Want to tell the world how good your business is? Austrade, through Australia Unlimited, is giving Australian manufacturers an opportunity to promote themselves nationally and internationally by submitting stories as part of its new ...
Yahoo has acquired content discovery and sharing website Snip.it, and the service has been shut down. Snip.it in San Francisco is offering users up to Feb. 21 the option to download and export their content, called snips. "As of today, ...
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Confidence in the U.S. construction market was down for the second half of 2012, according to the latest report from the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). ABC’s Construction Confidence Index (CCI) looks at three aspects of ...
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As published in the December 20 issue of Nature, an international consortium of scientists has assembled a 'gold standard' sequence of the simplest cotton variety (Gossypium raimondii) and compared it to 'draft' sequences of three other ...
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Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores has revealed expansion plans for its Canada division that will see it invest US$450m in supercentre and distribution facility projects. Outlining the plans today (22 January), Wal-Mart said it is planning 37 ...
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Walmart Canada announced that it plans to complete at least 37 supercentre projects in the company's next fiscal year, which runs from February 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014. The company also announced it will be expanding its distribution ...
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The Australian sharemarket has closed flat as investors gave a muted response to the Bank of Japan's plan for a more expansionary 2 per cent inflation target. At 4.15pm AEDT today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 1.6 points, or ...
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In the electronic world, there are varieties of bulbs in use. Among the popularly used types include fluorescents tubes, LEDs, incandescent lamps, halogens, HIDs and some others. These bulbs showcase in a variety of shapes and designs. ...
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The Australian sharemarket has opened higher. At 10.10am AEDT today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 12.7 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 4790.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 12.6 points, or 0.26 per cent, at 4814.8. ...
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A research study looking at paint degradation caused by illumination has been misinterpreted to throw LEDs into a bad light. Museums and art galleries are often touted as excellent applications for high-quality LED lighting, provided that ...
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Rhapsody introduced a new mobile music offer with MetroPCS that aims to help millions of consumers make good on their resolutions to spend less by offering the best value for unlimited on-demand mobile music bundle anywhere. "We ...
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On 7 January 2013, Genel Energy received permission from the Kurdistan Regional Government to export crude oil from Taq Taq into Turkey by truck. This authority is consistent with the Iraqi Constitution of 2006, the Kurdistan oil and gas ...
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Insteel Industries, Inc. reported Thursday net earnings of $2.4 million, or $0.13 per diluted share for Q1 of fiscal 2013 compared with a net loss of $0.2 million in the same period a year ago. Insteel said that its financial results for ...
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The Australian sharemarket closed at a 19-month high as firming expectations of a February interest rate cut helped banking stocks. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 18.3 points, or 0.38 per cent, higher at 4756.6 ...
Among the nearly 800 exhibitors at ProMat are five companies making their debut at the event. Although trade shows in general have drawn lower attendance and exhibitor numbers over the past few years of the recession, many of these new ...