Solar firms in Greater China hoped to increase quotes before the Lunar New Year holidays, but a delay in China announcing its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probe results has deterred the industry from raising prices for fear of losing ...
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European Union antitrust officials today hit Microsoft with a $732 million fine for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a choice of alternate browsers. The announcement made by Joaquin Almunia, ...
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Most companies that do not have extensive experience negotiating in China tend to follow the same negotiation strategy as they would in their home country, mistakenly believing that applying a few Chinese customs to their set negotiation ...
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Vivid Imaginations will be holding a special 'Snozzle Saturday' after it was alerted to consumers' fruitless search for an ultra rare Series 5 Moshling. Vivid picked up on the missing Snozzle Wobbleson figure after fans posted across ...
Plymouth chip fab Plessey has introduced a family of linear regulators with inputs from 1.7 to 12V. Called PS22921 (0.5A, SOT23-5), PS22922 (1.0A, SOT223) and PS22924, (2.0A, SOIC-8), they are made on the firm's bipolar process. "Many ...
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When designing a ZigBee wireless sensor networking device is it often necessary to make a system partitioning choice. What makes the most sense – a ZigBee system-on-chip (SoC) that combines a 2.4GHz wireless transceiver and a ...
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The Australian dollar was lower late today as the US dollar strengthened broadly in the wake of more solid economic data from the world's largest economy. Initial claims for US jobless benefits last week dropped to 344,000, compared with ...
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Apple's U.S. retail Mac sales were up for the first month of the quarter, but not to the extent recently claimed by a Wall Street analyst, the NPD Group said today. Earlier this week, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, citing NPD data, ...
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European privacy authorities approved a plan to come up with measures to curb Google's collection, combination and storage of its users' personal information before the summer. The data protection regulators have decided to continue their ...
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Global diagnostic imaging network AG Mednet has launched a Cloud Storage Solution with on-demand access to clinical trial data. AG Mednet Storage complements the firm's other software, including AG Mednet Submission Quality & Compliance, ...
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The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) reported Friday that according to preliminary government data, steel imports increased 4.6 percent in January 2013 compared to December 2012. Total Steel imports in January 2013 were ...
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The best ski athletes in the world gathered in Kitzbhel to celebrate the highlight of the World Cup calendar - the Hahnenkamm Race Week from 22 - 27 January 2013 including the renowned Streif downhill. The "Streif" is considered the most ...
A few years ago, GoPro reinvented the sports camcorder market with its line of small, compact models. Today, GoPro sports cams are now selling so well that 2012 market-share data placed GoPro as second only to Sony in terms of all total ...
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The all-new 2014 Mercedes-Benz C-Class will move towards the next S-Class limousine in terms of its styling and, according to product development manager Peter Schmidt, the level of technology it will offer. Speaking at the launch of the ...
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According to data by the Lebanese central bank, cement deliveries have dropped by 4.4% year-on-year to 5.308 million tonnes, The Daily Star has reported. The decline in cement deliveries and construction permits confirms the slowdown or ...
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