Apple's price cut for its first-generation iPad mini is expected to prompt its competitors to slash their tablet prices, according to sources from tablet vendors. Although Apple has only reduced the first-generation iPad mini price by ...
Not that Apple would ever admit it, but the new line of iPads launched today are responding to some key challenges that have emerged as the tablet market has grown more crowded and fierce. Apple also will continue to sell the original ...
In Clarksville, Tenn., $800 million will build you a consumer tire plant. Hankook Tire Co. Inc. will begin construction of its eighth tire production facility worldwide – and first in the United States -- in Clarksville in 2014. ...
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The top executive of one of the world's biggest mining drilling companies said he believes the industry has bottomed out, but that he doesn't expect a return to peak cycle levels soon. Moreover, there has been "a fundamental shift in what ...
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The Good Flock’s Aurora Lamp features a beautifully handcrafted conical shape that maximizes and diffuses light while illuminating the primary characteristics of the table lamp (or wall sconces) pieces. Both the wood and and light ...
Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods in August 2013 National Bureau of Statistics of China 2013-09-10 16:36:06 In August 2013, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 1,888.6 billion yuan, up by 13.4 percent year-on-year (nominal ...
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More than 300 diesel-powered Mini Countryman models have been recalled in Australia due to a fault related to the car’s electric power steering unit that could lead to a possible vehicle fire. Affecting 329 R60 Mini Cooper D ...
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Though still unsubstantiated, a low-cost iPhone is now widely seen as a possible product announcement in early September, along with a new high-end phone. And it’s finally possible to create a coherent explanation of why such a move ...
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China's popular Xiaomi smartphone company is diving into the country's low-end handset market with a new product, taking note of the rumors that Apple is preparing its own budget iPhone. On Wednesday, Xiaomi unveiled its new "Red Rice" ...
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Apple will launch a high-resolution, Retina-equipped iPad Mini this fall or in early 2014. Or it won't. Citing "people familiar with the matter," the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) today claimed that Apple suppliers will ...
Using technology to monitor driver behaviour can result in immediate improvements, but unless there's a benefit to drivers, those improvements may be short-lived. That was what Mike Millian, fleet manager for Hensall District Co-op in ...
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Apple sold 14% fewer iPads in the quarter that ended June 30 than during the same stretch in 2012, while the revenue it earned from those sales plummeted by 27%. Analysts tied the decline in revenue to the iPad Mini, Apple's smaller, ...
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Although a historic downturn in PC shipments has made headlines since April, "Peak PC" -- the moment when personal computers crested -- was two years ago, according to data from researcher IDC. In the third quarter of 2011, global PC ...
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The shift toward smaller tablets will accelerate in the second half of the year when a slew of tablet makers, including Apple, introduce new models with screens 8-in. or smaller, said Richard Shim, an analyst with DisplaySearch. Although ...
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From January to May, the private investment in fixed assets reached 8,383.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23.8 percent in nominal terms, down by 0.1 percentage point over the first four months. The proportion of private ...
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