THE Dow Jones Industrial Average has edged closer to an all-time closing high, as investors brushed off steep losses in China's equity markets and pushed major benchmarks higher. The Dow rose 38.16 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 14127.82, to ...
It's a shift from the old idea that you buy games on a DVD, put them in a little black box on your lounge room shelf and play alone, or, if you're lucky, with your family members. It is the new spirit of gaming espoused by Sony Computer ...
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Dutch financial conglomerate ING has agreed to dispose of its 36.5% % stake in Brazilian joint venture (JV) SulAmérica, to its partner Larragoiti Family, for an undisclosed sum. Without revealing further terms of the agreement, the ...
The global economy seems to be turning the corner and now heading upwards, with developing economies clearly in the front seat, as stated by Kim Marti Subirana of Celsa Group at the SteelOrbis 2013 Spring Conference & 68th IREPAS Meeting ...
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Entropia Universe AB, operator of the largest Massively Multiplayer Online Real Cash Economy (MMORCE), announced today that it will be auctioning a newly discovered moon starting on March 21, 2013. This unique opportunity combines the ...
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The number of mobile telephones worldwide is set to catch up to the globe's population next year, the United Nations' telecommunications agency says. The UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said mobile subscriber numbers ...
Paris Metro stations wiill benefit from LED lighting The company has won a share of an €11 million (GBP 9.4 million) contract to light the Metro network in Paris. Philips, in partnership with French lighting company Step, has been ...
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South African Breweries (SAB) will invest about ZAR700m ($78.9m) in a new maltings plant at Alrode in Gauteng Province to support the local economy. The new maltings plant will be built next to the company's current Alrode brewery after ...
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LEDs are projected to grow more than six-fold to nearly $100bn and power conversion electronics to $15bn over the next ten years, reckons market analyst firm Lux Research in the report “Winning the Jump Ball: Sorting Winners from ...
LED lighting is the trend of the next generation of lighting products. It is estimated that in 2012 the output value of the global high-brightness LED market will be 13.4 percent annual growth rate, size of up to $ 10.1 billion, Japan, ...
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Campden BRI, the UK’s leading food and drink research organisation, in conjunction with the Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST), the leading qualifying body for food professionals in Europe, has scored a UK industry first ...
Heinz has reported underlying third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street forecasts, although its sales came in under analyst estimates. The US food giant yesterday (21 February) booked earnings per share for continuing operations and ...
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Hewlett-Packard reported a drop in profit for the last quarter as printer and PC sales both declined, but said cost-cutting measures the company announced last year are starting to pay off. HP reported earnings for the first quarter of ...
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At Sony's PlayStation press conference in New York yesterday, it became official: the next-gen PlayStation 4 gaming console is arriving for the 2013 holiday season. Sony's event was more of a teaser than an unveiling, though: The company ...
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Qantas CEO Alan Joyce. Photo courtesy of the ABC. The Qantas Group has announced statutory profit after tax of $111 million and underlying profit before tax of $223 million for the six months ended 31 December 2012. This includes $125 ...
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