The National Retail Federation announced that it will formally oppose a proposed settlement of a federal antitrust lawsuit over credit card swipe fees charged by Visa and MasterCard, and urged retailers to carefully consider their own ...
Astroturf is a synthetic alternative to grass that can be used as a substitute for any area where grass is normally planted. While natural grass is a good additive to the environment, it does require water and upkeep to keep from turning an ...
The federal government’s opening of the tender process for the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal (as reported on Transport and Logistics News) has drawn praise from the rail industry, but also attracted criticism for its questionable ...
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A bathroom generally contains a bathtub or a shower, and possibly also a bidet. In North America and some other regions, it also characteristically contains a toilet and a sink. Hence in North American English the ...
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Australians are continuing to cut back on owning shares directly and, most particularly, through managed funds, according to an Australian Securities Exchange survey out yesterday. The survey, conducted every two years, reveals that more ...
Yahoo has confirmed widespread reports that it will acquire the popular blogging service Tumblr, and also promised not to "screw it up." The deal is worth about US$1.1 billion, nearly all in cash, and is expected to close in the second half ...
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After being accused of a lack of transparency by an independent watchdog, the European Privacy Association (EPA) has confirmed that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are backers. The Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), which works to expose ...
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A boutique system builder has bucked the industry trend of slumping PC sales by continuing to focus on selling Windows 7 machines. Auburn, Wash.-based Puget Systems grew sales 20% in 2012, said Jon Bach, president of the independent PC ...
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Yahoo has promised "not to screw up" Tumblr now that it has acquired the freewheeling blogging site. But there are still several ways Tumblr could get better, and worse, as a Yahoo-owned company. On the bad side, there's the threat of ...
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Myanmar's textile exports are set to skyrocket, following reinstating of the trade benefits by the EU under its Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the Thailand Textile Institute (THTI) has said. According to a Bangkok Post report, ...
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Microsoft has today announced the Xbox One, its new entry in the home videogames console market. The device is supposedly intended to answer a question that Microsoft asked itself for the project: "Can we improve a living room that's ...
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Know someone who's collecting a degree this year? All graduates deserve a reward for making it through school (and before they have to face the rather scary job market that awaits them). Here are some electronics suggestions that should put ...
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Leaders at Tech City firms say their companies are struggling to gain capital, and are sometimes having to make people redundant as a result. A third of Tech City's business leaders said that their companies were hampered by a lack of ...
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Jolla, the smartphone start-up established by "refugees" from Nokia, has demonstrated its first reference design, with new devices being released to the public by the end of the year. Although the company is focused on developing the ...
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For first-quarter 2013, GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components enabling high-speed end-to-end information streaming over optical fiber and wireless networks) has ...
Tags: GigOptix, Electrical, Electronics