Spot futures are still gravitating towards the 75 cents level and for the past eight sessions the March contract has settled within a very narrow band of less than 100 points,between 74.79 and 75.71 cents/lb. There have been a few ...
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A recent pipeline expansion has turned the former import point at Niagara into a net exporter of US gas to Canada, creating renewed price volatility in the process as traders sort through the new market dynamic. On November 1, Tennessee ...
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Macworld-Im not an audio purist.My desire is that whatever Im listening to should sound good,where good is defined somewhat subjectively as pleasing to my ears. SRS Labs is a part of the increasingly popular consumer audio-enhancement ...
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Cloud computing services must become more federated and automated to help enterprise IT use them to deliver more for less,according to Intel. "At a time when IT budgets are tight and when the IT teams are expected to deliver more for ...
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Data recovery experts have been busy in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which left a slew of data centers underwater, damaging equipment and posing a significant threat to business-critical data. Apparently disregarding weather forecasters' ...
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Businesses in the EU and the wider world are grossly ill-prepared for a potential collapse of the eurozone, wrongly expecting that they will have plenty of time to prepare for the conversion of one or more countries to a new national ...
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Computerworld - Twitter is basking in the Olympic spotlight, with athletes tweeting about the games and fans around the world offering their support on the social network. Social networks from Facebook to Google+ are seeing numerous users ...
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Sales of alternative fuel vehicles such as hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electrics, in the US, saw a 73% rise in 2012, according to a report by Mintel. Over 440,000 hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electrics were sold so far this year, with the ...
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Oracle's emphasis on cloud computing isn't going to wane anytime soon. To the contrary, on Thursday the vendor held the first in nearly 100 Cloud Builder Summit events scheduled for locations across the globe between now and December. ...
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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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IT staff are spending 30% of their time carrying out basic tasks and are growing frustrated with the lack of time left to focus on transformational work. The average IT worker is also only using half of the skills they possess as a result ...
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Almost all IT workers that use multiple automation technologies are having serious problems as a result of the need to process more jobs, according to a Forrester survey. Big data, business analytics, cloud computing and mobility are ...
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The demographic for used woodworking equipment includes hobbyist woodworkers and small woodshops, but it also includes woodworking factories. While large outfits normally have more spending power than small ones, the perception that the ...
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As Olympic athletes take to a global stage in London this week, participants, coaches and fans are expected to take to their favorite social networks in record numbers. Whenever something big happens -- tornadoes, political unrest, the ...
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U.S. ISPs are reporting a significant rise in IPv6 traffic during the last three months, even though the overall numbers remain tiny -- less than 1% of Internet traffic. RELATED: How the U.S. is winning the race to next-gen Internet ...
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