light bulb that costs less than 10 euros ($13.10) to battle rivals, such as Cree and Samsung Electronics, for a share of the fast-growing market. LED - known for lighting flat ,screen televisions and ...
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Computerworld - BlackBerry's recent launch of the Z10 smartphone and the upcoming Q10 qwerty device were intended to put the company back on solid ground, but BlackBerry seems to be defending itself from a new crisis every week. In the ...
Goldmining stocks are sharply lower in early trading after the precious metal tumbled to a 21-month low at the end of last week, officially entering a bear market. Friday's sell-off in the yellow metal was triggered as prices broke below ...
Avago Technologies Ltd of San Jose, CA, USA and Singapore (a designer and supplier of III-V-based analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications) says that its board of directors has approved a share ...
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Actavis and Valeant Pharmaceuticals have entered into an agreement under which Actavis will market and distribute Valeant's authorized generic of Zovirax ointment (acyclovir 5%) product in the US. As per the agreement of Zovirax ointment, ...
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NEMA’s incandescent lamp shipments index showed a precipitous decline of 40.1 percent compared to the same period last year. Moreover, the index reached a value of 49.3, a new record low for the series. On an annual basis, ...
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