The Ubuntu Edge, a "superphone" in the making, seeks to raise $32 Million on Indiegogo by August 22 to fund a full-scale production of a smartphone that can also run your PC. Is this a lofty goal, or a reachable possibility? Within the ...
Tags: Superphone, Consumer Electronics
In July 2013 economic expectations for Central and Eastern Europe including Turkey (CEE) remain almost unchanged. The ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for the CEE region increases slightly by 1.7 points to a level of 25.7 ...
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Today, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim and the Fudan University in Shanghai publish the results of the first "China Economic Panel" (CEP). CEP is a panel of experts focused on China. It serves to investigate the ...
Compared to the 2010-2011 two-year period, the drop in demand from the European continent seems to have turned around and the EU is once again the number one purchaser of Italian glass processing machines, accessories, and special products, ...
Tags: glass, Construction
US-based Medtronic has introduced its CD Horizon Solera Spinal System Sagittal Adjusting Screw (SAS), which could be used in the surgical correction of complex spinal conditions. The SAS system is the company's fifth-generation spinal ...
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Healthcare packaging supplier in the UK-based Benson Group, Medica Packaging has installed a new leaflet folder from Horizon for the post-press department of its Crewe factory. The new Horizon AF406T6A Digital Folder, which joins similar ...
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Cattle on the Schilke Ranch in northwestern North Dakota, located on Bakken Shale. Photo: Jacki Schilke In the midst of the domestic energy boom, livestock on farms near oil-and-gas drilling operations nationwide have been quietly falling ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Rare earth demand and prices are expected to grow slowly, after hitting two-year lows, according to an official at China's industry association. China, the world's biggest supplier of rare earths, set the export limit for 2013 at a ...
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NEMA's Lighting Systems Index increased in the first quarter of 2013 following a 3.4 gain in the fourth quarter of 2012, growing 5.4 percent on a quarter-to-quarter basis and by 3.8 percent on a year-over-year basis. Lighting equipment ...
Tags: Lighting Equipment, Lighting Systems, Lights, Lighting
US Gulf Coast propane stocks have grown 3.61 million barrels in the first three weeks of June, roughly four times the amount that was added to storage in the comparable period of 2012, Energy Information Administration data showed ...
China edged its way toward a credit crunch last week, spooking investors, businesses, analysts – and perhaps more than anyone – the banks themselves. Liquidity in the country's money market appeared to suddenly dry up after a ...
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World GDP growth stabilized during the first quarter of 2013 at a moderate rate. In particular, in the advanced economies the situation improved with financial stress being further reduced and stock prices rising. The acceleration of ...
Tags: GDP growth, financial stress, Euro Area, emerging economies
Microsoft has announced an update to its Office Web apps, focusing on collaboration between co-workers, as well as bringing new features over from its Office software package. The idea is to “make it easier for users to start and ...
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Plug Power, a leader in providing clean, reliable energy solutions, has announced that Eric Prades, CEO of Air Liquide Advanced Business, will join its board of directors as a director. Prades brings more than 20 years of international ...
Tags: Plug Power, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Horizon Hydrogen Energy
Air transport IT and communications firm SITA has unveiled Horizon, a so-called next generation passenger services system (PSS), at the company's Air Transport IT Summit in Brussels. Horizon, said SITA, is designed specifically to manage ...
Tags: SITA, Horizon, Passenger Services System