The Australian dollar was higher late in local trade after China's economy grew more quickly than expected in the fourth quarter, helping cement views that the world's second-largest economy is recovering from a more than two-year slowdown. ...
Tags: Dollar, Australian dollar, economy
December retail sales were up compared to November and also on an annual basis, to data released today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF). Commerce reported that December retail sales at ...
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Computerworld - Microsoft will issue an emergency update to patch a vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) in the next two weeks to fix a flaw criminals have been using for more than a month, researchers said Tuesday. The company will ...
Hawaii and Texas Top List of 20 States and D.C. Adding Construction Jobs Since November 2011 as Delaware and New York Trail; Vermont and Louisiana Led 19 States with One-Month Gain, D.C. and Texas Lag Barely one-third of states added ...
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The festive period brought the inevitable slowdown in the number of new deals concluded - after the record-breaking year about to finish. As such, local markets could perhaps be forgiven for the break in pace. Deliveries continued aplenty ...
Tags: Ship Breaking Industry, Ship Breaking, India, China
Demand for real-time data, including personal health information, will drive the market for wearable wireless devices to grow from 14 million items this year to as many as 171 million in 2016. In four years, the market for these devices ...
The construction industry shed 2.2 million workers between January 2007 and last year. So now there's an overabundance of them eager for jobs, right? Wrong. Contractors are struggling with shortages of workers as the home-building market ...
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Proactive Investors reported that iron ore miners appear set for a sustained bull run as iron ore prices resurge after declining five straight months on the back of strong Chinese growth and falling inventories. Fortescue Metals Group was ...
Tags: China, Iron Ore, Proactive Investors, iron ore prices, metal market
The feud between Twitter and Instagram is heating up. About a week after Instagram disabled an integration tool, leaving pictures difficult to view on Twitter, the company has pulled all of its photos from Twitter. The microblogging ...
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Makers are boosting the lighting downstream segment to take advantage of the projected demand upswing in coming years. Taiwan’s LED manufacturers continue to strengthen the components and service segments while pushing for vertical ...
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With the purchase of Elpida Memory, the third-largest DRAM maker, Micron Technology not only becomes a Tier 1 supplier, but also catapults itself into the mobile space as a supplier to leading smartphone and tablet makers, including Apple. ...
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The international credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's has announced that the France based seamless steel tube producer Vallourec will maintain its strong market positions in premium steel pipes and connections for the oil and gas ...
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Apple's cryptic invitation on Tuesday to an event set for next week triggered another surge in trade-in activity by consumers wanting to unload older iPhones in time to buy the new model. Some trade-in companies registered spikes ...
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Computerworld - With Intel reporting a year-over-year drop in revenue and profit for its third quarter, industry analysts say the company isn't in trouble but it needs to ward it off -- and now. Late on Tuesday, Intel execs blamed a tough ...
Egger Holzwerkstoffe delivered significant growth in its earnings during its 2011/12 financial year, which ended on 30 April. The company erased a weaker start in the first six months as the year progressed. EBITDA had risen by just 5% ...
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