New numbers on smartphones suggest they’ve notched a significant milestone. The global market topped 1 billion shipments for the first time in 2013, covering about one-seventh of the world’s population, according to research by ...
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United States Steel Corporation (US Steel) has reported a net loss of $122 million for the fourth quarter of 2013, compared to a net loss of $50 million in the same quarter of 2012. Adjusted net income for the fourth quarter of 2013 was $38 ...
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DuPont announced fourth quarter 2013 operating earnings of $.59 per share compared to $.20 per share in the prior year. GAAP earnings from continuing operations were $183 million or $.19 per share, versus $4 million or zero per share last ...
Local resident Tony Holdip stood admiring the latest technological lust object on display at the world's largest consumer electronics show as a friend joined a crowd of amateur photographers snapping pictures of the immense 110-inch Samsung ...
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CORMAN PARK, SK — Manitoulin Transport has announced that it’s opening a new terminal in the rural municipality of Corman Park, Saskatchewan. "Saskatchewan is booming and local businesses must have service partners they can ...
According to a report from the Lake Carriers’ Association, shipments of coal on the Great Lakes totaled 24.6 million tons in 2013, a decrease of 2.8 percent compared to 2012. Some of the decrease can be attributed to the early onset ...
Quotes for a solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer have risen from US$1 in December 2013 to US$1.05 currently, and are expected to rise to US$1.08 in February and further to US$1.10 in March, according to chairman Guo Yan-ting of ...
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Coach, Inc., a leading New York design house of modern luxury accessories, announced sales of $1.42 billion for its second fiscal quarter ended December 28, 2013, compared with $1.50 billion reported in the same period of the prior year, a ...
Russkaya Stal (Russian Steel), a non-pro association of Russian domestic steelmakers, has reported that its main member enterprises produced 4.65 million metric tons of finished steel in December last year, up six percent from November and ...
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China was the largest solar market in the world in 2013, besting a hotly contested field that included Japan, the US and Germany, and China-based manufacturer Yingli Green Energy was also the globe's foremost supplier of solar modules for ...
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Taiwan's leading machine-tool makers vow to increase their 2014 sales by at least 10% from 2013 based on the recent surge in orders that will keep production lines running at full throttle throughout the second quarter. Falcon Machine ...
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Union Pacific Corp. said it had the best fourth-quarter and full-year results in company history as volume grew for the first time in six quarters. The freight railroad reported a net income of $1.2 billion, or $2.55 per share in the ...
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Touch panel makers such as Truly Optoelectronics, O-Film and Wintek are seeing increased orders from China handset vendors such as GiONEE. Most of the orders are for GiONEE's W808 smartphone in addition to orders from Oppo, lenovo and ...
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With Windows 8 bearing a good share of the blame for the declining PC market, HP is falling back on Windows 7 for its latest marketing push. The world’s second largest computer maker recently began promoting PCs loaded with Windows ...
Manitoulin Transport has added to its Western Canadian shipping capacity by opening a new terminal in Saskatchewan. The facility sits on 8.4 acres of property located in Corman Park, Sask. It has 16 dock-level doors, and is equipped to ...
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