Plexus Cotton Limited reported that New York (NY) futures dropped back to reality this week, as December fell 499 points to close at 72.73 cents. As anticipated the market was unable to sustain last week's upside momentum and started to ...
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First, ethanol use of corn is running behind the seasonal pace to meet current USDA expectations. Our models are indicating that if the current use of corn for ethanol continues we will fall about 125 million bushels short of current USDA ...
Business software provider SAP has posted strong Q3 financial results,with cloud representing a key area of growth. The firm's software revenues rose to€1bn,a rise of 17 per cent compared with this time last year.Cloud subscriptions ...
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BT and Virgin Media have each submitted complaints to the European Commission (EC) about plans for a state-funded broadband network in Birmingham. The City Council was awarded the money for the project after applying to the Urban ...
A spectacular collection of original oil paintings by emeritus Indiana University art professor Barry Gealt is on display in the IU Art Museum's Special Exhibitions Gallery, along with exhibits of baby carriers from China's minority groups ...
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Software giant Microsoft has posted first quarter fiscal revenues down 7.9 per cent to$16bn(£10bn),from$17.372bn(£10.8bn)achieved in the same period a year earlier. The company claimed that the results partly reflected a ...
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CERN,home of the Large Hadron Collider(LHC),has seen a tenfold surge in candidates applying for hard-to-fill vacancies,after turning to social media. CERN,based in Geneva,says it has seen the number of applicants for typical jobs grow ...
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Facebook has passed one billion monthly users, the company has announced. "This morning, there are more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month. If you're reading this: thank you for giving me and my little team the ...
As it continues to face post-IPO monetisation challenges,Facebook has now taken the step to allow ordinary users the opportunity of paying to promote their own posts on the social networking site. Similar to a scheme launched in May that ...
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While T-Mobile USA announced a deal to merge with MetroPCS Wireless on Wednesday,Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen said regulatory delays have prevented his company from securing partners and spectrum it will need to build a viable mobile ...
Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman says she won't be able to say whether she has completely turned this company around until 2016. That was Whitman's message Tuesday to financial analysts in a presentation that was part history lesson,part ...
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Fifth&Pacific Companies Inc revised forecasted 2012 adjusted EBITDA from a range of$125 to$140 million to$100 to$115 million.The Company also announced preliminary Q3 2012 direct-to-consumer comparable sales(inclusive of e-commerce net ...
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Facebook has acknowledged the perceived difficulties it is having monetising its mobile platform,but has claimed that it benefits advertisers more than any of its other channels. Matt Trainer,manager Facebook PMD(Preffered Marketing ...
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Dell has completed its acquisition of management software vendor Quest Software, the firm has announced. The final stage of the move comes almost three months after it was first revealed that Dell planned to acquire Quest for $2.4bn ...
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China GengSheng Minerals, Inc., a leading China-based high-tech industrial materials manufacturer producing heat-resistant, energy-efficient materials for a variety of industrial applications, today announced its financial results for the ...
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