BlackBerry has received an order for one million Z10 smartphones, the largest single order in the company's history, significantly boosting shares in the firm which described the deal as a "tremendous vote of confidence." The ...
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LED chipmaker Epistar plans to find important downstream strategic partners by issuing 250 million new shares for private placement, and targeting Europe- and US-based lighting brands as investors. The deal is expected to be completed ...
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Home automation has come to the iPhone with sophisticated tools that let you automatically turn lights on at sunset, receive a text if the front door opens at night, or turn on airconditioning when your cat goes to the litter. This ...
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Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group said it was still negotiating a deal for greater cooperation with Sharp, despite the Japanese display-maker's securing a $110 million investment to supply LCD panels to rival Samsung Electronics. Sharp's ...
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Beijing plant will supply panel makers on the China mainland Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today hosted a grand opening ceremony for a new liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrate manufacturing facility in the People's Republic of ...
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Groupon's founder and chief executive, Andrew Mason, has been fired following a string of poor financial results. In a candid memo to Groupon's staff Mason said: "After four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I've ...
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US investment firm Jefferies analyst Peter MiseKe said in a report released Wednesday that although a growing number of analysts and shareholders required apple to do more with the cash, but he believed the company should be handled with ...
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has launched legal action against unknown traders over claims they broke rules when trading in Heinz options before the US$28bn deal to buy the food giant was announced. The SEC claims traders had ...
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EA released the earnings in third-quarter of fiscal year 2013. The report showed that the net revenue EA in the third-quarter was 922 million dollars, lower than the same period last year of 1.061 billion dollars, a net loss of 45 million ...
The BlackBerry Q10 with a physical qwerty keyboard may not be available in the U.S. until May or June, suggested BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins in an interview with the Associated Press. The BlackBerry Q10 has a physical keyboard. A ...
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Google is rolling out some enhancements to Google Now, a mobile app that gives Android users personalized information on the fly. The changes could help make the tool a bigger part of people's daily lives. The updates put the app front ...
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ST. LOUIS — Furniture Brands International has been notified that its stock is back in compliance with a New York Stock Exchange requirement and no longer faces delisting, the company said Tuesday. The NYSE had notified Furniture ...
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Apple managed to outsell Samsung Electronics by almost one million units to become the number one mobile phone vendor in the U.S. for the first time ever during the fourth quarter, according to Strategy Analytics. Apple has seen its stock ...
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Research In Motion’s (RIM) stock prices soared this week, following speculation, rumours and high hopes about the upcoming BlackBerry 10 launch next week. RIM’s stock price has been languishing in the $11-$12 range on the ...
A Tuesday report from CNBC hinted that Microsoft may be planning to invest between $1 billion and $3 billion as part of a leveraged buyout of Dell. Citing “sources close to the matter,” the network’s David Faber said ...