Apple today dropped prices of its Retina-equipped 13-in. MacBook Pro by as much as $300, and lowered the price of its top-end MacBook Air by $100. Some models of the company's laptop line also received processor speed increases, with the ...
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The ADX General Index gained 1.15% to close at 2,839.04 points Tuesday, the highest level since April 21 2012. Ras al-Khaima Cement Co. plummeted 3.80% to Dhs0.76. Earlier in the day, RAK Cement said its annual net loss has narrowed to ...
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Mac sales plummeted in the fourth quarter of 2012, falling 22% from the same period the year before, with computer sales accounting for a record low percentage of Apple's total revenue of $54.5 billion. The decline in Mac sales was ...
The US residual fuel oil hi-lo, the spread between Atlantic Coast 1%S and Gulf Coast 3%S, registered its largest physical and paper drop in six weeks Tuesday as the recent LSFO demand pop subsided. At the same time, the tightness in the ...
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The global polysilicon industry will return to the path of growth and increase its production by 6.5% in 2013, according to Bernreuter Research. The polysilicon market research firm projects the global polysilicon net demand - including ...
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The global polysilicon industry will return to the path of growth and increase its production by 6.5% in 2013, according to an analysis by Bernreuter Research. The polysilicon market research firm projects the global polysilicon net ...
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China is responsible for more than 95%of the global supply of rare earths and over the weekend the country'sMinistry of Land and Resources(MLR),announced that the first production quota for rare earths this year will be set at 46,900 ...
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Baker Hughes reported Friday that for the week ending January 4,the US rig count fell by one to 1,762,following an 11-rig drop the week prior.On a year-on-year basis,the US rig count is down 245.Rigs drilling for natural gas increased by ...
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PTI reported that a US judge gave preliminary approval to a USD 1 billion plus settlement with Toyota Motor Corp in cases involving problems of sudden, unintended acceleration by its vehicles. Attorney Mr Steve Berman in a statement said ...
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HP has confirmed that it will wield the axe on those of its businesses that don't meet targets, official documents have revealed. As first reported by Bloomberg, HP told the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a 27 December filing ...
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Sales of medium cars surged beyond those of large cars in Australia for the first time in 2012,with the locally produced Toyota Camry leading the charge. After coming up just short of the large-car segment in 2011(75,984 versus ...
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Marking a year-on-year fall of 3.7 percent,cotton arrival in Pakistan during the current season till January 1,2013 has plummeted to 11.586 million bales of seed cotton(phutti)from 12.032 million bales received by ginners by same time last ...
Computerworld - The brouhaha over Apple replacing Google Maps in iOS 6 with its own mapping and navigation technology has not changed customers' minds about the iPhone 5, according to a ChangeWave Research survey. ChangeWave, which polled ...
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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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Global thirst for oil will be slightly stronger than expected in the last quarter of 2012 because of demand from China and despite a sharp cutback in Europe recently. The IEA forecast that the growth of demand next year is expected to be ...
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