It keeps track of walks and periodically tells me my speed, distance and time as I go. At journey's end it creates a map and overall exercise statistics. I use it for walks, but you can track bike trips, runs and hikes as well. ...
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The Australian Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE) has revised its estimate for Australia's metallurgical coal exports for 2013 to 158 million mt, around the level of exports prior to the 2011 Queensland floods, up nine percent ...
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Kishore Biyani, the founder of India-based Future Group, and Hong Kong-based trading firm Li & Fung are planning to enter into a 50:50 joint venture for launching an import and wholesale chain. Li & Fung currently holds a 26 percent ...
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Checkpoint Systems, Inc. reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 30, 2012. These results report the U.S. and Canadian CheckView business as discontinued operations, reflecting the Company's decision to ...
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ATLANTA — Aided by a successful advertising campaign and expanded custom and special order upholstery programs, Top 100 retailer Havertys said fourth-quarter sales rose 8.3%. The 122-store chain reported that same-store sales were ...
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A mathematician at the University of Central Missouri has discovered what is now the largest known prime number -- one with more than 17 million digits. Dr. Curtis Cooper, who has made two other prime number discoveries, has found the ...
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The mathematician who found the largest known prime number said the discovery last month was like climbing Mount Everest or landing on the moon. Curtis Cooper, a mathematician and professor at the University of Central Missouri, stands ...
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A 300-billion-digit number is the biggest known pseudoprime, a number which looks like a prime but isn't. The techniques used to find this behemoth could help keep online transactions secure. The first 10 digits are 1512269972 - but we ...
According to the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), public transportation avoids the use of 4.2 billion gallons of gasoline annually in the United States. While public transportation can refer to a variety of modes, APTA ...
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North American metals distribution company Russel Metals reported that Q4 2012 earnings totaled $20 million or $0.34 per share on revenues of $766 million, compared to 2011 Q4 earnings per share of $0.47 on revenues of $712 million. ...
Tens of millions of network-enabled devices including routers, printers, media servers, IP cameras, smart TVs and more can be attacked over the Internet because of dangerous flaws in their implementation of the UPnP (Universal Plug and ...
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Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), announced revenue of $346.3 million for its second quarter of fiscal 2013, ended December 30, 2012. This represents a 14% increase compared to revenue of $304.1 million reported for the second quarter of fiscal ...
An Arizona school district is mulling over whether to continue working on a major software project, upgrade its legacy system or restart from scratch with a different product. The Tucson Unified School District began working on the Lawson ...
Japanese precision equipment maker Shimadzu has won ¥1.5-billion ($17-million) worth of contracts from the Iraqi government. Japan Times reports that the machines — 106 for stomach X-rays and 27 for chest examinations — ...
Henan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Anyang Iron and Steel Group Co. has announced that it plans to produce 7.75 million mt of crude steel, 8.3 million mt of pig iron and 6.7 million mt of finished steel in 2013. Meanwhile, in 2013 the ...
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